Jeep Windshield Shattered by Overpassing Snow Plow

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
11/28/2018 at 23:00 • Filed to: snow, snow plow, plow truck, winter driving, dashcam, caught on dashcam

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Bullseye, direct hit!

Kevin Hoffer was driving underneath an overpass when a plow dumped snow and ice on his SUV’s windshield.

“Soon as it hit the windshield, the windshield just shattered,” Hoffer told !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

He was merging onto northbound US-131 from Stadium Drive Monday when it happened. His dashcam video captured it all in real time.

“I saw a plow coming,” he said. “Thought nothing of it.”

The snowplow was eastbound on the Michigan Avenue overpass.

“I didn’t expect (the snow) to hit,” he explained. “I expected to actually get past it or for it to come down before it got to me.”

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Alternate video in case of Kinja:

Let us all take this as a good reminder to always... uh... well, what do you think is the main takeaway here? Is there a good way to approach this situation? (Besides making sure that you have a dascham running, that is...)

Is it reasonable to expect someone who’s in the process of merging with nearby traffic to also keep an eye out for plow trucks on overpasses? And what are your chances of adjusting your speed just the right amount to avoid this? And should you even try, while in the midst of other traffic, on slippery roads?

DISCUSSION (14)

gettingoldercarguy > Urambo Tauro
11/28/2018 at 19:08

Small claims then. The city should absolutely pony up.

vicali > Urambo Tauro
11/28/2018 at 19:10

Other than maybe seeing the falling snow and slowing down I would chalk this one up to bad luck..

Kinja'd!!!

boredalways > Urambo Tauro
11/28/2018 at 19:21

That reporter needs a new hair piece.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Urambo Tauro
11/28/2018 at 19:21

I don’t see an out here, dude was going to get hit no matter what.

xc90v8/I4 :( > Urambo Tauro
11/28/2018 at 20:15

Where I live there’s signs on the road for stop and go plowing. So this shouldn’t happen.

The Dummy Gummy > Urambo Tauro
11/28/2018 at 20:35

This happened to me as well but not nearly as big of a crack.

I’ve always wondered how these things show up on the news. Do people have some weird event happen to them and then think... wait I should call the news and let them know?

XJDano > Urambo Tauro
11/28/2018 at 20:52

In St. Louis this year a car was going under an overpass, a car above hit the side concrete, knocked it loose, smashed and killed her. Bad deal all around. I am always weary of going under an overpass where the concrete looks like shit.

https://fox2now.com/2018/07/23/one-person-dead-one-injured-in-accident-outside-forest-park/

CompactLuxuryFan > XJDano
11/28/2018 at 20:58

IIRC it was a philanthropist in a Tesla Model S crushed by a massive block of concrete. RIP

XJDano > XJDano
11/28/2018 at 20:59

https://fox2now.com/2018/07/23/one-person-dead-one-injured-in-accident-outside-forest-park/

Urambo Tauro > The Dummy Gummy
11/28/2018 at 21:01

Maybe. But I think nowadays a lot of this stuff gets passed around via Facebook, Twitter, etc. and news stations get wind of it from there. I’m not sure if this is one of those tim es. But I’m not on those sites, so maybe that’s why I couldn’t find anything that looked like it was the original source video.

XJDano > CompactLuxuryFan
11/28/2018 at 21:06

Yep. I replied to myself with the fox2 news story. Sounded like she was a well respected lady in the community and a real shame she went like that. R.I.P. indeed.

I think her husband is suing the city as they knew it was in bad shape.

The Dummy Gummy > Urambo Tauro
11/28/2018 at 21:50

Oh, I wasn’t judging your post. I just never understood how stories like this made the news. ‘Oh look a bird shit on my window and it looks like Jesus’ haha

But you’re right, social media definitely could be a big influencer.

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro
11/28/2018 at 22:03

Pepper needs new shorts!

Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No > Urambo Tauro
11/29/2018 at 01:06

Just fold it down lmao