50+ Vehicle Pileup on Highway 402 London Ontario. 12/23/2022
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- 50+ car collision December 23, 2022 near Strathroy Ontario. Highway 402, Highway 401. Between Sarnia and London Ontario.
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The guy that decided to just drive straight into the ditch on his own probably made the best decision to take himself and his vehicle out of harms way. Well played!
Unfortunately lots of vehicles got hit in the median too.
It's kinda like playing a safety shot at pool...just hide behind the 8 ball or something
@@ChrisPhilipSquires wouldn't be a 400 series highway if people were safe anywhere, including shoulder and median lol
RIP to the driver in the black semi
@@andyteri777 he walked away fine! Check out my other video.
Smartest person in the bunch was the one who drove straight into the weeds.
i lost it when i saw him drive straight into the bush 🤣
Better to haul a complete vehicle out of the median than have it turned into scap metal.
@@billbryce2538 Exactly, right?!
Imagine doing that in a LaMbORgHiNi
@@M447DT all day in an old lambo LM002 💪😬
Always amazes me how fast people drive in that kind of conditions
Did you notice from the video that most of the cars stopped and almost every truck couldn’t. Some of them are crazy and have no care in the world for anyone but themselves ans where they are going
Tractor trailers. Drive like assholes.
@@GuyFawkes-qg5ug Not even. Plenty of locals drive way too fast for the conditions, people think 4x4 or snow tires mean you can drive normally on ice and snow. You see it every year all around Ontario.
@@christopherwhite6173 exactly. Snow tires are good bit they don't stop on ice. People just go way too fast.
I couldn't agree with you more
let's just stand on the shoulder right next to a multi vehicle pile up in icy/snow conditions and watch more trucks pile into the carnage - I'm sure I'll be safe
Ed Ombre' exiting vehicle during a pile-up IS a good idea.
@@californiadreaming9216 I think Ed means the standing right next to the carnage as more vehicles pile up part is what's unintelligent
Hey don't you know - it's called having COMMON SENSE
Lol better than getting out and being turned into roadkill
Ed Ombre...
What else are they supposed to do??
Stay in their car, and be crushed by oncoming vehicles??
Its almost like there is a huge influx of drivers driving very large trucks that have never really driven in the snow before.
It’s all drivers not just truck drivers. It’s just more dangerous when 18 wheelers r involved. I have 2 commend that 1 truck driver for not hitting anyone even though he got hit. I drove 18 wheelers during blizzards and whiteout conditions during my cross country driving days. We slowed down for the visibility and road condition even though 1 time north of Denver I didn’t know that I-25 was icy. I stopped normal even though I was empty,but I couldn’t move at first because it was slick. The next morning I saw cars all over the place even upside down,but not one 18 wheeler wrecked.
Ummm are you saying that these "truck drivers" are actually magic carpets riders??? Bainchoud I think you're onto something 👳🏾♂️
Everyone thinks they have to be in such a hurry that they don't want to slow down no matter how bad the weather is.
Most of them are in a big hurry to get home and sit on their azz.
Then the only time they slow down is when they casually stand next to their cars as fully loaded trucks are smashing into them wtf
@@saugeyes Those idiots.
That's exactly right!! After all, the speed limit sign says 65 so by God they are gonna go 65!!!!
stupidity and ignorance spread like a plague
Yes, in the middle of a pile up the best thing to do is stand next to your car and watch. So dangerous!
It amazes me how so many people think "the crashing is over" and AREN'T looking rearward to see what the next SEVERAL vehicles will do.
“I just watched multiple semi trucks smash and probably kill people, I’m just gonna stand here on the highway, that was probably the last truck”
Pro Tip: If you're standing in the road where vehicles are currently crashing you might want to get out of their way. Just sayin
Ron Mexico- I can see now why your country is on top of the intelligence list😂😂😂😂
0:53 - 1:08
SO GLAD that Driver moved his car out of the way!!
When he saw the car in front of him get demolished (could have been him), that gave him the idea to get off the road.
@@Apparently_No
I think he saw that enormous Semi-truck coming his way, and got out of his way!
Considering truckers have radios to communicate and hear what's going on around them, it's unbelievable that they pile in one after another
@LA Neely still...
@LA Neely I often hear the same thing...
@@charliesmith7942 the radios are all taken over by spammers. It's a constant barrage of garbage so most drivers just turn them off.
@LA Neely if they stopped in time and were reporting the back up of cars or the crash you would think most trucks would get that information.
Regardless it's stupid to be driving that fast if it's snowing or icy
Most truck drivers in Canada don't speak English 😑 , Am one of them we don't listen radio
Someday people will learn to slow down in bad weather. Until then this will continue to happen. I just hope everyone was okay
Not likely
Not going to happen.. you mention "people" & "learn" in the same sentence, so that should say it all.. people never learn!! 😉
You mention slow down and semi trucks, all the trucking companies care about is getting their loads to the customer in stupid amounts of time. Until the companies care about the people and the road users over profits this will continue to happen
No they won't... people will always stay this stupid. Or get worse.
It’s all about the time it’s all about the money
A lot of new immigrants don’t understand Canadian winter conditions. They typically come from warmer climates with jungles or sand and not ice and snow so it just takes them a while to learn.
And how many of them are illegals too.
This isn’t an immigrant problem. Many people don’t maintain a safe speed and stopping distance during winter conditions. They drive just like any other day and as a result, this happens.
They should have a conditional license that you have to take special snow class before driving in winter
These "professional" truck drivers are driving way too fast for the weather.
Man that was some final destination stuff at 42seconds. You could see the guy in the maroon semi kicking at the door as hard as he could trying to get out, then BAM that Semi plows right into him literally doing probably 50. The way he was kicking he probably had no view or idea that semi was coming. He was trapped, Semi trailer smashed in 1 door, he had maybe 20 seconds it looks like to get that door open and he didn't make it. Sad to see the Semi hit him that hard, RIP.
The driver survived according to reports.
@@BigBoyTraks There's no way, just look at the blunt point of impact, and after you can see how the cab was twisted around the chassis, no way bro I know physics. Report was wrong, lots of wrecks maybe referring to a different driver. Not only did he get hit by a Semi hood, he was smashed up against the corner of another semi before being twisted apart. Brutal.
It amazes that despite all the regulations, licensing requirements and claims of professionalism it seems there's an awful lot of trucks involved in these pileups.
It blows my mind why they totally outdrive their line of vision!!!! What are they thinking of???
Truck tires are made from such hard rubber that they are virtually useless in slippery conditions.
@@henryhonda8408you ever drive in a winter storm bud, with ice? Trucks can’t just stop cuz it’s snowing lol and kinda hard to stop almost instantly 💀💀💀💀💀💀
@@ovo_faygss1440exactly. So many clueless armchair quarterbacks who haven't driven anything bigger than a Chevy Suburban.
@@patronus1776 facts I wanna see one of these clowns talking drive a big ass truck 🤣shi is not fun at all
I always drive in the number 3/slow lane on the 400 series highways. And if I ever come upon a situation like this, my plan is to immediately drive off as far into the field on the right hand side as I can. Then, if I feel that I am still too close to the roadway (in case a transport also veers off to the right side), I plan to get out of my vehicle as quickly as possible and book it (on foot) even further into the field!
Number one lane is the far left passing (“fast”) lane
@@HerpDerpNV he makes it the "slow" lane
@@HerpDerpNV I should have looked that up first. I guess it sometimes does not pay to trust a cop. I was watching a video on Police Activity, about a month ago, and noted that was calling the fast lane as #3 (over the radio during the pursuit). Thank you for letting me know the correct numbering sequence. I am going to edit my comment.
Into the field and down the road in the opposite direction of the pile up, good plan.
@@-D-W May not be his fault. Lane numbering was standardized just a few years ago to start from the center of the highway. I'm sure there are many cops and/or agencies who still use whatever system they feel is appropriate.
This has to be the most gut wrenching crashes ever uploaded. You can see the truck driver was desperately trying to get out...
He walked out after the hit. Check the other video I posted.
@@ChrisPhilipSquires Ok, thanks. Was wondering about him.
No there was crazier uploads
@@Brass_Tax give me links
@@ChrisPhilipSquires Glad he is all right. I thought for sure he would have died or have been seriously injured there when the semi hit his truck.
The crash at 0:39 you can see the truck driver start to get out the get hit and later you can see him hanging out the other side door. Hopefully he’s okay! Prayers out to everyone!
Make sure you drive really really fast in such conditions!!!! Hurry hurry hurry!!!!
Best advice slow down, hope all are ok that were involved 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 what bugs me is I drove semis back in the 80s and never saw accidents like this.
Hmmmm slower Trucks back then not to many Foreign Driver's on the road then?
@@steveeddy6876 slower trucks, you mean we had faster mechanical engines, with open governors,3406 Caterpillar twin turbo, 600 hp Caterpillars twin turbos, ETC what are you talking about, today's trucks are governon and full of electronics, and ran with DEF that slows the engine, and as far as driver's Back then we had respect for one another and others on the highway and we used our CDs , and brains.
The speed at which some of these semi trucks pile in the drivers NEED to be charged with manslaughter and kept off the roads entirely!!
Need the CB radios back and reduce speeds in condition's like this!
Most of them barely speak English so what good is the radio?
Glad you're safe bud, that must have been scary. Cars and trucks can be replaced but lives can't. Though I'm glad your R is safe and sound
How did truckers not know about this looked like they were doing 65mph in the snow real smart
Canadian truckers blow us off the road in every snow storm. Problem is, they make it a lot of the time obviously and so they think they can do it every time. Like the good bush pilots, they're all dead.
Yeah, I do not understand what happened to the 2-second rule- personal responsibility testing the roads constantly to see how long a stop takes.
A lot of them always drive like this, and even after they wreck...they still drive like this
It's always the trucks who cause so much carnage on our roads. They are reckless and careless. Something needs to change.
Trying to do that would be called racist.
One thing I would never understand why there is no communication among the truck drivers. They talk all day long and should use radio to their advantage especially in this kind of situation and weather. They never slow down just keep plunging
I was a trucker twenty years ago, very rarely heard anyone on the CB in Canada. Meanwhile in the US it was indeed used to warn other drivers of road conditions, accidents. Even had the police in Virginia use the CB to find out road conditions from the passing truckers.
Not the case anymore. You can drive for hrs and not hear another voice.
They are all on facebook and other phone apps.
Part of the problem is that the CB radio airwaves have been taken over by spammers. It's all crap on the radio now so people either turn them off or mute them.
No one uses a cb anymore, most don't even have one
Because they dont speak english…
Imagine having to clear up all that mess as well. They do a good job clearing up the highway in as quick a time as possible in poor conditions
Yes lots of Goey Fluids to get mixed in with the ICE 😂
This is why you should ALWAYS run a CB
@@evgenywow not much of a driver are ya. Go to northern Canada you'll never get anywhere if you stop every time it snows
You will lose brain cells listening to truckers act like 10 year olds on the CB all day
*All of these drivers: **_"I'm special, I'm so much smarter than people, this would never happen to me."_*
The car that drove in the field volunteering was smart
you eventually get to a point where you see enough of these videos and you wonder why in the hell do people always stay on the road knowing the people behind you might just smash into you or a much larger truck plows into you pinning you into another truck either instantly killing you or giving you an all access pass to disabled for life direction.
just take the rout that is off the road, it sucks for sure, but it's the safest route because nobody else is thinking of doing this.
Once people stop moving at highway speeds, they go from thinking about a few hundred feet ahead of them (if you're lucky) to thinking about 20 feet around them. We all do that naturally. You have to DECIDE to still think about things hurling down the highway, and most people just don't.
What amazes me is the trucker's don't warn one another on their CB radios
That is amazing. Also consider that fewer and fewer truckers in Canada even HAVE CB radios anymore... The CB culture on the road is not very alive and well in Canada anymore.
A lot of truckers don't have CBs. Times aren't like they once were. 🤕
Awhile back we learnt to stay in the car. After so many videos like this, there is no way I would stay in my car if it was stuck. But run way ahead to make sure of not getting hit.
If this truck drivers received they're driver licenses in Canada they must to know when meteo conditions are not favorable you need to adjust the driving speed according with the meteo conditions. But what we usually have when hwy is covered in snow they are passing the little cars one the left side and driving 100 km/h. In that situation they are Kings of the road ( making a lot of damage and destroying the families).
Like how at about the :51 mark that small dark car goes to the right into the weeds, and gets the hell off the highway. Good move!!
Wait a minute... don't people in The Great White North already know how to drive in Winter? This must be from a parallel universe.
These people aren't from the great white north - they aren't even from this country .
You can be sure most of the truck drivers are from bramladesh
Those Driver's were probably from India or Saudi Arabia places where they don't have SNOW???
Everyone thinks they are an expert on winter conditions so they don't need to be cautious.. that's how it is in the US Midwest anyway
Conditions can change in seconds, you’ll be fine doing 70mph and then 1/8 of a mile later 30mph is now the maximum speed you can go, how do you achieve slowing down on what is now ice when it had been perfectly fine black top before? Most people will slam on their brakes and lose control, you have to let off the gas and not use the brakes, letting wind resistance slow you down. Had I been going any slower initially, I wouldn’t have felt the initial loss of traction and likely would have joined the pile farther ahead.
Most truckers drive like this in poor weather conditions because they feel invincible in the big rigs. You are driving on highway with poor visibility and icing conditions and instead of slowly down you plow into stopped vehicles. WOW.
Thank you, from Minnesota so understand snow and icy roads. Never get out and walk around get out of the way
0:36 That's what nightmares are made of! This is some stuff that I would expect to see in a movie, not in real life. I feel traumatized just watching this.
The car driver sees and acknowledges the hazard ahead and comes to a standstill well before the crash site. The professional HGVs just plough on in !!
And how heavy do you think the car is compared to a tractor trailer?
@@PillSharks PRO driver SHOULD take that into account when driving in these conditions. Its very simple.
He did one stupid thing, stopped on the road. The other guy who ran for the bushes, that's the smart one.
i invite you to try a stop a truck in these conditions. if you slow down too much youll get rear ended and have cars spin out trying to pass you. infact that could be the very reason this pile up started. thesee trucks werent going fast at all. sometimes shit just happens and you cant do nothing about it.
Police: I need a tow truck, a crane, a lift and everything else.
This is why NY and PA prohibit trucks as soon as it starts to snow . Some of these drivers drive like it's summertime
I lived in NY 30 years ago and never heard of that rule, is it more recent than that do you know?
i think the move is to try and hope to get far ahead on the left shoulder with your vehicle and in front of all the semi's right away to try for some protection and the stay warm in your car, terrible situation no matter what you do
Yeah I had to get out while the trucks were slamming into everything. But was able to move to the left and ahead, but not too close. Luckily the vehicles behind me stayed back and then the pileup kept getting further and further back. I was able to get back in the car quick and easy comfortable and warm watching shows with my son.
@@ChrisPhilipSquires Wow thats wild, I'm glad your both safe.
I was watching your dashcam vid, and dreading the moment you might of got slammed into, it must be terrifying to see those big trucks slamming into the vehicles and not knowing if you are next
The majority of trucks are company owned; they should mandate companies to install a CB Radio. It takes 7-9 seconds for a truck to full stop during good weather and a lot longer during inclement weather. If a driver presses the breaks too hard while attempting to slow down on ice or snow, there is a high possibility of a jacknife. I am glad to hear the driver who got his truck shredded survived and walked out safely 🙏
Imagine sitting "safely" in your vehicle behind a pile-up on the highway with your children or a pet in the back and some transport truck plows into you going 100km/h. Shout out to the flatbed transport truck driver who did an incredible job to prevent a crash.
And coming up to it initially you don't expect that much chaos coming up behind. Plenty of cars and trucks stopped and were in control, then a few just blasted through.
Glad you all got out okay man. Hopefully the transport driver in that brown cab that was destroyed got out alright.
@@johns1187 he did. I posted another video showing that. He's seen here walking into the ditch.
Hearing Stern's voice brought me back. I'm so old i can remember when he was still funny.
Truck drivers suppose to be more advanced in driving than the average car driver on the road. Why in America truck drivers don't slowdown and read the road ahead. Instead they speed into situations. In this video its definitely the truck drivers fault considering the condition of the road.
it is easy to get a license so there are a lot of stupid people getting CDLs. I have a CDL and sometimes I feel ashamed to share a trade with that kind of people
Lots of pressure on them to shift their loads in double quick time, they get hassle if not on schedule
Just unbelieveable.
See the time stamp, it’s believable that people will risk their life driving on roads they shouldn’t be on out of a sense of obligation.
People just don’t have enough experience to know just how much snow and ice affect stopping distances. They slow down , but not enough. You have to slow down to what you estimate to be the right speed and distance and then do it all over again.
There's always someone that gets out of their vehicle and stands in the middle of a highway..
Those semis need to slow down!!
There’s no excuse for this type of event.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ALL THESE PPL? just drivin to fast & not payin attention...wtf?
Ever in that situation, I'm driving my truck deliberately off the highway as far as I can.
Used to be terrified of that piece of roadway running from New Your to port Huron, due to Lake Effect Freezing Precip for Lake Huron.
New York State to Port Huron MI
It amazes me every year at the absolute STUPIDITY of some of these drivers who call themselves professionals.
everyone be like: if i draive fast, i get out of bad condition fast
Are CB radios not a thing in Canada?
If you cannot see in front of you, you should immediately cut your speed and put on your hazard lights. It also never hurts to carry road flares as they give off a very bright red glow and you can put them further back from the crash site to give an early warning.
Hazard lights are the worst idea.
You should slow down and stick in the right lane like the drivers manual says. Hazards are only to be used if you’ve stopped in an active lane or on the shoulder for any reason.
Hey semi's maybe drive speeds suitable for the conditions. Its not how fast you can go, its how fast you can stop.
No maybe you four wheelers slow down. Your always in the rush
Yup thanks for electronic log books. Making the roads safer one speeding truck at a time. Many of the drivers who crash are new Canadians who have never driven in winter before either.
The truck driver at 0:35 burgundy color semi was trying to open his door with no success than the other semi smashes into him. Damn one day your here next day poof! This is some final destination shit right here.
He walked out of the truck not long after. He is seen walking into the ditch in this video!
Unbelievable that semi driver survived his cab literally being obliterated. His guardian angel was definitely on the job that day!
Oh my God. This is pure insanity. It's 2023 and vehicles don't get satellite notifications of accidents with warnings and automatic braking in plenty of time.
I used to HATE working accidents on the highway in winter conditions
Good to see people surviving this but due to pure lack of experience and lack of human regard to life and pure stupidity. Everyone doing 110-120 kph when they should of been doing 60 or less. Humanity is getting dumber by the minute.
At 0:38, someone was moving inside the brown cab of the semi truck... can someone let me know if he survived?
Edit: I just saw a clip that someone posted... the clip was a closeup and it showed him walking around his truck so yes he survived
Yes that is my other video showing a closer and longer view. He walked away ok!
@@ChrisPhilipSquires thank you for showing that cause I just knew he didn't make it... so glad he's ok
@@ChrisPhilipSquires Thank you so much for posting this reply (to Shemeka's comment). From that impact, I surmised that the driver was a goner! So extremely happy to hear that not only was he okay, but also that he was up and walking around afterward! If I were that semi driver, I definitely would have bought myself a lottery ticket later that day!
@@-D-W it's pretty incredible to see him notice at the last second, move, and then walk out!
Hello Christopher Squires ! Can I use your video in my video plus comments to help people learn lessons so they can drive safer? I'll put your name on the screen, thank you for reading.
I never want to hear people talk shit about southerners and winter driving....as you all do 70MPH in a blizzard, and crash by the dozen.
@@goggles789 I'm a southerner....it has everything to do with me. Here in NC, we have tons of relocated northerners, that constantly talk crap about us in the winter...even though we deal with more ice, than snow.
Yes, we have tons of accidents, but they're mostly "fender benders", because us "non winter drivers" know not to go 60MPH on a slick road.
@@goggles789 we all pay insurance....which goes up when the company has to pay out more.
POST OF THE DAY, Sahadi.
My opinion as a Canadian with 20+ years driving experience, many of them with 40k km annually : this may seem way too fast, especially for some who haven’t heard of snow tires. It’s evidently too fast since there was a pileup, but not for most cars, since the cam car managed to stop way ahead of the danger. The problem for the past ten or so years comes mainly from the truck drivers. So many of them drive like terrorists in bad weather, passing people in the powdery snow turning day into whiteout conditions, pushing cars off the road, at maniac speeds, tailgating in the right lane if there’s even the slightest of downgrades, tailgating in the left lane in a snowstorm. This is exactly what we see here : a bunch of moronic truck drivers not even caring to turn their cb radios in very slippery conditions (I was on the road that day about 200km to the northeast) and not carelessly maintaining 110 km/h with full loads. There must have been serious injuries with this pileup, I hope no one was killed. Poor fellow on the shoulder just standing there with no clue of the danger he’s in.
Amaze me how fast the lorry's drivers drive
Hello, can I use your video on our channel? Regards
0:38 why didn't he honk?
No idea. Luckily I didn't notice how bad this was at the time. We were hiding way down in the ditch. Seeing the guy in the truck right before this guy comes through is hard to watch.
@@ChrisPhilipSquires Terrible situation. Glad everyone is okay. While out on the roads today one thing I noticed was people driving with their hazards on. There are many reasons why that isn't the right thing to do!
@@3tjrunner3 Buddy, it's law to put your four-ways on if you are going 15 kms per hour below the speed limit. It is absolutely stupid for people to NOT put their four-ways on as you are stopping on a 400 highway in Canada. Thankfully some did here.
@@bradcharlton9362 I never said anything about speed limits. I didn't want to get into specific situations. There is definitely a time when to drive with them on like when you said. I used mine many times, but I don't leave them on. You still need to be able to tell people around you when there is a real emergency. What if you are driving with them on going 65km on a 80km hwy there are 6 cars in a convoy following you and you run into a snow drift? If your hazards are already on you can't warn anyone around you.
He dead bro.
Всегда один вопрос: зачем так быстро ехать. Надеюсь никто не погиб.
Да им вообще по херу на видимость гоняют как не знаю кто
Как раз момент Фарша и заснял авто-регистратор.
Как же люди не понимают, когда на дороге в снег такая пробка, смотреть нужно не вперед а назад!
Wonder, Wonderful!
На Хундае умный мужик - и в зеркала смотрит и сразу подальше в траву уехал и тачку сохранил.
К сожалению на дороге, как и в жизни, умных меньшинство.
War zone ontario highways..sad to see how its going down since a couple of years
Браво 🙌
Prayers for everyone. So sad.
These truckers are poor drivers, no excuse for this by CDL truck drivers, they should know better!!! Too fast for conditions BOOM!
Yes they are poor drivers because that's what the modern economy wants, less trained drivers are payed much less so the price of products remain low which I am sure you like.
@@chrisdonish oh and let's put a computer in the cab that turns them into a pumpkin in 13 hours. The race against time to find somewhere to park has consequences
I'm shocked how wreckless some big rig drivers really are....they can take out dozens of vehicles at once
Especially for the one with an oversized load.
"Hey guys! It's snowing! Let's do 70mph!"
Bro the second truck that just drove straight through the center oblliterated the cabin of the first truck
Mój Boże, mam nadzieję że nikomu się nic nie stało. Naprawdę macie bardzo ciężkie zimy, my w Polsce takich na szczęście nie mamy.
Tendi nada, explica aê...
What´s wrong with truck drivers, they are professionals, they should know to drive really but really slow.
New age drivers are all migrants with no courtesy or ability. You can thank Trudeau for bringing them in
Any update?
The result of corporations not allowing their drivers to use CB radios.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes! Drive 75 MPH when you should be driving 45 MPH, and crash into dozens of other vehicles! BTW, you should *NEVER* *EVER* pull onto the left shoulder of the highway. You will almost certainly be crashed into from the rear at a higher speed than if you were on the right shoulder OR be hit head-on from another vehicle jumping over the center median barrier.
Unless... in this case moving to the left was the safest thing to do. As evidenced by the vehicles in the left doing much better. Every situation isn't the same. Me and the cars by me who came up to the accident waited and tried to figure out the best place to go. Then we kept seeing trucks coming up in the right lane - no one was driving in the left lane as it wasn't clear at all. You can see him move over in front of me. After multiple trucks came up the right lane and crashed, the left was the safe place to be for sure. I was in the left and neither me nor my car has a mark. Same with the vehicles in the left ahead and behind me. Trucks and vehicles on the right were destroyed. Watched a team of firemen cut a guy out of a truck. Trucks on the right shoulder were flipped over and destroyed. So I get what you are saying but in THIS CASE you couldn't be more wrong.
@@ChrisPhilipSquires I've driven this highway (402) in all types of weather. The land is flat and the wind is strong. WIth the sudden change in weather (even though it was predicted) I'm sure it caught many drivers by surprise when the road quickly froze. I've also noticed that most truck drivers stay in the right hand lane so it makes sense that the truck crashes were mostly in that lane, hence the safest place to be was on the left shoulder.
It’s always these damn trucks going way to fast and then they just smash into people and kill families. It stems from greed and impatience
@@playdiscgolf1546 there are a ton of reasons why trucks go faster in these conditions. If the roads are slick but straight there’s no concern if you don’t have to stop. In bad visibility it is not recommended to go slow on the roads, your tail lights get covered in snow so no one can see them and going slow can cause someone to rear end you and start a big pileup. Best to go a reasonable speed and stay off the brakes.
But even if you’re going a reasonable speed for the conditions, like the oversize load in this video, it is nearly impossible to stop a huge vehicle on ice.
The biggest problem in the industry these days is CB radios. If everyone had a CB radio installed and turned on in their cab these situations wouldn’t happen. If the government really wants a solution to situations like this, they would make it mandatory for big trucks to have a CB radio installed in their truck and turned on while driving.
@@jordanray6459 , tbh in this day n age almost all vehicles have spyware that knows who we are, where we are, who else is in the same area that we are, and exactly what all of us are doing and who we are or aren't doing it with. Govt can just mandate that our vehicles and the roadways talk to each other..
getting out your car is truly suicidal
Staying in it is too. A semi piles into you and sandwiches you against another one or rolls on top of you you are going to have a closed casket funeral
Staying in your car with continual semi truck projectiles coming in is absolutely suicidal. Not even that black semi cab that got obliterated was safe. The shoulder is suicidal as well though. The best place is far off from the road behind a impenetrable barrier and not near or off to the side of the area that is actively piling up.
I was able to avoid a pile up like this by going into 4 hi and flooring it through the median.
That 18 wheeler going full speed was just flat out not paying attention. That's ridiculous
What’s on the trailer at 1:08? Always glad when there's not explosives in these situations.
If you're going to get out of your car make sure you run as fast as possible and get far away from the road.
That is a brutal stretch of highway in the winter. I refuse to drive it
look how fast the semis are going like they have somewhere to be during a snow storm.
Was the guy in the truck that got hit by the other truck at 0:39 alright? Looked like he was still in the cab at the time of impact.
Yeah he was. Check out the other video I posted. It's wild he saw right before getting hit and moves out of driver's seat.
0:38 Mostly y'all didn't noticed this, but I hope that truck driver is ok. It seemed like it hit the whole Semi-head which impacted the driver.
He walked out after. That's him at 0:51 going into the ditch.
@@ChrisPhilipSquires Oh, well the important thing is you're ok and everyone is ok.
That's hard to watch
Used to never see this now it's everyday
This is EXACTLY why you take warm clothes with you in a car in the winter.
those trucks are comin in like tsunami waves