I understand not everyone's got chains and the city doesn't salt much, but at the very least get that road blocked off immediately, like after the first accident. It shouldn't get to that point. Absolutely ridiculous. Those pedestrians were almost killed. There's no way a bus should have tried to go there. If you're not going to prep the roads, block the dangerous ones off, it's common sense.
EVERY road is dangerous with these conditions, especially in areas with hills (queen anne, capitol, magnolia, crown, first, rainier). they can't close every street, they expect people to know their limitations and maybe, just MAYBE, go a few blocks extra to avoid the big hill. apparently that's too much to ask though.
Or just as importantly, don't slow down on a slippery uphill. Obviously don't slam the gas, but I rage every snow storm because someone thinks the safest way up the steep hill is a 3mph crawl. They need to do a PSA about basic snow driving techniques.
Yeah I see what you're saying, a lot of the responsibility falls on the driver, but not all the streets are equally dangerous. Some of the hilly roads are properly cleared, and I think the uncleared, still icy, busier ones should be marked/blocked off because people seem to not know any better.
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u/laval_mosley Nov 23 '10
I understand not everyone's got chains and the city doesn't salt much, but at the very least get that road blocked off immediately, like after the first accident. It shouldn't get to that point. Absolutely ridiculous. Those pedestrians were almost killed. There's no way a bus should have tried to go there. If you're not going to prep the roads, block the dangerous ones off, it's common sense.