Another question on winter traction
On the way to Mammoth during the 1980's I stopped to chain up on the way up Sherman Pass.. A jeep Cherokee speed past us. A 1/4 of a mile past us the Jeep took a near 90 degree left hand turn. crossed 4 lanes of road and a island and drove at least 30 feet up a incline of what may have been 45 degrees. (this was in a cutout made for the highway.)
The Jeep rolled down the embankment made an almost 180 degree reversal crossed the 4 lanes and island again and speed the same distance up the opposite embankment. It then rolled back down, facing in the right direction in almost the exact spot the accident began.
Is this just the result of the foot to the floor of a petrified driver? When we drove by them the driver was still sitting still in his seat.
Some have said it may have been the result of to much speed and a 4x4 without a locking front differential combined with patchy ice on the road. Their explanation is that one wheel began spinning at double speed while on ice. Then hit bare pavement. This makes sense also.
We were in a dually work truck with a lot of weight but the ice was patchy and bad. So we chained up.
The Jeep rolled down the embankment made an almost 180 degree reversal crossed the 4 lanes and island again and speed the same distance up the opposite embankment. It then rolled back down, facing in the right direction in almost the exact spot the accident began.
Is this just the result of the foot to the floor of a petrified driver? When we drove by them the driver was still sitting still in his seat.
Some have said it may have been the result of to much speed and a 4x4 without a locking front differential combined with patchy ice on the road. Their explanation is that one wheel began spinning at double speed while on ice. Then hit bare pavement. This makes sense also.
We were in a dually work truck with a lot of weight but the ice was patchy and bad. So we chained up.
