When you’re on the highway and it’s snowing, it’s always a sensible idea to slow down and increase the distance from the cars in front of you, as you never know what lies ahead. As they say, better to be prepared than sorry.

If you don’t adhere to this very simple rule, your chances of getting into an accident are exponentially greater.

The multiple car accident that you’re about the watch in the dashcam-footage that follows in the video after the break, started with a Lada hatchback crashing into the rear end of a truck that slowed down, with more vehicles piling up from behind, including a Volkswagen Golf that almost flipped over.

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