> Warp wrote:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMzeiMJQrvk
> 
> I remember the news on this. It was exceptional conditions. It had 
> rained, frozen, snowed, rained, frozen again, something like that.
> 
> I'm pretty sure studded snow tires aren't going to make it safe to drive 
> if you get the kind of conditions that let the car slide sideways at a 
> sedate speed without slowing for fifty meters (like at 1:02 into the 
> video).
> 

I've read somewhere that this particular street was on a hill, although 
it doesn't really show in the video, which explains why the car 
continues sliding like that.

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