97 North of City Slick
Sunday, December 16, 2012 @ 4:25 PM
Prince George, B.C.- It has been a busy couple of days for tow trucks in Prince George, as they have been called out to pull vehicles out of ditches.
One stretch of roadway, just north of Prince George on Highway 97 near the Johnson farm, saw at least 5 vehicles leave the pavement and end up in the ditch this weekend.
Three were pulled out Saturday, another two needed to be yanked today.
The road conditions are less than desireable, with slippery sections. While there are no reports of injuries, the vehicles will need some repairs.
Comments
Is that a 4WD in the ditch there?
Why I believe that is a hemi-powered Fiat (Dodge) getting towed outta the ditch.
It doesn’t matter what you drive if you’re going too fast for the conditions…
And that goes for snow tires too…
This is a bad stretch as it is windswept due to fields on both sides of the road and it gets polished up pretty good.
Take care out there.
gotta get to the rodeo.
Right on JB ….
1. Know your own ability
2. Know your vehicle’s ability
3. Know the road conditions you are going to be experiencing
4. Know the traffic you will be encountering.
5. Leave other things on your mind behind when you open the driver’s door and step into the vehicle.
Yup, the driver who goes into the ditch will miss at least one out of the five items you mentioned.
I had 4x4s and SUVs pass me Saturday PM on this same stretch and I was below 90 KM. I guess they think they are invincible…
No weight in the box of that pick-up truck, I’ll just betcha!
If you pay attention to driving while driving you’d drive right past the Johnson farm unscathed. As you would most other places.
A poor driver always blames something other than themselves.
If you drove that section of highway with any frequency , you would recognize the fact that there is a lack of sand! It has been a sheet of ice from Bear Lake to the south scales for a month now!
If you drove that section of highway with any frequency , you would recognize the fact that there is a lack of sand! It has been a sheet of ice from Bear Lake to the south scales for a month now!
ho hummmm.
Weight in the box is nice but don’t forget you have to stop that weight too.
My work and lifestyle permit me to drive hwy’s all over the province in all weather conditons. Sand on straight stretches such as where these loss of control incidents occured is useless. How do you lose control on a straight section of hwy with out personally doing something wrong while driving?
Sand on curves is a good thing.
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