snow plow took a beating today :(


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I agree, it's too early to say whether or not it's an actual design flaw or rare occurrence.

A background in engineering would provide a solid foundation in analyzing the historical weather data between that Boston bridge and this Port mann one. Some variables I can imagine are:

angles of the cables
coating
heat traced - is the Boston bridge heat traced or have some sort of preventative measure for this already?
environmental factors - humidity, how often does the temperature hover between -2/+2? If Boston's winters are colder than Vancouvers, then maybe these two bridges aren't comparable. Perhaps ice melts slower in Boston than Vancouver due to slower temperature changes. Rapid temp changes could attribute to falling ice

etc

from what i know falling ice from the Zakim bridge happens every year, people i know try to avoid it (during a storm)

and the Department of Transportation says that they've gotten 3 calls about falling ice on the bridge since it's opening in 2003

I-Team: Falling Ice Puts Drivers At Risk On Zakim Bridge « CBS Boston

people just aren't calling the DoT enough to complain the DOT asks for people to call them when there's problems so they can post a warning on signs near the bridge

Where the fuck is my snow..........

get the fuck out!

comes into 2012/2013 snow thread... tells someone to gtfo when they ask for snow :suspicious:

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Last night!

I wish I could thank this post more than once...

And of course, we all know what would happen then: some bored reporter or hacktivist would be poking through the bridge contract and see that there was a massive amount allocated for heated cables or whatever sort of ice mitigation strategy... the cost would be made public... and there would be such a hue and cry because, of course, IT NEVER SNOWS IN VANCOUVER! IF THEY HADN'T SPENT ALL THAT EXTRA MONEY ON THOSE HEATED CABLES, THE TOLLS COULD HAVE BEEN 10 CENTS CHEAPER! WHAT A BUNCH OF IDIOTS!

Yep... we saw the same thing a few years ago when we got all those dumps of snow, and the cities (Vancouver in particular) were being berated for not having enough snow-clearing equipment to keep up with it all. "Of course it snows in Vancouver, how could they not know this and not have three times as many snowplows?!" And of course, when the city managers try to explain that it's just not cost effective to keep that many trucks sitting idle for four or five years just so they're there when the sixth-year blizzard comes, well, they're just talking out their asses, aren't they?

And naturally, if they DID have the extra capacity to deal with the odd MASSIVE snowfall, you'd see news reports every winter in between about the Snowplow Graveyard, where all these trucks (aka your tax dollars) sit idle, year after year - a classic example of bureaucratic overspending.

Fucking armchair quarterbacks.

What happens? Probably nothing.

Extreme weather? Maybe a poor choice of words. Extremely rare combination of factors. Yes, we'll get snow again... but not the exact conditions that would lead to it sticking, then forming ice, then breaking off and dropping straight down, rather than sliding down the cables.

I finally found the limits of my stock height 01 QX4 in 4x4 mode with Nokian snow flake rated all-weather tires.
There was over a ft of snow plus the snow being pushed up from the plows. I sorta got my truck stuck trying to park in my usual spot. After 10 minutes of rocking the truck I was able to get her unstuck.

Woohoo.

How many drivers use the bridge each day? 3 reported incidents in 9 years? Sounds like they're trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill.

It would absolutely suck if you happened to be one of those 3 drivers caught by ice. But, your odds of getting seriously injured by a drunk dirver or some stoned guy in a Range Rover are much higher. In fact, every time you get in your car, you are putting your life at risk.
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Don't know if they credited you properly

On that topic

More bike lanes were cleared than major routes: councillor | News1130

^Someone on City Council with common sense?

World must really be ending tomorrow :ahwow:

Ben (:troll:), he actually seems pretty well rounded:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_..._(entrepreneur)

like i said it happens far more often to the point that people i know avoid it during winter storms

obviously the damage it causes may not be severe or else i imagine the DOT would get far more reports; but they're not the police/insurance either, how many people do you know contact translink directly when they get in an accident?

however as said we'll have to see how often this happens for us since our weather is drastically different

clearly i've found my next big purchase for the 4runner :fullofwin:


all dem c-lais in richmond gonna be jealous :badpokerface:

They're just gonna install them and never take them off because of the increase in ride height

Transporation Investment Corporation is waving the toll for anyone who drove the Port Mann between 10am and 6pm yesterday, and it will pay the deductable for the damaged vehicles

you and me both, my lip is cracked in half on the left side :okay: good thing it was there when I bought the car and its a cheap lip anyway:fullofwin:

my friend drove his Lexus into a small ditch yesterday because of the snow haha

I see more 4x4s in ditches than I do any other type of car. Overconfidence. People who are really afraid to drive in the snow stay home. People who are cautious get stuck or slowly get to where they're going.

I remember back in the good ol' BCDSM days there were a couple of guys who went up to Cypress with chains and tow cables to pull out the stuck 4x4s.

damn that Track N Go thing looks nuts!!

i want that for my civic :badpokerface:

They didn't. I got that image from either this thread or the FUSWMPL thread, and then @ronsarlo reposted it.


He credited me when a mutual friend of ours was like "hey guess what, you're vancouver-famous!". So...whoops. Buddy needs to be on RS.