>>>Terrifying to watch -- and in Wisconsin no less!
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>>>http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/waukesha/RAW-Video-captures-Hwy-41-45-pileup/-/10150328/23398364/-/volbqw/-/index.html?fb_action_ids=629474357109810&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=[542724759150043]&action_type_map=[%22og.recommends%22]&action_ref_map=[]
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>>I 'specially loved the people getting out of their cars to stand in the open lane while cars are careening towards them
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>Yeah, my understanding is most injuries and deaths in pileups like that are people getting out of their vehicles "prematurely".
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>I'm thinking the only "safe" place in a pileup like that is upstream of it. Not off to the sides, that's for sure. In or behind it - only if there's at least a couple of (preferably jackknifed) semis blocking the road from other semis.
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>Visibility couldn't have been that bad if the camera got as good a view as it did. Amazing that some oncoming drivers didn't even slow down. Probably texting.

I did notice that once the WalMart truck stopped everyone else (from behind) slowed down - or, they could have just cut the tape before the car piled into the back of the semi and ripped in half.

Texting, talking on the phone, shaving, eating - could have been any (or all) of those as a contributing factor, but the most was probably the "I know what I'm doing and can drive perfectly fine in these conditions" attitude

Down here, we get a lot of that attitude from people that moved from up North (where we have REAL winters!) anytime we have ice. Looks like snow, but it's not Saw quite a few "Why don't you southern drivers get out of our way and let us show you how to drive" comments on FB from transplanted Yankees. I managed to restrain myself from answering "My Yankee relatives would drive anywhere in the snow - but they stayed HOME in the ice"