Highway thru Hell

[J-Rooster]

The Canadians call it the Coke, in B.C. Canada. Does anyone know if the wrecks on this TV program are staged or not. I've seen during the TV program during winter RV's, cars, trucks and big trucks all wrecked on this Highway. My 19 year old Grandson say's the wrecks are staged for TV? I really can't believe how lazy and stupid these people are driving up and down this mountain pass if there is no staging for T.V. Three most common mistakes I see on this snowy icy mountain pass is driving to fast for conditions, to lazy or don't know how to put on tire chains and using the Jake Brake on ice or compact snow which causes the vehicle to jack knife. I seen one show where there was a truck wreck and traffic was backed up and chains were required and this one trucker didn't chain up because he didn't know how? What! A trucking company sends it's drivers out to drive over that pass and they don't know how to do the job? Unbelievable to me!

[FIRE_UP]

Ivylog wrote:
Do you really think they could get away with closing down major highways staging accidents? I'm sure they have plenty of material to work with because of mother nature and stupid drivers. The bad news is those drivers have probably reproduced.

I definitely agree, there is NO STAGING! Are you kidding? For Jamie Davis, the owner/operator of that firm, spending close to $600K for top of the line tow trucks is no "TV" firm gimmick. And, as Ivylog states, no one's going to shut down a main artery like the "Coke" for some one or some company to make a 1 hour TV show about wrecks. Ain't happening. There's been millions of dollars worth of materials spewn all about due to some of that ice on that freeway.

His crew, and his operation, is like many of todays "reality" TV programs for sure. I'd fire about 50% of them for being lazy and incompetent. But, that's what we see on TV. Just how they and or his real crews are in real life, we wouldn't know unless we were there, in person.
Scott

[n7bsn]

Nope, not staged.
Close BC-5 or the Trans Canada for a tier-3 show? Not going to happen, too much money tied up

TV "up north" is showing the 4th season. Haven't seen any sign of it on US TV though

[Ivylog]

Do you really think they could get away with closing down major highways staging accidents? I'm sure they have plenty of material to work with because of mother nature and stupid drivers. The bad news is those drivers have probably reproduced.