Thursday, March 26, 2009

Hit the ditch, eh?

How Canadians drive in the winter.


Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Practice your skid-parking.


Rubber side up...


Blend in, Canadian camouflage.


Edmonton drivers out for a spin.


Manitoban ice-skating.


"The ditch". Trans-X favorite truck stop.


Mini jack-knife.


Old Ford Crown Victoria. Red on white.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

I go "Ice Road Trucking"!

I mean the real deal, where it's real dangerous, unpredictable. No TV series on, that means no husky voice in the background predicting imminent doom.
What happens When you get rain over frozen? Look and see.

Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario. Hwy 11. All looks well.

Manitoban Trans-Canada. That's where the fun begins. The trailer would slip and drag the whole unit into the ditch. Careful slow drivers like this one avoided the ditch, but got stuck on the ice when the trailer got into the inclined shoulder.

Slow motion jack-knife. Even at slow speeds like 30km/h.

This Trans-X truck even had chains on!

Ice is not the only danger. Whiteout conditions will get you into trouble too. Nice to have soft snow to land on. This one was on Hwy 11 between Hearst and Longlac, Ontario. I was westbound here.