Tuesday night's snowfall caused chaos on the roads around Metro Vancouver, with dozens of crashes reported throughout the region.
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Lmao, its weird that it snows in Canada. Oh wait, it does snow in Canada.
That’s barely a skiff of Saskatchewan snow.
This title should be in the lower mainland not across BC
Never drive again! Especially with all the car accidents & 1 person hogging so much space with the vacant van.
Lived and driven all over the world, worst drivers I have ever seen are in Vancouver.
That’s because none of them are originally from Vancouver. They come from places you have travelled to, and think are better drivers.
Headline could be ,” Lack of use of consumers installing snow tires” caused chaos in Vancouver. Plus do you think the city services could have been more proactive on sanding the roads quickly?
@RobboElRobbo Vancouver temps still get below 7 degrees Celsius in the winter which is the point at which all-season/summer tires become significantly less grippy due to rubber hardening in the cold. Even without frozen precipitation, winter tires are the smart thing to do. They are winter tires designed for the cold season not designed solely to tackle snow.
@aids owen Too expensive to have 8 tires, and no place to store them.
@Westerly Winds pay the $30 to store them at a tire shop or dealer. You’ll save more than that $30/year on your insurance. I think it should be illegal to drive anywhere in Canada without snow tires from Nov 15th to March 15th, specifically cause of stuff like this. Too many unprepared morons on the road these days
@RobboElRobbo That’s true however, ICBC shouldn’t cover accidents that result from snow if you don’t have snow tires.
@Westerly Winds you like possibly getting into a car accident? the accident is not annoying and expensive??
Funny how the title says across BC, the rest of BC is okay with winter.
Agree. Its only the lower mainland.
Lack of snow equipment, staff and lack of preparation. They had months to prepare and do they even have budget for the snow season ?
Why is it BC seems unable or unwilling to accept that they are starting to see more snow in the winter (so you need snow tires) and more hot temps in the summer (so you need AC). It’s called adapting. You should try it.
greg b …….. this has been happening in Vancouver for decades, every time it snows a few inches it pandemonium because all the idiots that think they can drive in snow with summer tires.
Yes, and the rest of Canada does enjoy laughing at them!
city has no respbilty but collect taxes i know 50 percent of these drivers are dumb
This is everyday weather in Canada. Why are we making this big deal, South Alberta has been covered in this for weeks. Winter Tires and check road conditions this time of year.
The biggest obstacle on my way home were spun out buses. Either snow tires weren’t enough to make up for the city failing to salt and plow the roads, or the government failed to install them.
BC drivers truly suck at driving in snow. It’s honestly hilarious to someone who lived in Winnipeg for a decade.
@Greg Then they have no business being on the roads. Their incompetence is endangering others.
@WolfeCanada Agree. But there is no mandatory winter driving courses that newcomers must take in order to get their 1st license.
Alberta drivers have issues with corners in BC. Perhaps we should have them all take extra lessons.
Thing called snow tires i put on every year
@D Brooker ever seen 300k car with low profile or even bald tires on it. In the snow? That’s Vancouver, bud.
OMG it’s winter, it comes pretty much the same time every year what a shocker
I haven’t seen this much snow in Vancouver, ever. An inch or two in January happens on occasion. Vancouver has a lot of hills so any snow at all creates chaos, let alone several inches. For the Fraser Valley is may as well be August.
This never happened in BC, especially in The Greater Vancouver
“a whole lot” … Guys, I know it doesn’t snow there often, but I wouldn’t call that a whole lot of snow. Over here in Ontario that’s nothin’. I put snow tires on a month ago. I thought we were Canadian? that sucks, but com’on😆
Peole of the SW of BC need to take winter driving lessons. Their snow videos are hilarious
Same thing every year since I can remember. 😂
welcome to what the rest of canada deals with.
Hopefully no deaths!
The rest of Canada sees this and laughs at you guys. Slow down for crying out loud! Use snow tires. What the hell would you do if you got snow like the other provinces? A massive cleanup? Quit describing a daily event in some places as a cataclysmic event for you! It isn’t even a lot of snow! If your citizens cannot adapt to these driving conditions they should stay home. All they do is make it dangerous for everyone else. Period.
“a whole lot of snow falls at this time” actually less than 10 cm high 💀💀
Not even a foot on the road get over yourselves 😂😂
This is nothing for Atlantic Canada where I’m from but I understand if you’re not used to it, and not prepared for it, it can cause a lot of havoc.
Happens every year, 2 inches and it shuts the city down. Unreal.
North of the province and the rest of Canada “Yeah and???”
Also this happens on lower part of the island as well and snow tires are not magic, you still have to be careful while driving.
Here in Ontario we can’t even see our neighbours house by mid winter. Snow tires are a necessity.