Yep, winter is finally here (at least in the Northern hemisphere), and driving conditions are worsening so drivers should be more aware of their surroundings.

This is common sense, regardless if one is using a front-, rear-, or all-wheel drive car, but sometimes things can, and do, go wrong.

Case at hand, a BMW driver, whose 7-Series needs a serious makeover. The full-size luxury saloon was captured on camera accelerating from a traffic light at full force, when it suddenly became tail-happy. No surprise considering the slippery road…

After some fish-tailing, the Bimmer ended crashing on a pole head-on. From the looks of it, no one was hurt bar the car itself; plus, things could have been much worse if other vehicles, or pedestrians, would have been in the wrong place, at the wrong time.

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