All these videos are popping up after the storm that hit this week. Nothing this bad happened up here... maybe one day

http://www.weather.com/outlook/video...ast-4276#19555

(gotta click play)

I was wondering what would you guys do in this situation? Would you just sit there helpless like a bunch of girls in a mini?

I know its different looking and watching a video of it happening. But I feel like i would get out, get my shovel, and start building a ramp to get over the guardrail... I dont care if it took me 4 hours. (these people are stuck here for 12+ hours and then abondon their cars..) id figure a way to pack the snow, and just get it over. But i feel like with some height, lockers, armor, and a winch... i really am pretty sure you can get over it and find another way home... without causing too much damage to the rail or the rig.

Im just fantasizing.... i could be completely wrong and be just as stuck as anyone else. Wanted to hear some of your ideas... or stories!

I do know one thing. Unless I was dying, I wouldnt leave the jeep there.

 

Wow! 12+ hours! that is crazy. Did you see that JK? I agree with you man. Time to get proactive and get the heck out of there. 2 hours and I would have gone for the guard rail.

 

thats what im saying. i think i would hang around 2 hours, and trying to figure a way out.

 

Depends on what was on the other side truly if I would go over the gaurdrail. I will tell you that 44" boggers will get right on over one without harming tires if your slow and careful. I try to avoid stupid stuff like that anyway which is probably the better idea. I have a few simple rules that usually will help with this.

1. No Interstate driving in snow storms.
2. If you have to think twice, do do it.
3. Stay away from major cities if possible.
4. If you don't have to be out in it, don't get out in it.

 

It's easy for us to say what we would have done, but unless we were in the same circumstances we will never know. I have a real problem with sitting anywhere on a backed up highway, as my wife can attest to, but not sure even with my JK which has a lift, winch, etc., that I could have just negotiated over that guardrail. I also think you would have ended up getting a citation from the local gendarmes.

 

I've been in this situation when we had out major blizzard & snowstorm in 2009, when we decided to drive down to San Antonio to pick up our step daughter on Christmas Eve 2009. Driving through the blizzard, we did around 32 rescues and had times where the traffic was at a standstill for hours at stretch. Especially at night, you have to be mindful of your surroundings - in our case, the barricade were tall concrete barriers where road work was going on the interstate, so no go trying to climb over a 3' concrete barrier. The other side was a drop off the shoulder into relatively soft dirt covered with a couple feet of snow, with snow drifts around 3' - 4'. Saw people running out of gas waiting for the line to move - it was a bad sight to say the least.

If the surroundings permitted it to do so safely, in this particular video example, I'd try to get past some of the vehicles and assist authorities in trying to clear out a path and aid recovery of stalled vehicles that might be blocking the flow. But other than that, there's not a whole lot that can be done. On many occasions, what we'd like to do and what we really CAN do can have a huge gap.

 

I agree, i think i would try to help authorities to clear out cars or clear a path in general...

 

This is why if there is ever a chance for harsh weather when I need to drive I make sure to have a full tank of gas, some food, water, and blankets in the car. About a year and a half ago I was driving on Rt. 80 and 2 tractor trailers overturned blocking the entire highway for 6 hours after a surprise ice storm. I just reclined the seat, turned up the music, cycled the engine on and off every half hour or so to keep the inside of the JK warm, and waited it out. If you are properly prepared for winter travel there should be no need to take drastic actions, put your rig and your body in harms way. Not to mention where are you going to go once you get over the guard rail? Usually highways have drainage ditches and bridge embankments so often that it would be impossible to get much more than 100 feet further along before getting to an impassable ditch

 

over it? Doesn't everyone travel with a SawZall?