@covid-19 its risky, because, since it was so steep and the grass was soft, it could cause the truck to land sideways when the front of it drives on the grass?... I'm no expert just tryna help out.
They all are, they would much rather put themselves at risk then go to jail for manslaughter. Its always dickheads that cause accidents and the boys who drive these tanks that get into trouble.
@@EL_TRUMP it's not obvious from the video alone, I had to listen a second time with captions on. There was another car behind the trucker who was in the opposing lane which would've collided with the oncoming car. The trucker moved over to create a space in his own lane for the following car to escape. You can see the oncoming car veer off the shoulder as well to avoid the car behind/alongside the truck.
Exactly!!! Really sick of some drivers. I'm the type that even if I hadn't missed a turn but about to miss it or I missed a queue to a turnout, I'd carry on. No stopping in the middle of a major road trying to plead (or worse, force) my way into the shoulder, no dangerous manoeuvres!! My logic is, I'm a user of the road, not the owner. I fucked up, I rectify it in my own time, not at other people's expense by holding up traffic and/or creating a road hazard. Why can't everyone follow the same amount of courtesy and consideration?!
@@gjaeigjiajeg Yeah, sometimes I'm like trying to overtake a truck to get to my exit faster, then didn't see a car driving with a trailer infront of it. Just gotta carry on, or at least signal that you want space and wait for the truck to give you space.
@@gjaeigjiajeg & I would add; Direct swerving, midway through the roundabout, cutting across active lanes, cause they forgot they need to go left not straight.
from his story it sounded like the subaru was a timid or new driver, the first car to pass him was the helix that was behind the subaru so maybe the guy just wasnt a good driver or new
Truckie's hold this country together. It's a bloody shame the way we treat them. That last guys put himself into a shit situation, because of someone else's mistake. He deserves a goddamn'd medal.
The old man at the end recognizing the potential deadly accident turned his truck into the field and saved both vehicles from being torn open. That's a good man right there. Good Man.
I don't know why the roads have to be so close... All this room but let's pass each other and risk a 200kmh collision.. government could just make the roads further apart and save lives ?
Some (not all) of the truck drivers in the first half of this video made questionable choices. Based entirely on the footage in this video, it appeared to me that some truckies were speeding and crashing into cars. What about the near miss at 9:10 at the intersection when the car pulled out from the right? In Victoria if you are at intersections without traffic lights or signs you must give way to any vehicle entering or approaching the intersection from your right. That truckie should have backed off and given way to the car entering from the right. Some truckies are downright intimidating.
I fail to see why would it be his responsibility to drive his truck off the road when someone is coming behind of him and he has done literally nothing wrong.
@@Veronicat-of4nz more-so a question of morality rather than "his responsibility", whether he moved over or not he would not be at fault but no one wants to see innocent people die no matter how stupid their decisions.
I have come realize that if I put myself in a position where getting to the exit might be a stretch either because I noticed it till too late or I was too ambitious in my over taking off other cars, it's ok I'll just miss it and get the next one. It's not worth dieing over, not even worth a fender bender.
That driver was a Moron, music blaring, really wet westgate freeway, cars coming in from millers road, and then riding up there ass going to fast... that was all the truck driver that one.
I appreciate y'all kept the cut at 5:00 as long as you did, to show the overtaking lane that opened up not half a km down the road from where they almost killed themselves to get past. It really highlights the absurdity.
2:06 Something similar happened to my dad when he was a rookie. Had an accident, somehow he managed to control his truck so it wasn't anything bad, but when police showed up they told him, if someone brakes in front of you, or cuts you off, you ram them, because you can only kill them may be yourself, unless it's another truck unlikely. If you swerve to dodge the car, break too hard, you will lose control, you will hit others, and you will hit or kill innocent people instead of an idiot who does something stupid to make you go off the road. Which makes sense.
Serious respect, he risked his life to save another's, leaving the road into soft shoulder and field can easily end up in disaster, cab tipping, jack knifing, etc. He seemed a really cool guy.
When learning to drive in the country, Mum taught all of us that even if there's plenty of room in the traffic to turn onto a road, if there's a truck coming, you wait for it to pass, as there's no guarantee there'll be time for it to slow down or you to get up to speed before it reaches you.
Yep. Car could stall, you could miss a gear(manual) or some kid could choose that moment to run across the road. Then you are sitting still awaiting physics to catch up.
Fuck that should have made the subaru driver fuck there car who cares if they die if you drive like that putting othe peoples life at risk then you have it coming
you would hope! but im not sure how a typical claimant would deal with this scenario! he never made contact, he just swerved off damaging his own truck. hopefully his insurance/company insurance covers semi at fault (in the eyes of the law) stuff like this.
There are obviously some anatomic abnormalities on display here. The vision, the brain, the hands, and the feet, all are being called into question. Just sayin ...
That last trucker Is a absolute legend, to be able to see all that happing and kept everyone safe and got a beast of a thing off the road in time, legend
You can kinda sense when someone's gonna overtake you cause they keep driving to/across centre line to look around you so he was probably waiting for it to happen for a long time and double checking his mirrors all the time. Good split second decision making though
People generally don’t know how hard it is to be a truck driver. Especially if your a long haul and have to navigate the city to get to a wharf. The hardest would be with live loads cos it moves around. I used to do a lot of rural and interstate driving at all times of night. I was always glad to follow a truck cos they knew where the speed cameras were so we cruise along. Then when we passed a camera or/and safe to pass I could always rely on them to pop their right blinker on to let me know I’m good to go. I’ve had this experience heaps of times. I don’t know who any of those drivers are. But I thank them because they were keeping me and themselves safe. So now I live in city truck side I always let them in and flash my lights to let them know I’m giving way. I would rather some joker car driver lay on the horn or swear at me than see a trucker get into a pile up on the freeways. Thank you truckers!!!
Heididi yeh your right and if your in Australia and on a Rural dirt or paved rade and it’s single lane little cars always should pull over and on UHF or other channel 40 say” the road is all your mate “ my dad did that and we got a thanks and I think you know this
"I could always rely on them to pop their right blinker on to let me know I’m good to go." Don't try that in England. Here, it's left for overtake, right for don't overtake. That makes sense.
Yep! That's me! Nice to hear of someone who understands what that random right blinker comes on for intermittently, you'd be surprised how many dopey bastards just don't get it.
When I lived outback the blinker was always what I waited for They are higher and can see further down the road then I If my turn was the next left I’d just pull back and put my lefty on Not that hard, some people just don’t seem to understand math and physics the truck can not stop that fast if you merge into it’s stopping zone in wet weather no less and then break your gonna get hit or the truck is gonna soon out trying to stop aye
In the name of myself and other truckers worldwide: thank you for being a driver with a functioning brain. Many car drivers treat us, well, like other cars. They presume we can always clearly see them, we can stop for them, etc. Many apparently think "oh wow this truck could stop fast, certainly that one can aswell" disregarding one very basic thing: you don't know our load. It could be 1.000 kg, it could be 30.000 kg. Thank you for wisely choosing to not endanger yourself and others. Oh and here's a tip for the jackasses: if you disregard the law and cause us to perform an emergency stop, then quickly run off because no collision happened, here's some news: if we get this on our handy little dashcams, you might very well end up paying for an entire damaged load anyway even though you think you "got away". I'll repeat: you don't know our loads. A colleague of mine transported a completely average looking container not so long ago, inside it was a highly sensitive, very specific scanner for pharmaceutical purposes. Pricetag (we know for it was in the load documents): 1.5 billion euro's (1.77 billion USD). So next time you cut off a truck to win a few seconds, be prepared for a lifetime of being enslaved by debt. Not to mentioon that in the current crisis: we might be transporting medical PPE, medication, ventilators, etc. You really want to mess that up right now?
Thank you to all you truckies out there. You do a great job delivering all goods throughout Australia. Especially through this Covid crisis.. Thank you... Take care and be safe on the roads.. 😘😘
Respect to all the truck drivers. My mother taught me from a very young age to give trucks respect on the road and give them space. I've had many truckers thank me on the road for letting them merge or turn a corner without me up their arse. I see so many people treating trucks like small cars.
The truck driver at 2:06 has made a number of mistakes here before the start of the accident: - He started overtaking another truck on the left (which in this case also boxed him in) - He allowed himself to get very close to the car in front of him - All this with poor visibility and a wet road surface I don't know exactly why the car in front slowed down but in a sense, it doesn't matter, he only slowed slightly. It might have been brake checking as some have suggested or it might have been that one of the common bits of advice for being tailgated is to gradually slow down to make the tailgater back off. The car might also have seen something ahead of concern. Overall, almost entirely the truck drivers fault.
@@CovidConQuitTheCensorship neither, he slammed the brakes because the car in front slowed down, his rear/trailer tires locked up on the wet surface and he spun out / his own sliding trailer pushed him aside
I do heaps of km and notice often if I get up someone's arse cos I know the road and plan to pass after next bend.. the front driver starts to panic and brakes. Spose it's a natural reaction but I seriously don't understand them .
My brother use to drive a B-Double. He took me for a short spin around Smithfield NSW one day, in just half an hour I saw the shit he had to deal with, mainly cars cutting him up at traffic lights. Education for trucks, motorcycles and (unfortunately LOL?) cyclists needs to be improved here in Australia. Getting a car licence is WAY too easy!
Laws need to be changed in many areas. Eg a cyclist does not need to use a cycle lane So in other words my rego fees which went to build it gets wasted by a dick that doesn't need to have rego or insurance?
IIGrayfoxII I'm sure most cyclists also have a car and pay taxes so they're paying for the roads anyway. Why don't you use the cycle lane? Then you'll be even.
I was in the Darwin to Adelaide World Solar Challenge a few times and our solar car and support vehicles were regularly overtaken by A triples. When they came up behind we called him/her on the VHF when safe to overtake, pulled as far left as we could without going on the gravel, they came past, we told the driver when they were clear and they pulled back in giving a left-right-left flash. 3010 km each time and never a problem.
Maths problem for year 11: Setup: You are in a private vehicle weighing 1.5 tonnes and traveling at 80 KPH. As you decelerate to 20kph you turn onto a major road, from a side road, you become aware of a 50 tonne truck 20 metres away and traveling at 70 KPH. Question: How long do you have to live? 🤣
That last truck driver is a good guy. Good on you mate. Austrian drivers on the whole are pretty good, Some are just bad but you get that anywhere in the world.
Kobus was thinking the same thing, but then again when im on the road here(south africa) it doesnt seem like there are any idiots behind a steering wheel.
Most of these just show you that you can be doing the right thing on the road but there always would be an idiot who doesn't who ends up causing an accident.
I work as a transport network operator in NZ and I can tell you the truckies are the ones who fix problems on the road. You have no idea how many lives I've seen them save in near misses, removing road hazards, attending to crashes they weren't even involved in to keep the traffic moving... they're absolute legends. But they remain humans, give them space, indicate, slow down, let them in. I've seen way too many deaths in a car v.s truck scenario. It's simply not worth the few seconds or minutes off your journey, if you're lucky.
3:46 I swear to god 90% of drivers turn like this, and the only way to keep a safe distance from them is to do the same thing which isn't viable in a truck, how the hell people with a license end up turning like this is beyond me.
It's because they are fucking stupid. They think "road is 60/70, must drive at or above that speed at all times" regardless of whether there is a bend in the road they might need to slow down for. So they get to the bend but they have no confidence or even concept of their vehicle's cornering capabilities, so they think if they take the corner properly they'll skid out and kill themselves, and they know they're too shit to control the car if it starts losing grip, so they just cut the corner.
It's such an easy "turn" though, should be simple to stay within the lines without needing to slow down. Natural selection, why do we as society cater for the lowest common denominator in these situations rather than let nature take it's course.
It's because a large majority of motorists have no idea have to negotiate a bend. Instead of having their eyes up pointed as far ahead along the curve as possible, they stare straight at the centre line right in front of them and wonder why that's where they end up going!
The driver of the car is a drongo. Theres a extra 0.5m past the unbroken line on the right that he could drive on if he understeers. Instead, he oversteers and drives into the truck.
Truck driver at 4:23 was lucky he had a side road to divert too otherwise this may have ended badly. Also we either need to make smaller vehicles or wider country roads. Too many drivers trying to overtake bigger ones or just being plain stupid & impatient. Not worth it for the consequences that follow. If U r stuck behind a large vehicle & are able to, just pull over & wait 5 minutes then proceed. This is my answer. Watching some of these incidents between trucks & cars reminds me of the 1970 movie Duel starring Dennis Weaver. That was as scary as & often exists in real life.
4:04 is a textbook example of a trailer incorrectly loaded. The weight was on the tail, rather than the hitch. That was unrecoverable once it started fishing. Always make sure there is more weight forward of the axles than behind them.
Some people have an arrogance problem where they always say "I don't need anyone to tell me how to attach a trailer!" Alright mate, good luck when you fishtail and roll over in the middle of nowhere and by luck, can't get yer mobile to work!
That was a few different mistakes that didn't have anything to do with the trailer being loaded. Going way too fast for one, the draft off the rig is what got the trailer swaying then they over corrected once they got in front of him. I've seen lots of holiday weekends start with rolled over trucks and travel trailers, it's really fun when they flop opposite eachother and twist the hitch and safety chains all up with the trailer in a thousand pieces and end up blocking the entire freeway at 6PM on a Friday night.
The trucker at the end is a hero. Why the f... don't we celebrate heroes like him on a national level? The guy risked his own life to save several. That's an Order of Australia right there. Thank you mate.
Daily basis ? What an absolute load of crap. You clearly have no idea what it is like to drive a truck.Sometimes they have to go or they will never get anywhere. You just slow and let them in. It's easy. If you are slamming on your brakes on a daily basis you are a very poor driver. Thanks for playing though.
but this video suggests that truck drivers have a crash at least once a day, if we wanted to drive trucks for a living we would do it , but we don't. Don't make excuses for incidents you haven't witnessed he may live in an area with a lot of truck movement for construction and they dont look when exiting a site , why must car drivers yield to trucks every time , most car drivers don't drive as a job where as in truck drivers do it for a living so there the professional and should be driving more responsibly than the average joe blow , i witness trucks constantly going through orange and red lights and its not because they cant stop as they are going pretty slow when it happens which in turn prevents other vehicles from going about there business when its there turn (trucks included) if they dont like the length of the green light petition the local govt dept to extend them
Hats off to the truck & dogg operator at the end of this for basically saving those idiots lives. The amount of stress these truckies go through it's unreal 👍
Yeah not really the drivers fault by the looks of it. When you're ahead, it's not your responsibility to look behind you (and speed up if someones trying to knock you into a tail spin).
Me Ru The car was in the trucks blind spot. Drivers need to learn and be cognisant of the areas around a truck where the driver cannot see you. The truck driver did everything correctly, indicating well before he performed the lane change, going him time to check his mirrors to give way to any cars. There is no way that truck driver saw that car.
Have you ever closely watched a long vehicle (especially those with a pivot point) turn? Even a small example like a bus? They take a different line around corners and also have a larger blind spot compared to a car (so they are unaware that you are trying to sneakily merge before them). They also don't grind to halt at the drop of a hat. The moral of the story is don't try to creep around or cut in front of trucks... I thought I had seen bad driving until I got into the passenger seat of an 18 wheeler. It was absolutely shocking to see how little people know about the capabilities and limitations of a truck, as well as the blatant inconsideration shown towards truckies. Truckies drive large, heavy and difficult to manoeuvre vehicles everyday for often very long hours, whereas most personal vehicle owners only have to drive to and from work and during leisure (which by the way truckies STILL have to do after they've knocked-off work). So who do you think has a better understanding of how to operate a vehicle and has a more intimate knowledge of the the roads: an experienced/veteran truckie, or a yuppie in a rush to get home from the office. It is much easier for a car to change it's position on the road and we should be accommodating for trucks, not the other way round.
I saw a couple caravan issues. For those who don't know what to do when your caravan (or any trailer for that matter) starts to fishtail like the few in the video. Don't try to correct it by counter-steering etc. Simply accelerate and try to keep the steering wheel as straight as you can. The trailer will follow you out and stop fishtailing, trying to correct it will only increase the chances you lose control and have an accident. (Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but having plenty of towing experience this is what Ive been taught and have found to work)
Wtf. lmao. Some truckers might not even know how to operate a camera. If you at least don't get a pricey camera, then the cheap one you bought will take decades only to get to the 3rd menu...
Nope, I wasn't bad talking truckers. Just saying it's worth the investment for a better built camera. I bought a $25 camera (my fault) and couldn't even get the SD card to fit (somehow the spring was broken). That camera you couldn't even just plug it in and record. You had to press one too many buttons in order to get the correct settings, such as night vision, day light, etc. The audio gave up on the first day of using it and the SD card kept sliding out, duct tape wouldn't hold it either lol. I've learned my lesson, don't buy cheap Chinese crap... I'll only buy South Korean or Japanese made product from now on and check online reviews.
If you pay people to drive your trucks and you don't put cameras in you should sell up as well. There are some retarded truck drivers out there as well. "Hows my driving" stickers aren't good enough any more to track how good your drivers are. I know I was almost murdered by a truck who merged into me because he didn't want to slow down (NOT one that couldn't slow down in time).
Last guy in the video is an absolute legend !!! 👏 You safely manage to get off the road (not putting youself in harms way) and prevent a head on collision that would have no doubt have killed both occupants.
Truth Seeker You call yourself a Truth Seeker? Let me tell you the truth. Those murders came to my country,raped my mom and left her for dead. But she survived. I was born and she gave me away,because she couldn't stand to be reminded of this particular day. Your Vet's are nothing but murder and rapist. That's the truth. There was NO reason for them to invade my country. And still America denies to pay for Agent Orange victims. Better not try to find truth in your local pub.
cobaltace62 I lived in L.A. a couple of years - back in the 80s - and I thought honestly they were pretty good drivers, especially since Southern California is all about the automobile. In St. Louis, the drivers are rude bastards but they DO seem to control their cars well. And the average American housewife can back an SUV the size of most European apartments into a tight parking space at top speed. I've been in the truck when it happened.
7:02 if he didn't move over the driver of the Subaru would have killed the black car driver. Truck driver should be given a hero medal for saving those 2 cars from death.
4:06 seeing the momentum of the caravan flipping that car was crazy, I've only ever heard about that happening from my dad, didn't think I'd ever see someone managing it.
I believe it’s actually fairly common. Any time I’ve seen photos of a caravan ripped to pieces or a flipped over, the four-wheel-drive always seems to be on its side or rolled also
The driver turning into oncoming traffic was clearly at fault. This is an intersection in Gympie, Qld (at the duck ponds). It's a shit place to turn right (like the car was doing in this video), which is why I actively avoid doing so when traveling through. However, in saying that though you can see enough to make this turn safely if you need to. This driver just completely failed at that.
As a matter of policy I never swerve to avoid a collision. I hit the brakes, hard, but not enough to lock up the wheels. Only had one: a deer. Several near misses. Swerving is dangerous; there isn't time to access the shoulder conditions, think about the embankment I might roll down, or consider the power pole I might hit, or see the family of four out for a walk. Staying in my lane is more 'the devil you know'. It sounds cold and calculated, but it is prudent. I prefer to think before acting.
It's also what they teacher you in training. If you swerve and not make contact with the car in your lane you are at fault. Unless you have video to prove it was because of someone in you lane.
half a sec later "what happened there" my guess the truck in the right hand lane was most likely a straight ahead only lane, and the car in the left lane was a straight ahead or turn left lane got nailed
@@nzbidzel some trucks need 2 or 3 lanes to take that hard turn as theyre too long. Hence the "do not overtake turning vehicle" signs. This driver was not paying attention the the blinker on the truck
@@dontlikeorsub Really? The truck is in one of the middle (straight ahead) lanes, turning across another (straight ahead & left turn) lane, going way to quick to take the corner safely or for others driver to assume the truck is about to make an illegal turn across their lane, all so the truck can bet the red light. A truck driver that knows what they are doing would edge across, while indicating, taking up both lanes, ensuring another car cannot come up the inside lane, taking the corner with caution. It's the truck drivers responsibility to ensure that the lane they are turning across is clear. Lane wasn't clear. Truck drivers fault. I think you'll also find that this car that got hit wasn't overtaking the truck, but driving, legally, on the inside lane.
@@dontlikeorsub Correct, I'm not arguing that. But unfortunate, the truck was only taking up one lane, and it wasn't the turning lane. No part of the truck was taking up the inside lane until they turned in quickly and aggressively, to beat the lights, causing the contact. And remember, it is the truck drivers responsibility to ensure the lane is clear before turning. Truck driver fucked up and I hope they were held to account.
From what I know being a relative to a truck driver that's been doing it for ages. He likes to listen to upbeat or fast music to keep himself away on long hours.
Little do you realise that teen pop is also adult pop in the real world. Most of these white hairs dont have any musical preference - they just have the "radio" on.
It's amazing how it never occurs to some people, that instead of suicidal cutting in front of someone, they could just use the breaks and pass behind them in a more safe fashion.
0:55 well it’s safe to say, if that car had a passenger they’d be well and truly dead with the driver having broken ribs, shoulder, leg and internal bleeding really do feel for truck drivers in these situations
That road desperately needs a give way sign. The guy hit must of thought he had right of way ie give way to the right. Unfortunately his road looks like a driveway or something. The truck driver thought he had right of way as in driveways give way to traffic. Correct me if I am wrong?
You guys are amazing - how you drive on the roads every day with so many thoughtless drivers is a major credit to you - God bless truckies all over the world.
In true Australian government fashion I will respond to the video : INCREASE LAWS, INCREASE FINES, ALL PERFORMANCE VEHICLE OWNERS MUST DIE, NEW FINES, EVERY K OVER IS A KILLER SO WE'RE HANDING OUT 100 MORE SPEED TRAPS, HERE'S A DEFECT FOR YOUR EMPTY WASHER BOTTLE. Thank you citizens.
TheNewEuropeFourteenWords Absolutely no problem citizen of Australia... now that's a $200 fine. Whilst I'm here I'm going to have to make sure your vehicles roof lining is properly secured.
Arnold Barry Yep then they pull the wool over our eyes saying "it's protecting Australia" lol what a piss take.. Yeah mate my car having a slightly blue interior light is causing murders on our street. 😂
On behalf of friends and family who have benefited IMMENSLY from this invention, my heart felt thanks and continuing prayers for the inventors good health, future successes, and for helping thousands enjoy theirs.
Truck drivers deserve respect, because: - They do a difficult job - They put up with stuff like this - Because as we see in idiot in car Vs truck collisions, the truck usually wins.... significantly so.
That last story, wow mate. Stay safe out there. Great honor for that sacrifice. We need to show more respect for the hard working big rig drivers, the risks and the emotional impact of everyone on the road.
4:06 exactly the reason you should have a license to pull anything, truck drivers do, so why can't cars? They can be just as dangerous as shown in the video and people don't have a fucking clue how to handle it
These videos plus a road trip from Melbourne to Alice Springs by car in 2015 have given me a different perspective on what truck drivers face each day.
No people are to busy with everything else than driving, phones, WhatsApp, children and they simply don't watch, pay attention, and react as they shoul. It has a everything to do with how they were reached and often by a family member who doesn't know how to drive a vehicle him/herself.
Oh, i see that P plate driver 2:45 deciding to turn right from extreme left of road. You wouldn't, at least the P plater wouldn't want your brakes to fade.
Not to mention the one at 1:15, where the truck is in one of the middle (straight ahead) lanes, turning across another (straight ahead & left turn) lane, going way to quick to take the corner safely, all so the truck can bet the red light.
For the Yanks there, Aussies are as good a drivers as we are, or as least were when I lived there. A couple of decades ago there was no speed limit in the Red Centre, and people drove like they respected the thought of what could happen in the result of a collision. Now, there is a speed limit and drivers seem to act as if everything is safe now so they can relax when doing the speed limit. Seems to me that enacting a speed law also enacted the "duh" portion of the brain. Speed limit or not, challenging a road train is stupid in any location.
"Now, there is a speed limit and drivers seem to act as if everything is safe now so they can relax when doing the speed limit." Yep, it goes further than that though. I witnessed a head-on crash on a very tight, slow corner on a single track lane; One car was doing about 10mph which is appropriate and he stopped when he saw the other car which was doing about 25. I'd seen the police had been chasing the faster moving car but they denied it (they just "happened" to turn up seconds later..). I told them he was going too fast but they said he wasn't because the speed I said he was going was lower than the limit.. Too fast for the situation is too fast for the situation end of.
Ron Hoffstein “Were” is right MATE! Everything “was” at one point, which is sometimes quite irrelevant to what is going on today! You are painting a scene to a time gone by that has no bearing on current events and the here and now. But thank you kindly for the elaborate stroll down ole memory lane!
Uuuh, the one at 0:50 was nasty, I hope there was no passenger in that car. I guess I couldn't get out of the truck in fear of having to discover a mangled body in that seat....
Basic lesson when entering traffic road: look to your right and left before moving across and when doing turn in order to check for any passing vehicle.
The last driver is a hero. Split second reaction, put his own life at risk to save others.
@covid-19 its risky, because, since it was so steep and the grass was soft, it could cause the truck to land sideways when the front of it drives on the grass?... I'm no expert just tryna help out.
They all are, they would much rather put themselves at risk then go to jail for manslaughter. Its always dickheads that cause accidents and the boys who drive these tanks that get into trouble.
He drove off the road for no reason. How is he a hero??
@@EL_TRUMP it's not obvious from the video alone, I had to listen a second time with captions on. There was another car behind the trucker who was in the opposing lane which would've collided with the oncoming car. The trucker moved over to create a space in his own lane for the following car to escape. You can see the oncoming car veer off the shoulder as well to avoid the car behind/alongside the truck.
@@EL_TRUMP listen please
Tip: if you miss your exit, just carry on
Or better still - you should be paying attention to your driving, and prepare to leave properly at your chosen exit!
Exactly!!! Really sick of some drivers. I'm the type that even if I hadn't missed a turn but about to miss it or I missed a queue to a turnout, I'd carry on. No stopping in the middle of a major road trying to plead (or worse, force) my way into the shoulder, no dangerous manoeuvres!! My logic is, I'm a user of the road, not the owner. I fucked up, I rectify it in my own time, not at other people's expense by holding up traffic and/or creating a road hazard. Why can't everyone follow the same amount of courtesy and consideration?!
@@gjaeigjiajeg Yeah, sometimes I'm like trying to overtake a truck to get to my exit faster, then didn't see a car driving with a trailer infront of it. Just gotta carry on, or at least signal that you want space and wait for the truck to give you space.
if you miss your exit, just... Carry on my wayward son. There'll be peace when you are done. Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more..
@@gjaeigjiajeg & I would add; Direct swerving, midway through the roundabout, cutting across active lanes, cause they forgot they need to go left not straight.
Last guy did a heroic job.
from his story it sounded like the subaru was a timid or new driver, the first car to pass him was the helix that was behind the subaru so maybe the guy just wasnt a good driver or new
He said there were multiple overtaking lanes. If you can't use an overtaking lane properly you proooobably shouldnt have a license.
Turn it inside out mate and its good for another week.
+700gsteak lmao 😂😂
Truckie's hold this country together. It's a bloody shame the way we treat them. That last guys put himself into a shit situation, because of someone else's mistake. He deserves a goddamn'd medal.
The old man at the end recognizing the potential deadly accident turned his truck into the field and saved both vehicles from being torn open. That's a good man right there. Good Man.
Definitely is, I just hope he was okay after the incident. That would have being very traumatic
Let's take our hats off for those people who manage to crash into the only other person on the outback road for the next 50 kilometres
I don't know why the roads have to be so close... All this room but let's pass each other and risk a 200kmh collision.. government could just make the roads further apart and save lives ?
@@michaelmaurice5412 comes down to cost. Either way, the morons will still manage to have accidents.
@@michaelmaurice5412 It's the road design fault? How many close calls have you had being stupid?
@@michaelmaurice5412 no theyre not even that close, just wankers who cannot and should not drive.
@@michaelmaurice5412 they look closer together than they are because the trucks so high up
To be fair, trucks are super quiet, smaller than a road bike and very difficult to notice.
SEE YAI AYE your blind right?
the 8-bit adventurer
Of gorsh!
see yai ai your a fuck wit lol
the 8 bit whatever YOURE THE FUCK WIT
Ke Ni or at least make them a bit bigger....
Some of these truck drivers genuinely saved lives superb driving !
I was impressed with the very cool, matter of fact way he spoke about it .... Man with decency
Too right - props to them. Several of the other fuckwits on the road clearly have a death wish
Except the driver at 2:10 who almost killed the people behind him
@@Johnny-Joseph yes also fuck that guy. I’m here handing out “fuck yous” to anyone being a dickhead
Some (not all) of the truck drivers in the first half of this video made questionable choices. Based entirely on the footage in this video, it appeared to me that some truckies were speeding and crashing into cars. What about the near miss at 9:10 at the intersection when the car pulled out from the right? In Victoria if you are at intersections without traffic lights or signs you must give way to any vehicle entering or approaching the intersection from your right. That truckie should have backed off and given way to the car entering from the right. Some truckies are downright intimidating.
That last truck driver is more than a hero. He is the soul of the road. He saved several lives that day. I salute you mate ❤️
So true, he has changed the course of history. 5 people get to live on and no doubt some of them have kids and grand kids and so on. A hero for sure
I fail to see why would it be his responsibility to drive his truck off the road when someone is coming behind of him and he has done literally nothing wrong.
@@Veronicat-of4nz more-so a question of morality rather than "his responsibility", whether he moved over or not he would not be at fault but no one wants to see innocent people die no matter how stupid their decisions.
@@corey5702 they have tight schedules and driving off the road by his own choice makes his responsible if he’s late
Drivers who try to make the exit at the last second are the worst. High risk, low reward. It doesn't make any sense.
Panic reaction to missing the exit. They don't even look at that moment.
i agree, i did it once or twice too with an unregistered car with no insurance either
I have come realize that if I put myself in a position where getting to the exit might be a stretch either because I noticed it till too late or I was too ambitious in my over taking off other cars, it's ok I'll just miss it and get the next one. It's not worth dieing over, not even worth a fender bender.
Chris Hayes I like when I see them reversing back up the road to take their missed exit
i don't get it why people ignore looking left and right?.
Last guy is a hero - saved at least three lives.
he gets my praise
no he just prevented one dickhead from killing another innocent on the road from driving like that
That is something that'll haunt him for the rest of his life
agreed. i teared up. what a great bloke
risked his own life at that speed to save others..
There's something oddly hilarious about a truck driver nearly totalling his vehicle with 'Teenage Dream' by Katy Perry raging in the background.
Quarker "OH FUCKING HELL!" Hahahahahaha I'm dead! 😂😂😂
That driver was a Moron, music blaring, really wet westgate freeway, cars coming in from millers road, and then riding up there ass going to fast... that was all the truck driver that one.
Quarker
Barbie
They merged onto the highway and hit their brakes in front of him.
I appreciate y'all kept the cut at 5:00 as long as you did, to show the overtaking lane that opened up not half a km down the road from where they almost killed themselves to get past. It really highlights the absurdity.
in saying that, because its a broken line, overtaking was legal there, the driver was just a fucking idiot
@@user-dx8nj7qj2g But he also probably passed a sign saying overtaking lane in X kms.
Tell me that truck didn't open the steering and run wide on purpose 😂
Happens, all the time on I-5 usa cal...
2:06 Something similar happened to my dad when he was a rookie. Had an accident, somehow he managed to control his truck so it wasn't anything bad, but when police showed up they told him, if someone brakes in front of you, or cuts you off, you ram them, because you can only kill them may be yourself, unless it's another truck unlikely. If you swerve to dodge the car, break too hard, you will lose control, you will hit others, and you will hit or kill innocent people instead of an idiot who does something stupid to make you go off the road. Which makes sense.
Extremely cynical advise by the police if it's real. But makes sense.
That's so awesome mate.
John S it’s the same idea as car drivers not causing accidents by swerving to save a rabbit running in front of your car.
Good advice mate!!!
Ohh, I was trying to work out what happened in that clip, didn't realise that the driver got brake checked.
Thumbs up to the driver of the rig in the last Clip .. Top Fella
Good heart and a brave decision, he could've easily rolled over.
Faith in humanity restored !
doin bout niniy with the subii behin me all the way from dolbi
stereo typical aussie truck driver right there haha but what a ledge
yeah a good man.
Poor truck driver though. He has to get his truck out of the ditch while the person he saved drives off.
Respect to that last trucker!!!
Not at all. Risked a hell of a lot for some other idiot. So many drivers avoid a crash only to have a far more complex one involving far more danger.
@@millomwebSure, let's go for a certain crash because there is a small one a worse crash might happen,.
pmailkeey fuck you he saved lives, nothing else matters
Shivendra Singh
Well fn said👍😂
Serious respect, he risked his life to save another's, leaving the road into soft shoulder and field can easily end up in disaster, cab tipping, jack knifing, etc. He seemed a really cool guy.
When learning to drive in the country, Mum taught all of us that even if there's plenty of room in the traffic to turn onto a road, if there's a truck coming, you wait for it to pass, as there's no guarantee there'll be time for it to slow down or you to get up to speed before it reaches you.
Yep. Car could stall, you could miss a gear(manual) or some kid could choose that moment to run across the road. Then you are sitting still awaiting physics to catch up.
Props to the last driver
He did a great job. Respect to that guy 👏
He did an outstanding job at evaluating that situation.
Not only worring about his own driving skills, but compensating for the lack of others. Great awareness
Fuck that should have made the subaru driver fuck there car who cares if they die if you drive like that putting othe peoples life at risk then you have it coming
... and the people in the oncoming car? fuck them too?
Guy at the ends a hero, hope his company compensated him for the damages and extra for being a quality human.
They invented that a while ago.. it's called insurance.
you would hope! but im not sure how a typical claimant would deal with this scenario! he never made contact, he just swerved off damaging his own truck. hopefully his insurance/company insurance covers semi at fault (in the eyes of the law) stuff like this.
Point taken!
Right? Had a big rig rear end me... their insurance says it is my fault... I shouldn't have stopped at the red light....
Really? That's fucked bro, lawyer up son! U got a case!
apparently drivers have two eyes.
the question begs if those eyes are connected to the brain.
@Al Castill nah mate, its connected to their ass
I've never heard of the optic nerve going to someone's ass.
arse .. lol
There are obviously some anatomic abnormalities on display here. The vision, the brain, the hands, and the feet, all are being called into question.
Just sayin ...
Some peoples eyes are connected up there ass instead
That last trucker Is a absolute legend, to be able to see all that happing and kept everyone safe and got a beast of a thing off the road in time, legend
You can kinda sense when someone's gonna overtake you cause they keep driving to/across centre line to look around you so he was probably waiting for it to happen for a long time and double checking his mirrors all the time. Good split second decision making though
How do these people live through one day, let alone pass their driving exams? They just run straight into the truck, no special circumstances.
Australias driving exams are very easy and the road system very straight forward. not like europe at all
@Yard Sale Dale have to agree , basic common sense doesn't even prevail. The pricks giving them the licence need to be held accountable.
@@petergoodwin2465 i dont think you can compare chinese or indian driving to Australia.... X_x
@@kingprone7846 if you are trying to say aussies are worse than the chinese or indians you are a total idiot.
We're just lucky to see them finally run out of luck. That's why these vids exist.
People generally don’t know how hard it is to be a truck driver. Especially if your a long haul and have to navigate the city to get to a wharf. The hardest would be with live loads cos it moves around. I used to do a lot of rural and interstate driving at all times of night. I was always glad to follow a truck cos they knew where the speed cameras were so we cruise along. Then when we passed a camera or/and safe to pass I could always rely on them to pop their right blinker on to let me know I’m good to go. I’ve had this experience heaps of times. I don’t know who any of those drivers are. But I thank them because they were keeping me and themselves safe. So now I live in city truck side I always let them in and flash my lights to let them know I’m giving way. I would rather some joker car driver lay on the horn or swear at me than see a trucker get into a pile up on the freeways.
Thank you truckers!!!
Heididi yeh your right and if your in Australia and on a Rural dirt or paved rade and it’s single lane little cars always should pull over and on UHF or other channel 40 say” the road is all your mate “ my dad did that and we got a thanks and I think you know this
"I could always rely on them to pop their right blinker on to let me know I’m good to go." Don't try that in England. Here, it's left for overtake, right for don't overtake. That makes sense.
Yep! That's me! Nice to hear of someone who understands what that random right blinker comes on for intermittently, you'd be surprised how many dopey bastards just don't get it.
When I lived outback the blinker was always what I waited for
They are higher and can see further down the road then I
If my turn was the next left I’d just pull back and put my lefty on
Not that hard, some people just don’t seem to understand math and physics the truck can not stop that fast if you merge into it’s stopping zone in wet weather no less and then break your gonna get hit or the truck is gonna soon out trying to stop aye
In the name of myself and other truckers worldwide: thank you for being a driver with a functioning brain. Many car drivers treat us, well, like other cars. They presume we can always clearly see them, we can stop for them, etc. Many apparently think "oh wow this truck could stop fast, certainly that one can aswell" disregarding one very basic thing: you don't know our load. It could be 1.000 kg, it could be 30.000 kg. Thank you for wisely choosing to not endanger yourself and others.
Oh and here's a tip for the jackasses: if you disregard the law and cause us to perform an emergency stop, then quickly run off because no collision happened, here's some news: if we get this on our handy little dashcams, you might very well end up paying for an entire damaged load anyway even though you think you "got away". I'll repeat: you don't know our loads. A colleague of mine transported a completely average looking container not so long ago, inside it was a highly sensitive, very specific scanner for pharmaceutical purposes. Pricetag (we know for it was in the load documents): 1.5 billion euro's (1.77 billion USD). So next time you cut off a truck to win a few seconds, be prepared for a lifetime of being enslaved by debt.
Not to mentioon that in the current crisis: we might be transporting medical PPE, medication, ventilators, etc. You really want to mess that up right now?
The last guy is a life saver. God bless him!
Thank you to all you truckies out there.
You do a great job delivering all goods throughout Australia.
Especially through this Covid crisis..
Thank you...
Take care and be safe on the roads..
😘😘
How can you not see a fucking TRUCK ?
Inattentional blindness.
Can't see anything with your head up your ass.
they are to busy calling everyone a cunt
Simca lol joking
John McMahon because drivers in Australia lack intellect.. no brains.. they simply don't care.
4:28 should get a medal!
They truly saved a life that day.
Respect to all the truck drivers. My mother taught me from a very young age to give trucks respect on the road and give them space. I've had many truckers thank me on the road for letting them merge or turn a corner without me up their arse. I see so many people treating trucks like small cars.
The truck driver at 2:06 has made a number of mistakes here before the start of the accident:
- He started overtaking another truck on the left (which in this case also boxed him in)
- He allowed himself to get very close to the car in front of him
- All this with poor visibility and a wet road surface
I don't know exactly why the car in front slowed down but in a sense, it doesn't matter, he only slowed slightly. It might have been brake checking as some have suggested or it might have been that one of the common bits of advice for being tailgated is to gradually slow down to make the tailgater back off. The car might also have seen something ahead of concern.
Overall, almost entirely the truck drivers fault.
"Don't ever look back, don't ever look back."
Agreed. Although the white car should have either sped up and switched lanes, or keep driving the same speed limit
@@CovidConQuitTheCensorship neither, he slammed the brakes because the car in front slowed down, his rear/trailer tires locked up on the wet surface and he spun out / his own sliding trailer pushed him aside
I do heaps of km and notice often if I get up someone's arse cos I know the road and plan to pass after next bend.. the front driver starts to panic and brakes.
Spose it's a natural reaction but I seriously don't understand them .
Definitely not drivers fault. The car in front had already got up to speed by the time it merged, the last thing you do while on a highway is brake.
My brother use to drive a B-Double. He took me for a short spin around Smithfield NSW one day, in just half an hour I saw the shit he had to deal with, mainly cars cutting him up at traffic lights. Education for trucks, motorcycles and (unfortunately LOL?) cyclists needs to be improved here in Australia. Getting a car licence is WAY too easy!
Too true mate.
Laws need to be changed in many areas.
Eg a cyclist does not need to use a cycle lane
So in other words my rego fees which went to build it gets wasted by a dick that doesn't need to have rego or insurance?
*****
NO sorry they are Unnecessarily putting lives at risk then they sue everyone so.... no they don't save any money.
IIGrayfoxII I'm sure most cyclists also have a car and pay taxes so they're paying for the roads anyway.
Why don't you use the cycle lane? Then you'll be even.
And NSW is the most difficult place in Aus to get a licence. Come to SA for some real dickheads.
Last guy (plus many others) is an absolute hero.
that guy at the end the one coming out of Dolby good on you bud , good fast thinking .
I was in the Darwin to Adelaide World Solar Challenge a few times and our solar car and support vehicles were regularly overtaken by A triples. When they came up behind we called him/her on the VHF when safe to overtake, pulled as far left as we could without going on the gravel, they came past, we told the driver when they were clear and they pulled back in giving a left-right-left flash. 3010 km each time and never a problem.
Maths problem for year 11:
Setup: You are in a private vehicle weighing 1.5 tonnes and traveling at 80 KPH. As you decelerate to 20kph you turn onto a major road, from a side road, you become aware of a 50 tonne truck 20 metres away and traveling at 70 KPH.
Question: How long do you have to live? 🤣
1.03 seconds
@@braedanricketts5139 Ie. Just enough time to say "Oh, fu"
Add a pup and get another 25 tons plus an additional 30+ feet on a semi....
They cannot stop on a dime...
They should put this in the hsc for ext 1
Not very fuckin long😂😂😂😂
That last truck driver is a good guy. Good on you mate.
Austrian drivers on the whole are pretty good, Some are just bad but you get that anywhere in the world.
james bower in Manitoba, Canada too
not really, the origin of bad drivers : South Africa.
Kobus was thinking the same thing, but then again when im on the road here(south africa) it doesnt seem like there are any idiots behind a steering wheel.
Entenfreund Uwe er weist nicht!
And good truckers like him are why self- driving trucks will NEVER react like this, and will Not Nessesarily be any Safer !
Most of these just show you that you can be doing the right thing on the road but there always would be an idiot who doesn't who ends up causing an accident.
I work as a transport network operator in NZ and I can tell you the truckies are the ones who fix problems on the road. You have no idea how many lives I've seen them save in near misses, removing road hazards, attending to crashes they weren't even involved in to keep the traffic moving... they're absolute legends. But they remain humans, give them space, indicate, slow down, let them in. I've seen way too many deaths in a car v.s truck scenario. It's simply not worth the few seconds or minutes off your journey, if you're lucky.
3:46 I swear to god 90% of drivers turn like this, and the only way to keep a safe distance from them is to do the same thing which isn't viable in a truck, how the hell people with a license end up turning like this is beyond me.
It's because they are fucking stupid. They think "road is 60/70, must drive at or above that speed at all times" regardless of whether there is a bend in the road they might need to slow down for. So they get to the bend but they have no confidence or even concept of their vehicle's cornering capabilities, so they think if they take the corner properly they'll skid out and kill themselves, and they know they're too shit to control the car if it starts losing grip, so they just cut the corner.
It's such an easy "turn" though, should be simple to stay within the lines without needing to slow down. Natural selection, why do we as society cater for the lowest common denominator in these situations rather than let nature take it's course.
It's because a large majority of motorists have no idea have to negotiate a bend. Instead of having their eyes up pointed as far ahead along the curve as possible, they stare straight at the centre line right in front of them and wonder why that's where they end up going!
goatee01 because that's a retarded idea.
The driver of the car is a drongo. Theres a extra 0.5m past the unbroken line on the right that he could drive on if he understeers. Instead, he oversteers and drives into the truck.
Car owner: “changing lanes, gl to everyone else”
Truck drivers: “wElCoMe To ThE hYdRaUlIc PrEsS cHaNnEL”
* distant sound of humans getting pancaked *
@@tarjaau Today we are goink to test how strong thees cars is.
I shouldn't have, but I read that in his voice and it was hilarious.
Nope, they forget there are other people on the road.
Radio: "Don't ever look back! Don't ever look back!"
*Proceeds to spin mercilessly out of control*
And he never did. Just kept looking straight ahead!
SteelandSouls15 not just that, the car that broke in fact, didn’t look back 😂
He should have slowed down to add distance. That car was going to need to merge regardless
The irony here is brilliant, pickup driver sure didn't look back LOL
That's the only one where the truck driver was at fault.
Truck driver at 4:23 was lucky he had a side road to divert too otherwise this may have ended badly. Also we either need to make smaller vehicles or wider country roads. Too many drivers trying to overtake bigger ones or just being plain stupid & impatient. Not worth it for the consequences that follow. If U r stuck behind a large vehicle & are able to, just pull over & wait 5 minutes then proceed. This is my answer. Watching some of these incidents between trucks & cars reminds me of the 1970 movie Duel starring Dennis Weaver. That was as scary as & often exists in real life.
Salute to the last driver explaining how his effort saved life or probably lives.
No. No salute. He risked his life for an idiot. He should have kept trucking
@@jaypeters5224 What about the people in the other car? Deserve to die as well?
@@jaypeters5224 Good thing you don't drive trucks.
that last clip was the best thing I've ever seen
4:04 is a textbook example of a trailer incorrectly loaded. The weight was on the tail, rather than the hitch. That was unrecoverable once it started fishing. Always make sure there is more weight forward of the axles than behind them.
Some people have an arrogance problem where they always say "I don't need anyone to tell me how to attach a trailer!" Alright mate, good luck when you fishtail and roll over in the middle of nowhere and by luck, can't get yer mobile to work!
That was a few different mistakes that didn't have anything to do with the trailer being loaded. Going way too fast for one, the draft off the rig is what got the trailer swaying then they over corrected once they got in front of him. I've seen lots of holiday weekends start with rolled over trucks and travel trailers, it's really fun when they flop opposite eachother and twist the hitch and safety chains all up with the trailer in a thousand pieces and end up blocking the entire freeway at 6PM on a Friday night.
@@mattg7952 you are NOT A TRUCKER you have no idea what you are talking about so SHUT THE FUCK UP.....
'Fish tailing'
But not too much though..just balanced a little forward onto the towbar.
The trucker at the end is a hero. Why the f... don't we celebrate heroes like him on a national level? The guy risked his own life to save several. That's an Order of Australia right there. Thank you mate.
How would you like your steak cooked? 1:17
lol, good one!
Well done!
Michael Sainsbury lol 😂😂😂
well done steak is boring give it to me rare :D hmmmmmmmmmmmm
oh crap 1:29
0:46 "OH SHIT I MISSED MY EXIT..." "OH SHIT THERES A TRUCK!" 😂😂😂😂😂👌🏼
I bet for those 2 seconds before impact he was really pleased with himself
I've also had to deal with truck drivers pulling out in front of me on a daily basis, causing me to need to slam on the brakes. It goes both ways...
Daily basis ? What an absolute load of crap. You clearly have no idea what it is like to drive a truck.Sometimes they have to go or they will never get anywhere. You just slow and let them in. It's easy. If you are slamming on your brakes on a daily basis you are a very poor driver. Thanks for playing though.
but this video suggests that truck drivers have a crash at least once a day, if we wanted to drive trucks for a living we would do it , but we don't. Don't make excuses for incidents you haven't witnessed he may live in an area with a lot of truck movement for construction and they dont look when exiting a site , why must car drivers yield to trucks every time , most car drivers don't drive as a job where as in truck drivers do it for a living so there the professional and should be driving more responsibly than the average joe blow ,
i witness trucks constantly going through orange and red lights and its not because they cant stop as they are going pretty slow when it happens which in turn prevents other vehicles from going about there business when its there turn (trucks included) if they dont like the length of the green light petition the local govt dept to extend them
Dont ever bothering trying to argue a point again because you are terrible at it.
Get a dashcam then .
Shoe Worship i must be right than cause i stumped you and you couldnt reply ahahahahahahahaahahahahaha
I'm going to be starting a career as a truck driver this year watching these videos helps me understand what these guys go through every day
The last one shows the true heart some truck drivers have. He didn’t need to move over and could have let the head on happen but did the right thing
Hats off to the truck & dogg operator at the end of this for basically saving those idiots lives. The amount of stress these truckies go through it's unreal 👍
3:20 isnt that the truckers fault? he just changed lanes and pushed the guy aside
Yeah not really the drivers fault by the looks of it. When you're ahead, it's not your responsibility to look behind you (and speed up if someones trying to knock you into a tail spin).
Me Ru
The car was in the trucks blind spot. Drivers need to learn and be cognisant of the areas around a truck where the driver cannot see you.
The truck driver did everything correctly, indicating well before he performed the lane change, going him time to check his mirrors to give way to any cars. There is no way that truck driver saw that car.
Have you ever closely watched a long vehicle (especially those with a pivot point) turn? Even a small example like a bus? They take a different line around corners and also have a larger blind spot compared to a car (so they are unaware that you are trying to sneakily merge before them). They also don't grind to halt at the drop of a hat. The moral of the story is don't try to creep around or cut in front of trucks...
I thought I had seen bad driving until I got into the passenger seat of an 18 wheeler. It was absolutely shocking to see how little people know about the capabilities and limitations of a truck, as well as the blatant inconsideration shown towards truckies.
Truckies drive large, heavy and difficult to manoeuvre vehicles everyday for often very long hours, whereas most personal vehicle owners only have to drive to and from work and during leisure (which by the way truckies STILL have to do after they've knocked-off work).
So who do you think has a better understanding of how to operate a vehicle and has a more intimate knowledge of the the roads: an experienced/veteran truckie, or a yuppie in a rush to get home from the office. It is much easier for a car to change it's position on the road and we should be accommodating for trucks, not the other way round.
eFeFeX Are you trying to say it was the guy in the cars fault?
He sure is +Zei33
I saw a couple caravan issues.
For those who don't know what to do when your caravan (or any trailer for that matter) starts to fishtail like the few in the video. Don't try to correct it by counter-steering etc. Simply accelerate and try to keep the steering wheel as straight as you can. The trailer will follow you out and stop fishtailing, trying to correct it will only increase the chances you lose control and have an accident.
(Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but having plenty of towing experience this is what Ive been taught and have found to work)
If you drive a truck, and you do not have a camera..... you should retire right now
James Carter dash cams
Or perhaps go get one instead of retire.
Wtf. lmao. Some truckers might not even know how to operate a camera. If you at least don't get a pricey camera, then the cheap one you bought will take decades only to get to the 3rd menu...
Nope, I wasn't bad talking truckers. Just saying it's worth the investment for a better built camera. I bought a $25 camera (my fault) and couldn't even get the SD card to fit (somehow the spring was broken). That camera you couldn't even just plug it in and record. You had to press one too many buttons in order to get the correct settings, such as night vision, day light, etc. The audio gave up on the first day of using it and the SD card kept sliding out, duct tape wouldn't hold it either lol. I've learned my lesson, don't buy cheap Chinese crap... I'll only buy South Korean or Japanese made product from now on and check online reviews.
If you pay people to drive your trucks and you don't put cameras in you should sell up as well. There are some retarded truck drivers out there as well. "Hows my driving" stickers aren't good enough any more to track how good your drivers are. I know I was almost murdered by a truck who merged into me because he didn't want to slow down (NOT one that couldn't slow down in time).
Some people should NEVER have a drivers license! Too many idiots out there! An intelligents test should accumpny a driving test!
intelligents test should accumpny
Quite so.
I wouldn't speak too loudly if I were you.
You're shooting yourself in the foot, buddy.
agreed ,i work with this woman ,she cant even count to ten ,and she has a licence ,in the UK !! ad UK is hardest place to get a licence
Someone's gonna fail the law if it passes.
Malevolution I love you s
Last guy in the video is an absolute legend !!! 👏
You safely manage to get off the road (not putting youself in harms way) and prevent a head on collision that would have no doubt have killed both occupants.
People need to watch these videos when they’re learning to drive and maybe a review every five years 🤷♀️🤙
The last truck driver was a fucking Vietnam war hero!
I recognised him out the classic movie
Missing In Action
Epic Grapes
Truth Seeker You call yourself a Truth Seeker? Let me tell you the truth. Those murders came to my country,raped my mom and left her for dead. But she survived. I was born and she gave me away,because she couldn't stand to be reminded of this particular day. Your Vet's are nothing but murder and rapist. That's the truth. There was NO reason for them to invade my country. And still America denies to pay for Agent Orange victims. Better not try to find truth in your local pub.
go back to vietnam if you dont like it here. our vietnam vets ARE heroes
Grape Juices
If it weren't for the accents, you'd swear this is footage from Russia.
no crashes happen in US?
***** I'm sure there are tons of crashes in the states. Difference is, the insurance companies don't require you to have a dashcam.
*****
neither do they require one to have a brain and unbiased mind
***** I'm sensing I've hit some sort of nerve with you?
blyat XD
i feel sorry for the few smart drivers in Australia..
SeanUk_ It's the hard knock life for us.
Those are all American tourists.
Mark Basnight
wouldn't know because america... autism..
SeanUk_ : still, all in all better than drivers in Los Angeles on the 405, the 5, the 101, the 10, the 210, the 118 or the 14
cobaltace62 I lived in L.A. a couple of years - back in the 80s - and I thought honestly they were pretty good drivers, especially since Southern California is all about the automobile. In St. Louis, the drivers are rude bastards but they DO seem to control their cars well. And the average American housewife can back an SUV the size of most European apartments into a tight parking space at top speed. I've been in the truck when it happened.
7:02 if he didn't move over the driver of the Subaru would have killed the black car driver. Truck driver should be given a hero medal for saving those 2 cars from death.
4:06 seeing the momentum of the caravan flipping that car was crazy, I've only ever heard about that happening from my dad, didn't think I'd ever see someone managing it.
I believe it’s actually fairly common. Any time I’ve seen photos of a caravan ripped to pieces or a flipped over, the four-wheel-drive always seems to be on its side or rolled also
3:00 is the most purest example of where the term _"Fucking Volvo Driver!"_ comes from.
The driver turning into oncoming traffic was clearly at fault. This is an intersection in Gympie, Qld (at the duck ponds). It's a shit place to turn right (like the car was doing in this video), which is why I actively avoid doing so when traveling through. However, in saying that though you can see enough to make this turn safely if you need to. This driver just completely failed at that.
It's probably an old person, those ones that simply drive everywhere at 20km/h not stopping at any give way signs
Volvo car was just going to say hi to the red car parked on the side, mate.
Bickety Bam d
As a matter of policy I never swerve to avoid a collision. I hit the brakes, hard, but not enough to lock up the wheels. Only had one: a deer. Several near misses. Swerving is dangerous; there isn't time to access the shoulder conditions, think about the embankment I might roll down, or consider the power pole I might hit, or see the family of four out for a walk. Staying in my lane is more 'the devil you know'. It sounds cold and calculated, but it is prudent. I prefer to think before acting.
It's also what they teacher you in training. If you swerve and not make contact with the car in your lane you are at fault. Unless you have video to prove it was because of someone in you lane.
Paul Maxwell dead right don’t dodge em, often gets even worse and the bastard that caused it gets away Scot free.
Paul Maxwell: This makes your driving predicable and that's VERY important to other drivers ... this is good policy and I commend you for this ...
correct action
That's exactly what you should do mate, I don't swerve either. Flipping a DG tanker over isn't high on my priority.
I love the guy at 1:20 with his ‘well done!’
half a sec later "what happened there" my guess the truck in the right hand lane was most likely a straight ahead only lane, and the car in the left lane was a straight ahead or turn left lane got nailed
@@nzbidzel some trucks need 2 or 3 lanes to take that hard turn as theyre too long. Hence the "do not overtake turning vehicle" signs. This driver was not paying attention the the blinker on the truck
@@dontlikeorsub Really?
The truck is in one of the middle (straight ahead) lanes, turning across another (straight ahead & left turn) lane, going way to quick to take the corner safely or for others driver to assume the truck is about to make an illegal turn across their lane, all so the truck can bet the red light.
A truck driver that knows what they are doing would edge across, while indicating, taking up both lanes, ensuring another car cannot come up the inside lane, taking the corner with caution.
It's the truck drivers responsibility to ensure that the lane they are turning across is clear. Lane wasn't clear. Truck drivers fault.
I think you'll also find that this car that got hit wasn't overtaking the truck, but driving, legally, on the inside lane.
@@dampaul13 It is law that a truck is allowed to take up multiple lanes to make the turn
@@dontlikeorsub Correct, I'm not arguing that. But unfortunate, the truck was only taking up one lane, and it wasn't the turning lane. No part of the truck was taking up the inside lane until they turned in quickly and aggressively, to beat the lights, causing the contact. And remember, it is the truck drivers responsibility to ensure the lane is clear before turning.
Truck driver fucked up and I hope they were held to account.
am I the only one amused at the truck driver listening to teen pop before sliding into the median?
From what I know being a relative to a truck driver that's been doing it for ages. He likes to listen to upbeat or fast music to keep himself away on long hours.
Little do you realise that teen pop is also adult pop in the real world. Most of these white hairs dont have any musical preference - they just have the "radio" on.
It's amazing how it never occurs to some people, that instead of suicidal cutting in front of someone, they could just use the breaks and pass behind them in a more safe fashion.
0:55 well it’s safe to say, if that car had a passenger they’d be well and truly dead with the driver having broken ribs, shoulder, leg and internal bleeding really do feel for truck drivers in these situations
Since when is missing an exit worth risking your life?
@@xaiano794 Exactly, I'd never take a stupid risk that. Ffs just turn around!
I hope they didn't die.
of if they lived in the us- (driver side got hit )
That road desperately needs a give way sign. The guy hit must of thought he had right of way ie give way to the right. Unfortunately his road looks like a driveway or something. The truck driver thought he had right of way as in driveways give way to traffic. Correct me if I am wrong?
You guys are amazing - how you drive on the roads every day with so many thoughtless drivers is a major credit to you - God bless truckies all over the world.
Most truckers are trying to get even.
Crazy how some of these guys' quick thinking/reactions saved some lives. Props to them.
My dads a trucky and he made sure I knew all about this before I started driving haha. Australia stops moving without trucks, we love em
To all truck drivers thank you four everything you all do, because it tis the truck driver that keeps the world moving, former OTR DRIVER USA
Too bad yall are getting replaced by ai drivers. Truckers are quickly becoming relics
Thank you to all you truckies out there.
You do a great job delivering all goods throughout Australia.
3:10
One near miss isn't good enough, I need another. 😂
People do it at that intersection daily bunch of muppets
@2.15. Serves him right for listening to katy perry
Don't ever look back!
Or maybe good music yeah?
swerves him right indeed....
Marty Dmf
I see what you did there lol
Georgey Peorgey lol
In true Australian government fashion I will respond to the video :
INCREASE LAWS, INCREASE FINES, ALL PERFORMANCE VEHICLE OWNERS MUST DIE, NEW FINES, EVERY K OVER IS A KILLER SO WE'RE HANDING OUT 100 MORE SPEED TRAPS, HERE'S A DEFECT FOR YOUR EMPTY WASHER BOTTLE.
Thank you citizens.
Thanks for looking after us common folk, minister.
TheNewEuropeFourteenWords Absolutely no problem citizen of Australia... now that's a $200 fine. Whilst I'm here I'm going to have to make sure your vehicles roof lining is properly secured.
That's all Australia does. Make new stupid laws to protect the dumb cunts. "Idiocracy" the movie nailed it. Only stupid people are breeding.
Arnold Barry Yep then they pull the wool over our eyes saying "it's protecting Australia" lol what a piss take.. Yeah mate my car having a slightly blue interior light is causing murders on our street. 😂
yep yep and yep.
On behalf of friends and family who have benefited IMMENSLY from this invention, my heart felt thanks and continuing prayers
for the inventors good health, future successes, and for helping thousands enjoy theirs.
Truck drivers deserve respect, because:
- They do a difficult job
- They put up with stuff like this
- Because as we see in idiot in car Vs truck collisions, the truck usually wins.... significantly so.
That good truck driver at the end. Well done Sir 👏👏👏
That last story, wow mate.
Stay safe out there.
Great honor for that sacrifice.
We need to show more respect for the hard working big rig drivers, the risks and the emotional impact of everyone on the road.
2:15 car driver: “don’t ever look back, don’t ever look back”
4:06 exactly the reason you should have a license to pull anything, truck drivers do, so why can't cars? They can be just as dangerous as shown in the video and people don't have a fucking clue how to handle it
Is being drunk actually required to drive in Australia?
OneManArmy mate some cunts are just fucking plain stupid down here
OneManArmy there are a lot of retards who drive and get fuck knows how many car crashes
Yes. Yes it is
or stoned
if it was, the police wouldn't do RBT at all..,
Fkn legend the last trucker.
These videos plus a road trip from Melbourne to Alice Springs by car in 2015 have given me a different perspective on what truck drivers face each day.
Some of these guys are real heroes. Respect.
.......and then again, some of them not so much. 🤔
South West
And some of them are.... as stated. Happy to accept your support 🙏
Karma- if you do stupid shit near trucks, you are the one who is going to get screwed
Not so much karma as it is physics.
they drive around on autopilot, and then leap out of the wrecked car adamant that the truck driver is at fault!
5:43 "DOOR STUCK! DOOR STUCK!"
PLEASE I BEG YOU, WE'RE DEAD YO I'm adding this guy to friends
sorry to dissapoint He’s screaming “ALL STOP! ALL STOP! ALL STOP!” There was likely a convoy behind him, as he talks to them
@@RN-19924 We know mate, he's referencing this
th-cam.com/video/VqB1uoDTdKM/w-d-xo.html
thank you! I knew it sounded like something but couldn't figure it out and thought I never would.
@@RN-19924 I'm not sure but it sounds like it's an "oh shit!" button or something that you press and it plays a funny "oh shit!" line
Hope the last truckie had the driver of the Subaru pay his tow and recovery costs
Sometimes you'd think these people want to die
I don't think any of those drivers pulling out on a trucker understands that those trucks need lots of time to break because of their weight and size.
meant to say "brake"
TvvinkleToes yup a lot of it people should try to always be ahead or behind semi trucks like really those things can crush a car like nothing
TvvinkleToes And then they have the extra risk of rolling if they swerve - which could also end up crushing the car.
I think a lot of "overtakers" does not realize how often others braked or moved away to save them and they have really bad judgement.
m guessing that the trucks are invisible....that's the only "LOGICAL" explanation.
No people are to busy with everything else than driving, phones, WhatsApp, children and they simply don't watch, pay attention, and react as they shoul. It has a everything to do with how they were reached and often by a family member who doesn't know how to drive a vehicle him/herself.
Oh, i see that P plate driver 2:45 deciding to turn right from extreme left of road. You wouldn't, at least the P plater wouldn't want your brakes to fade.
Forza Horizon 3 sure does make Australia look a lot more peaceful XD
Ironically said by the player. Someone that breaks all the rules on the road 10 times over
3:16 that one is clearly the fault of the truck driver, changed lanes into the car.
It's the blind spot that trucks have
@@2gaspoo237 Still doesn't take away from the truck driver causing that accident.
Not to mention the one at 1:15, where the truck is in one of the middle (straight ahead) lanes, turning across another (straight ahead & left turn) lane, going way to quick to take the corner safely, all so the truck can bet the red light.
04:29 this driver is an good human being 😁😁😁
1:29 imagine using this as a weapon
all trucks should be equipped with cow catchers.
myname is private it’s called bull bar
Patrick Star bull bars are good and all but a cow catcher would make things better, those Currie munchers wont see it coming
Definitely because they'd need to catch all them 'cows' who drive
@@Baloowyd In my country/language it's called a donkey killer.
For the Yanks there, Aussies are as good a drivers as we are, or as least were when I lived there. A couple of decades ago there was no speed limit in the Red Centre, and people drove like they respected the thought of what could happen in the result of a collision. Now, there is a speed limit and drivers seem to act as if everything is safe now so they can relax when doing the speed limit. Seems to me that enacting a speed law also enacted the "duh" portion of the brain. Speed limit or not, challenging a road train is stupid in any location.
The Abos are the civilized ones.
"Now, there is a speed limit and drivers seem to act as if everything is safe now so they can relax when doing the speed limit." Yep, it goes further than that though. I witnessed a head-on crash on a very tight, slow corner on a single track lane; One car was doing about 10mph which is appropriate and he stopped when he saw the other car which was doing about 25. I'd seen the police had been chasing the faster moving car but they denied it (they just "happened" to turn up seconds later..). I told them he was going too fast but they said he wasn't because the speed I said he was going was lower than the limit.. Too fast for the situation is too fast for the situation end of.
Frank Stein Only if they play baseball.😂
must be the millennial s
Ron Hoffstein “Were” is right MATE! Everything “was” at one point, which is sometimes quite irrelevant to what is going on today! You are painting a scene to a time gone by that has no bearing on current events and the here and now. But thank you kindly for the elaborate stroll down ole memory lane!
Uuuh, the one at 0:50 was nasty, I hope there was no passenger in that car.
I guess I couldn't get out of the truck in fear of having to discover a mangled body in that seat....
I thought the same. Someone died there
This wouldn't have happened if the white car just waited for the truck to go past before crossing instead of risking it trying to speed past him.
Basic lesson when entering traffic road: look to your right and left before moving across and when doing turn in order to check for any passing vehicle.