After slushy snow re-froze on this expressway in Porto San Giorgio, Ascoli Piceno, Italy, it created an ultra-slick driving surface.
Cars would exit the tunnel at high speed and be immediately confronted by a blinding snow storm, frozen pavement, and a highway bending left, making it even harder to stay in control and see in front of you. The result was a multi-car pile-up that was captured by an unmanned traffic camera that went on for nearly 4 minutes before victims managed to go inside of the tunnel and flag motorists to slow down.
Here’s a satellite image of the location in the summer time in case you’re curious: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Porto+San+Giorgio+AP%2C+Italy&ie=UTF8&ll=43%2E168937%2C13%2E789693&spn=0%2E003298%2C0%2E006748&t=k&z=18
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23 Responses to “Car Crash Pile Up on Icy Italian Highway”
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November 14th, 2008 at 1:55 am
in the video do not see that the road is downhill.
Unfortunately, in these conditions it’s impossible to stop a car in motion
November 16th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
probably in that stretch of road before the tunnel rained …. because it is often the mountains and on the Apennines captain situations to limit snow / rain ….. anyway thanks for the shit to drive…you are not much better at what I see
November 18th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Yeah the french probably suck most at driving a car. It’s because they have brie for brains.
November 21st, 2008 at 12:21 pm
that white car at 2:17 was comin’ in hot! haha
November 24th, 2008 at 5:19 am
i was guna write a nice thing bout some of those people couse some of them turn their hazards on right away.but then i saw people gettin out of their cars and wondering aroung, thats pretty fuckin dumb..
November 24th, 2008 at 7:04 am
yes because only italians make accidents..XD you should see the video of accidents on ice in Tennesse u fucking idiot!
November 25th, 2008 at 10:17 am
You are 100% correct about this incident.
November 28th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I read in a former comment that the weather at the other side of the tunnel can be complet different and then you drive out of the tunnel and suddenly there is ice and snow. So I think that the most drivers were surprised and couldn’t stop their cars.
November 28th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
christ you should see the french driving!!!
November 29th, 2008 at 6:33 am
any italians here who can explain why you guys drive like idiots?
December 1st, 2008 at 7:10 pm
That’s because I’m not suicidal enough to try.
December 7th, 2008 at 2:32 am
My conclusion: Italians cant drive for shit. What mentally retarted guy drives 140 km/h on ice? BRAIN DAMAGE!
December 8th, 2008 at 12:21 am
oooh fuuck… Poor people…
December 9th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
lmao 1;40 looks like some video game race instead of real life! that guy spinned so much looked animated…mustve been hell been in that car!pinball…=/
December 14th, 2008 at 9:08 am
ahaha dude you’re an amateur i bet you dont even know what’s it like driving with snow at highspeed.
December 16th, 2008 at 7:30 am
ahaha you’re so naive
December 18th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Oh, I didnt even notice the tunnel there
December 21st, 2008 at 10:32 am
Probably not idiots, they just got too comfortable in the controlled conditions of that tunnel and didn’t anticipate the very bad conditions waiting at the the tunnel exit. I’ve travelled one tunnel in Italy that was more than 14 km long. When I entered the tunnel it was hot, sunny and dry. Wehn I exited on the other side of the mountain about 10 minutes later, it was a total downpour and I had a few seconds where I was totally blind, until the first wiper blade passed over the windshield.
December 22nd, 2008 at 8:29 pm
People are idiots, a lot of those cars looked like they were going the speed limit. And then they are surprised when they lose control and crash
December 23rd, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Thats from a snowflake hitting the camera lens obscuring the truck (along with everything else!)
December 26th, 2008 at 3:59 am
Squeaky it didn’t dissapear i think it was raining or snowing and covored it up making it look like it dissapaeared
December 26th, 2008 at 8:37 am
The insurance companies are going to have a heart attack!
December 27th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
omfg look at 1:20, watch the green truck!!!!!
at 1:24 it disppears wtf!!!!!!!!
then it reappears at 1:34, this must e fake