Wrecked old cars and crashes

Most of the new cars I have been reviewing lately are so loaded with safety features, you wonder how anyone can crash them at all.  I mean, with lane departure warning systems, traction control, backup cameras, and crash mitigation braking systems, what excuse do you have for running into another car?  And yet, we still manage to do it.  They don’t keep running those traffic reports on the news for nothing.  This is nothing new, though.  Take the old cars in these pictures.  They were equipped with nasty biased-ply tires, fail-prone drum brakes, and lethargic manual steering.  These weren’t the pampered classics we see at car shows today.  People drove these cars, and sometimes, they wrecked them.

Big ol' car wreck on an icy road in Colorado Springs. It may be bad, but impossible not to watch

File photo of other cars on a slick road

OK, I usually don't post the video of the day, and I know it's wrong to be entertained by other peoples' problems, but there's something about this video that I find entertaining--in a twisted sort of way.

It's just a slick hill on South Carefree and Powers in Colorado Springs.  And you'll notice that in spite of the mangled, abandoned cars that already litter the street, more attempt to make it up the hill.

Anyway, if you've ever been a little out of control on an icy road, you'll probably experience a little of the pucker factor when you watch this.  But be warned: the guy taking the video says some bad words.  So if you're offended by bad words, or you have kids in the room, you know the risk before you click.