Videos: Snow Plows Are Bested By Snow

Yesterday, Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty reminded everyone to be patient with the plows, and now we know why. If they're not ramming into parked cars they're just plain stuck! Yes, it seems Blizzageddon was just too much for the fleet to handle, and the poor guys are all tuckered out. Below are some of the best examples of snow truck incompetence across the city. At this rate we might just have to wait for spring.

A video of an NYC Sanitation truck stuck in Maspeth, Queens. The narrator says, "This thing has been stuck here since, like, seven 'o clock this morning."

A plow gets stuck for half an hour outside one woman's house.

"3 NYC Sanitation snow plows got stuck on a brooklyn street...it took over 8 hours for the trapped plows to be freed but not after many failed attempts from various sources."

This Sanitation truck skids in the snow.

A snow plow stuck in Washington Heights.

Clearly, the city should have just called Mr. Plow

[Via AnimalNY]

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By Jaya Saxena in News on December 28, 2010 12:17 PM

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jaycjay

"some of the best examples of snow truck incompetence across the city"

Getting stuck in snow does not always mean incompetence. Sometimes it just means you were driving a vehicle built to operate on solid ground in deep snow instead.

Rod

I've been in the last 3 blizzards and never did the plows get stuck.

ditto buses and ambulances.

this time, the difference was bloomturd's record cuts in services and workers.

Unkle_Bob

This. There's absolutely no reason to be bashing on these drivers, who likely have been working 12+ (16+?) hours a day since before the first flakes fell.

Working with snow is more art than science, and what works one hour may not work the next, and what works one storm doesn't work the next storm.

greeneggs

Dump Doherty!

S.D.

Ah, the power of YouTube. Makes me glad my car is in my Garage...

I feel bad for those Plow drivers. Stuck in the middle of the street after getting to work has to suck.

americaonline

They probably don't feel bad about their double overtime.

NlGGAZ

I think it's the quality of the snow. Most blizzard aftermaths have 30+ degree days where the snow melts a little so the ice clumps and is easier to move and is easier to drive on. This is still below freezing with wind chill and the snow is still fluffy and powdery so the snow has less friction therefore harder to move. It's like moving sand with your hands, it's hard when it's dry but if you put water in sand you can pick it up in clumps.

Rod

wrong.

bloomturd made thousands of separate negligent errors, from faulty or no chains on plows and buses (to nickel and dime us) to not salting during the storm.

he was trying to save money because he only has $68 billion to spend this year, and he needs every penny to give away via corporate welfare.

Rod

the videos prove it: NO CHAINS on the tires because bloomtard tried to save a few dollars.

that's negligence and so let the jury decide after he's aressted for manslaughter.