A Day in The Life of an American Truck Driver - 20

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  • @MegaDrivingSchool
    @MegaDrivingSchool  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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    • @Einsteindks27
      @Einsteindks27 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      WetTransfer now wants an account to send files.

  • @rharbarenko
    @rharbarenko 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

    This video really illustrates the main problem with Big Rigs. They are so hard to see, Practically invisible.

    • @timothylegg
      @timothylegg 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      I remember an episode of Cops where an accident involving large commercial vehicle. the driver of the car said he didn't see the truck. The officer asked incredulously and pointed, "You didn't see all that?"

    • @sambrannan7550
      @sambrannan7550 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      "I didn't see". Translation: I didn't look.

    • @BrewBlaster
      @BrewBlaster 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Don't you folks know; when you use your turn signal it instantly vacates all lanes on either side of you.

    • @L8nitedave
      @L8nitedave 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      And today's award for witty appropriate sarcasm goes to @rharbarenko. But seriously the drivers in DFW are so bad you don't have to be a giant truck to "be in their way".

    • @brengail3528
      @brengail3528 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      🤭

  • @marymulrooney1334
    @marymulrooney1334 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    When I am stopped or slowed suddenly in traffic especially on highways or freeways, I am always watching my rear view mirror.

    • @gsdalpha1358
      @gsdalpha1358 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      And leave yourself enough room to dart off to the side/out of the way.

    • @marymulrooney1334
      @marymulrooney1334 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @gsdalpha1358 and in some cases turn on my flashers.

    • @marymulrooney1334
      @marymulrooney1334 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @gmc6790 that was a rule when I worked at the phone company. When driving work vans. Been retired 20 years and I still do that in my personal car.

    • @buzybea7267
      @buzybea7267 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Happen to me twice. 1st time idiot that slide where I had been sitting at red light didn't let me back in from the shoulder when light changed. 2nd was a funeral procession on a Saturday on interstate under construction when another idiot ran up to barrier and cut in front of lead car starting a chain reaction. Daughter was 3 or 4 cars ahead. When I saw her brake lights and rear rise up, I knew I had to get out fast. That left the cars breaking room behind me also. The owner had asked me to drive and kept repeating "thank God I asked you to drive, I would never have thought to do that". Thankful everyone ahead of me only was bumped and/ or very minor scratch on bumpers.
      Always have all three mirrors set properly and check rear frequently even on highways and interstate driving.

    • @El_LeChErO91
      @El_LeChErO91 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes it’s a must! I do the same thing especially when i have my kids with me

  • @jeancater1388
    @jeancater1388 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    OMG, the drunk pedestrian! 😮

    • @AdeleD79
      @AdeleD79 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I honestly thought it was someone trying to unalive themselves. But yep, clearly very drunk.

    • @darlenelipuma7769
      @darlenelipuma7769 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      That poor driver probably gained a few gray hairs with that one!

  • @b-radsadventures6846
    @b-radsadventures6846 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    We motorcyclists fully expect to not be seen by other drivers, as we're not in their phone screens...but to miss a semi with a full load at this rate. That's something.

  • @Tomcatt817
    @Tomcatt817 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

    3:20 The trucker started to slow as soon as the SUV's brake lights came on, before they even started to spin out. It looks like they were trying to safely stop.

    • @johnstevens7438
      @johnstevens7438 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      agreed if you watch the speed he went from 56 at the start of the clip to 47 when the car started to lose control down to 29 at impact. I would be hard pressed to find him at fault

    • @johnmcafee6835
      @johnmcafee6835 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If he had locked up the brakes he would jack knifed and took the car nest to him too.@@johnstevens7438

    • @MrStrizver
      @MrStrizver 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Trucker is definitely at fault for the hit. From the time the incident began to impact was 11 seconds and they managed to scrub only 25mph off their speed. That is clear evidence that they were going about twice as fast as conditions allowed.

    • @MrStrizver
      @MrStrizver 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@johnstevens7438 "Hard pressed"? Really? Trucker managed to scrub less than half their speed in >10 seconds. They were going too fast for conditions.

    • @Scarface1602
      @Scarface1602 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      @@MrStrizver actually in snowy weather it takes up 30 or more to stop from 56 to 0. was he speeding yes. but until you've driven a commercial or even taken the CDL test, please don't say stupid things you know nothing about

  • @raymondcaylor6292
    @raymondcaylor6292 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    2:01 never more appropriate time for this overused phrase: " it was this moment that he knew he fu@ked up "

    • @marcel_max
      @marcel_max 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      and I don't think he had enough time to wet his pants.

  • @bconn8452
    @bconn8452 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    2:34 How do you figure the trucker is at fault here???? Clearly the SUV doesnt know how to drive in bad weather, and do you know how long it would take a HEAVY truck to stop in those conditions???

    • @61rampy65
      @61rampy65 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      There is a falling tree at 2:34. Not the truckers fault.

    • @paulkennedy8701
      @paulkennedy8701 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      2:49 Does the truck driver know how long it would take to stop his truck in those conditions?
      Because mikebuck is right. He needed to leave enough time to stop if something happened to the vehicle in front. Something _did_ happen and he _didn't_ stop. That's not anybody else's fault but his.

    • @dojo1249
      @dojo1249 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The truck could have slowed down a little sooner but he didn't, even his dashcam said the speed he was going. Every driver, including you have lost control in snow/bad weather that wasn't your fault/control no matter how safe you were driving.

    • @joesavary6081
      @joesavary6081 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@paulkennedy8701, 300-500 ' to stop in those conditions

    • @rastus666
      @rastus666 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Looked like the trucker had at least 8 seconds and 1/4 mile to stop once the suv started spinning.

  • @debestcanadian
    @debestcanadian 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    0:50 Best possible outcome when the douche messes up his own car and no one else is touched.

    • @bobinthewest8559
      @bobinthewest8559 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@kid31989…
      What the heck are you smoking?

    • @TheRealScooterGuy
      @TheRealScooterGuy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kid31989 -- You trying to troll us?

    • @TheByard
      @TheByard หลายเดือนก่อน

      Seams he couldn't read the signs for the exit he needed, well I bet he had even more trouble ready the insurance letters and maybe the careless driving charge or even more.

  • @gabrielledrake9218
    @gabrielledrake9218 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    8:55 - I did the same thing once, but it was dark & the road incline made my headlights show the treeline on the other side of the road, but not the entire road itself. I pulled out for a left turn and the center was immediately VERY clear & in front of me & I instinctively swerved more to the left… towards oncoming traffic 😀 … but, it was late at night & no one was on the road thankfully. Im also glad there wasn’t a cop nearby bc I’m sure I looked like a drunk driver 😭
    I was a nervous, new driver & hadn’t driven at night very often- very big lesson learned!

    • @melkiorwiseman5234
      @melkiorwiseman5234 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I remember driving a car at night for the first time. Actually, the first few times. I was fighting back panic by telling myself to just stick between the centre line and the outside line and I'd be fine. I did, and I was... eventually.

  • @dondale68
    @dondale68 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    As in #18, I was driving my Ford Ranger through Cleveland along I90, heavy rain, and there was slushy snow on the sides so water had nowhere to go! Got in the middle lane behind a tractor-trailer, may have gotten slowed down to 50mph but he had 18 tires to clear me a path. Took only a few minutes longer than usual, but got to the other side without a scratch! Usually run 75-80mph through there, gotta know when to slow it down!!

  • @AlbertaGeek
    @AlbertaGeek 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    "Always plan your trip." That was some epic snark! :D

    • @timothylegg
      @timothylegg 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There is totally truth to that. Especially on a road trip where drivers are switching at a filling station. I usually get a satellite view on my phone of where I am before I leave the parking lot. It makes it a lot easier when you skill yourself about the streets before driving on them.

    • @garyhamilton8534
      @garyhamilton8534 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When I first started driving a big truck in2005 I would plan my trip then after about 6 hours in I would have to swap with another driver got so bad I quit planning. I just took off towards the customer

    • @bobinthewest8559
      @bobinthewest8559 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Most of these idiots know exactly where their exit is (might even take it every day).
      They just don’t want to slow down and move into the right lane ahead of time. That would be “inconvenient”.
      They would rather cut across the other lanes at the last “possible” second, creating unnecessary risk to themselves and others.

    • @twilightstreasures1744
      @twilightstreasures1744 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      oh those distractions that make you miss your exit at the last moment... most people don't think about how there's another exit coming up just use that one and loop around lol

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And if you can't plan your trip, you can do so by electronic means now! Do what the lady says.

  • @markm5287
    @markm5287 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    3:10: That truck was absolutely not at fault. You can see he decelerated by over 25mph by the time he reached the car. If he was loaded, hitting the brakes would have likely jackknifed him and took out other cars. He did exactly what he needed to do to keep the other traffic safe, and ensure the person that caused the problem was the only one to take damage.

    • @jdoe836
      @jdoe836 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Moreover, we don't "feel" what the trucker is sensing in the truck. Giving the conditions, they may be braking as hard as they can while trying to prevent the truck from jack knifing and causing bigger problems.

    • @bobroberts2371
      @bobroberts2371 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Trucks are always at fault according to PI lawyers that specialize in truck crashes, see also number 6

    • @jblyon2
      @jblyon2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@bobroberts2371 "My client wouldn't have been injured if he didn't hit that truck who had right of way"

    • @damienvillano4044
      @damienvillano4044 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      You have a responsibility to drive at a speed safe for road conditions. Since he couldn't stop before hitting the car, that means he was driving faster than road conditions allowed. Hence, truck drivers fault

    • @paulkennedy8701
      @paulkennedy8701 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The truck driver absolutely was at fault. He was doing 55 mph. So he needed to decelerate by 55 mph by the time he reached the car!
      If he couldn't manage that he was too fast or too close.

  • @MrS10allday
    @MrS10allday 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Guess that last minute exit wasn't their exit after all

  • @marymulrooney1334
    @marymulrooney1334 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I try to avoid driving on the shoulders. Lots of tire wrecking debris sits there.

  • @seanmccallum6558
    @seanmccallum6558 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Please remember, if you play chicken with a semi, you're going to get fried 🍗 .

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nice advice!

  • @CharlesNorgaard-n8n
    @CharlesNorgaard-n8n 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Watching these videos has definitely made me a better and more alert driver.

  • @MrZlodeus
    @MrZlodeus 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    7:00 be like, "look, Mom, I've fixed it!" He knocked the barrier down, then he put it back up. 😆

  • @NgocTrinhinh-tq9fo
    @NgocTrinhinh-tq9fo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    These moments captured by semi-truck drivers are truly heart-stopping!

  • @weluckusa
    @weluckusa 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm speechless! Instant karma really does have impeccable timing!

  • @bryanlb4987
    @bryanlb4987 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As a former truck driver I don't know how many times someone coming up behind me would speed up to pass me and then brake so they could make the next turn.

    • @TheRealScooterGuy
      @TheRealScooterGuy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You don't have to drive a truck to experience that. I get that in my personal vehicle all the time. I'll be driving along at the speed limit, someone will rush up behind me, pass on the left, and then come back to my lane early in order to take the exit.

  • @searchanddiscover
    @searchanddiscover 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    7:40 that truck was going way too fast in a residential area. Anticipate people are going to stop and make turns.

  • @Turdboi47
    @Turdboi47 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

    #2 looks like you changed lanes into SUV and then have the audacity to bright light them.

    • @panamafernandez4641
      @panamafernandez4641 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Actually the white SUV was road raging at the black SUV, sped around the truck to continue raging & being reckless.

    • @Knglx
      @Knglx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Bro I think you need to rewatch this clip again the truck did not change lanes and he has every right to shine his light at him so please know something before commenting 🙄

    • @61rampy65
      @61rampy65 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@Knglx That would eliminate at least 50% of the comments on here.

    • @pazuzu7119
      @pazuzu7119 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      ​@@KnglxAre you sure he didn't change lanes?

    • @scifi5565
      @scifi5565 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Knglx Every right. Please don’t drive!

  • @FluidKaos
    @FluidKaos 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    #6 @2:02 I remember seeing this one on the news. That Subaru got ripped in half by the plow/cammer.

    • @free2Lib
      @free2Lib 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I hope the driver was ok, but also I hope the driver has their license taken away. And sent to driver's ed school if they want it back.

    • @bobinthewest8559
      @bobinthewest8559 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I don’t wish harm to anyone. Not even the stupid. So I do hope they were okay.
      But I sure do also hope that they were humbled by the experience.

    • @Mightymegatronthegreat
      @Mightymegatronthegreat 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The WRX never stood a chance against the plow

  • @eileenedmonson9485
    @eileenedmonson9485 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was excellent. Gave me so many new situations to look out for when driving.

  • @sambrannan7550
    @sambrannan7550 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    5:35 It also helps to not jerk the wheel wildly.

  • @CRASHCASES
    @CRASHCASES 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These moments captured by semi-truck drivers are intense and eye-opening! It's amazing what they encounter on the road. Drive safe, everyone!

  • @ralphpeed3596
    @ralphpeed3596 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The one who backed over the barricade and rearanged his bumper. I expected to see SWIFT on the trailer.

    • @danor6812
      @danor6812 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That one's worse. That's a yard dog. He works there 8+ hours a day. They should know their yard where they park and drop trailers.

    • @bobinthewest8559
      @bobinthewest8559 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@danor6812…
      And you’d certainly expect a higher level of backing skills 🤦‍♂️

  • @senatorchinchilla5389
    @senatorchinchilla5389 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    2:03 I was hoping the pic would be there too. The Subaru got torn clean in half, ripped the whole trunk and rear seats out. Driver survived.

    • @dojo1249
      @dojo1249 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Really, they survived that head on collision?

    • @bobinthewest8559
      @bobinthewest8559 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@dojo1249…
      He managed to move “just enough” towards his proper lane so that it was more like a hard core “side swipe”.
      I’m sure that for at least a moment though, he probably believed he was about to die.

  • @stbains646
    @stbains646 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Driving A truck is very hard job, It scares me just watching you siting on your truck. Bravo .

  • @timothylegg
    @timothylegg 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    4:05 is like those 80s and 90s racing games when an upbeat song plays when you spin your car around on the track.

    • @bobinthewest8559
      @bobinthewest8559 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There was absolutely no reason for that driver to spontaneously lose control.
      I’m baffled by this one 🤦‍♂️

  • @jeremiahkeim2029
    @jeremiahkeim2029 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just passed my CDL test, and I now have a lot more respect for big truck drivers, it would be good if everyone could understand the effort that goes into checking your mirrors and keeping an eye on the road at the same time

    • @jareddrogose1470
      @jareddrogose1470 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Swifty swift owns everything

  • @steveleslie2170
    @steveleslie2170 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    1:15 screw up exit and make sure to end up back on freeway and stop in the fast/passing lane.
    4:17 ROXANNE!!!!

  • @Alqis96
    @Alqis96 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always be careful when driving, especially if the road is slippery... Greetings from Truck Indo

  • @bethdibartolomeo2042
    @bethdibartolomeo2042 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man, the guy who drunkenly fell in front of the truck is lucky he lived to see another day.

  • @jeffreyjhouser
    @jeffreyjhouser 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Some wonderfully destructive clips in this episode`

  • @KK-eh2gm
    @KK-eh2gm 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These are great videos but need the explanation to be on screen a little longer. Thanks

  • @pacluv
    @pacluv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    #15 now how are you just going to pull out onto the highway from a standstill without even looking at your rear view mirror or at least turning around to see if it was safe to pull out. He’s lucky that the truck didn’t run over his a$$. Because there was no way that the truck could slam on his breaks and be able to stop in time. I hope that you changed your diaper at the next rest stop. 😂

    • @pazuzu7119
      @pazuzu7119 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not necessarily. Maybe after 15 minutes, she's had enough.

    • @bobinthewest8559
      @bobinthewest8559 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      4:29 …
      Yeah… that was pretty absurd

  • @amandaeasterday4321
    @amandaeasterday4321 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0:25 The semi ABSOLUTELY cut over into another lane without even fully clearing the merge area! That’s a whole lane of traffic that has the right of way that the unaware trucker cut into. The suv has every right to be pissed that the semi nearly wrecked them.

    • @mqpar5.795
      @mqpar5.795 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Lmao! No… he’s an ID10T! You seen how fast he was zooming by? How much do you want a bet that trucker already did everything but this ID10T came by so fast that he came out of no where? Plus semis have blind spots and take way longer to merge which it doesn’t seem like you understand because you’ve probably never driven a tractor. Instead you probably see a tractor trying to change lanes so you speed up in your Prius just to honk at them…. So gimme a break. 🥱😂

  • @Le_Comte_de_Monte_Felin
    @Le_Comte_de_Monte_Felin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who is editing these videos now? The channel has changed a great deal in the past few months.

  • @edgeofentropy3492
    @edgeofentropy3492 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    2:00 "I'm a rally driver, I'm a rally driver, I'm a rally driver. 2:05 I'm not a rally driver.

  • @Aristotteles
    @Aristotteles 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    6:00 was für ein Spinner, der Trucktdriver! Noch nie was von halbem TachoTempo und Bremsstrecke gehört?😢😢😢

  • @photoman4692
    @photoman4692 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Some of these videos sure don't show truck drivers in a positive way.

    • @TheRealScooterGuy
      @TheRealScooterGuy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The point is to be educational, not cheerleaders.

  • @ryanfrisby7389
    @ryanfrisby7389 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video!😸

  • @THEchiQ
    @THEchiQ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The bad situational awareness in the truck depot who straightened his Mansfield bar and the barrier by pulling out cracked me up. Most of the rest are just terrifying.

  • @tosa2522
    @tosa2522 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    0:40 It would be safer for all drivers if such people had their driver's license revoked for life.

    • @TiredOldMann
      @TiredOldMann 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      True . And locked away .

    • @ShadowDevotion
      @ShadowDevotion 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Well, having no License wont stop everyone, there are enough driving without one.

    • @tosa2522
      @tosa2522 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ShadowDevotion Why do you have driving licenses if nobody can stop you from driving without one?

    • @ShadowDevotion
      @ShadowDevotion 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@tosa2522 To seperate sane from insane People. Sadly it does not work too well.
      But if you think taking a License from someone is stopping ALL of them, you are wrong. I would say, 99% without License dont drive, but there is always the 1% that causes Trouble for the Rest.

    • @free2Lib
      @free2Lib 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ShadowDevotion yep and that 1% somehow find their way onto these dashcam clips!

  • @pazuzu7119
    @pazuzu7119 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    When a tree falls in front of a trucker, do you hear it honk?

  • @CK-TN
    @CK-TN 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    3:15 #9 why would the trucker be at fault for the other car not knowing how to drive in snow and then stopping on the highway?

    • @pacluv
      @pacluv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The trucker tried to stop the best that he could, but trucks can’t stop on a dime like a car can. Especially if they are carrying a loaded truck, plus the weight of the truck. It takes a lot more distance than a car to stop.

    • @pacluv
      @pacluv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I do think that the trucker was going to fast for the road conditions. He was traveling at 55mph before the suv lost control. I think the trucker should have been going slower than that.

    • @jeffreybryan5591
      @jeffreybryan5591 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@pacluvof course you do, and then the trucker would be going too slow and everyone passing them would be pulling in front of them and brake checking all day long. Truckers simply cannot win in a world with zero respect for anything.

  • @roslynechivers36
    @roslynechivers36 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We have stickers on the back of trucks here in Australia which I think you could do with in the Us “ if you can’t see my mirrors I can’t see you!”

    • @sachadee.6104
      @sachadee.6104 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      we have those stickers too. + "wide right turns, with a drawing". But you know... people.🙄

  • @poruatokin
    @poruatokin 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    04:17 - How bad does a driver or vehicle need to be to lose control on a highway in perfect weather conditions.

  • @mostlyinterested1016
    @mostlyinterested1016 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Always be prepared to stop within your seeing distance.
    Rain? Assume x 5.
    Snow? Definitely x 10.

  • @jamijenkins3507
    @jamijenkins3507 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The last video was an amazing magic trick. The car totally vanished!

  • @TheSolidSnakeOil
    @TheSolidSnakeOil 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    2:02 - I hope that semi is okay.
    2:52 - Really? The truck driver is at fault? He can't stop on a dime and started breaking way before the collition.
    His options are:
    1. Brake hard as hell and lose control. or
    2. Veer into the other lane hitting someone else.

    • @poruatokin
      @poruatokin 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Or number 3. Slow the hell down on snow. Hew was doing 56mph just before the incident.

    • @Tbiblaine23
      @Tbiblaine23 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or he could slow down since you yourself said he can’t stop

    • @deproof1234
      @deproof1234 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, def truckers fault. You people are nuts that think it wasn't... You literally just watched a video of him hitting another car because the truck couldn't slow down in time. Who's fault did you think it was?!?

  • @vancemccarthy2554
    @vancemccarthy2554 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1:10. The car just didn't want to take the exit behind a truck. What is the mentality of overtaking one more vehicle - even if it takes a kilometre to do it. And he burst a tire.

  • @trammo55
    @trammo55 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That driver still missed his exit

  • @Scarface1602
    @Scarface1602 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    i see a lot of comments from from people who've never driven a commercial, and don't understand how air brakes work on commercial vehicles.

    • @dianapickett1690
      @dianapickett1690 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Went OTR for years with ex. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard people saying that semi’s can stop on a dime 😡 And they say it like it’s a fact

    • @aralornwolf3140
      @aralornwolf3140 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@dianapickett1690,
      All vehicles can stop on a dime... it just depends on the diameter of said dime, right?

    • @Diddz
      @Diddz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@dianapickett1690 some even said that about full speed long haul trains and one idiot said that about a plane after touchdown, humanity is doomed

    • @dianapickett1690
      @dianapickett1690 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@aralornwolf3140or how far it is 🤣 So ok you got me 🤣🤣

    • @dianapickett1690
      @dianapickett1690 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DiddzAgreed 😊

  • @TruthHurtsFAFO
    @TruthHurtsFAFO 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    3:14 Trucker not a fault here at all

    • @lightninblue819
      @lightninblue819 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He was though. Sure, he did the best he could there, but it was too fast for conditions. At the same time, he was leaving a very reasonable amount of space even given the conditions. So maybe?

    • @deproof1234
      @deproof1234 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Explain how not. They were the ones that hit the car due to:
      A: Not paying attention and getting on the brakes quick enough
      B: Driving too fast for conditions
      Pick your poison, but their fault either way.

    • @deproof1234
      @deproof1234 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Joe-by8jh yes they did. And then 5 min later the truck rear ended them.

  • @TheByard
    @TheByard หลายเดือนก่อน

    @5:47. The onscreen comments could also include have both hands on the steering wheel, no phone, cup of coffee etc. held in the other hand. Drivers in the US and that includes police officers like the one hand steering method where they wind the wheel and overcorrect the steering. The other problem with driving in the rain is bow wash just like a boat, trucks with there multi wheels push a lot of water in front of them. When a lighter vehicle hits that bow wave they rise up just like a water skier, then the one hand wind puts them in the drink.

  • @BubbaSmurft
    @BubbaSmurft 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's "Mansfield bar" not manfeild bumper.

  • @jimsedlock7637
    @jimsedlock7637 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    #6 On the silver lining side: There were two plows right there to clean up the accident site (without changing direction) and keep the road clear.

  • @macunz111
    @macunz111 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I worked as a waitress for many years, downtown restaurants (suit/ties/skirts) and a couple of truck stops. Truckers always tipped the best!

  • @marcel_max
    @marcel_max 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Plow-mageddon... you will not find this word in the dictionary, hahaha! Love it

  • @christinecampbell7301
    @christinecampbell7301 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    #2 The dude was crazy to brake check and do whatever that door opening shit was, but it kind of looks like you cut him off and he could either rear end you or go around on the right.

    • @CK-TN
      @CK-TN 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That’s the nuts that live in Minnesota.

    • @Jack_Waffles
      @Jack_Waffles 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Probably not a good idea to cross the solids behind someone to get to the inside lane first so you can get ahead of them. Especially if it's a semi that intended to take the inside lane when the solids ended. Another fool in a big hurry.

    • @HDTube101
      @HDTube101 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Jack_WafflesHe was in such a big hurry to get around the Semi he had time to slow down and play games. Can't tell from the video but I'll bet the Semi had his turn signal on before the overtake.

    • @waltblackadar4690
      @waltblackadar4690 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@HDTube101 Irrelevant. Turn signals do not give you the right of way.

    • @HDTube101
      @HDTube101 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@waltblackadar4690It's irrelevant that he was cut off since he crossed the "double solids" behind the Semi to try and beat him to the inside lane. Also called an illegal lane change. He brought that on himself.

  •  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    .....at 2:56 any driver should have already been tapping his brakes....but if you listen closely his engine revs actually pick up a tiny bit...almost like the cruise control was on. I assume the driver was issued a citation. Too close for conditions.

  • @lohengrin4009
    @lohengrin4009 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That’s insane that someone would pass in snow and have a head on collision with a snow plow.

  • @zennoodle
    @zennoodle 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    8:10 I thought the guy was breakdancing at first until he got up and started to stumble.

  • @mjay4700
    @mjay4700 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    #16 is just mind boggling. All that room on the shoulder.. all that time and space to react and they just slam into the car lol.

  • @rogerrose8220
    @rogerrose8220 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    @4:55 Left an escape route and watched his 6. WELL done.

  • @bezedlabus
    @bezedlabus 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video is proof that road rage solves nothing. It just escalates the situation unnecessarily. Drive kindly, folks.

  • @notoes5443
    @notoes5443 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Watching the accident with the snowplow reminded me... the law says don't pass plow on right, or is it left side? My Dad taught me, DONT PASS THE SNOWPLOW PERIOD.

  • @pupi-pupi
    @pupi-pupi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    5:39 dude had almost 10 seconds to stop when he saw that car lost control

    • @citroniron8861
      @citroniron8861 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Trucker was too fast for the condition. Even the camera is barely showing the road in front of him.

  • @bobinthewest8559
    @bobinthewest8559 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well if you’re going to go head on with anyone… might as well make it a snow plow 😂

  • @Stan_in_Shelton_WA
    @Stan_in_Shelton_WA 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    0:24 it looks like the truck driver cut across the gore and probably also the "crazy" driver. Total fail on evaluation.

  • @MujoNovak
    @MujoNovak 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    0:24 truck driver did not let vehicle on right to pass. Vehicle was already passing him.

  • @LolaFlora-xm7lg
    @LolaFlora-xm7lg 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    a lot of these was people just going to fast especially on snow covered roads

  • @briz1965
    @briz1965 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is why i gave up driving in 2008 and don't own a mobile. And I'm an insurance broker, thank goodness I learned to drive in the UK.

  • @dekade420
    @dekade420 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    6:45 why would you willingy distract every other driver by blasting your horn like that

  • @Countrytx
    @Countrytx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0:52 #3 North Waco TX, southbound 35. Wrong location tagged.

    • @barry2913
      @barry2913 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was going to comment that that is definitely not Lloydminster, SK. With a highway exit of FM2417 (or whatever it was) it had to be somewhere in Texas.

  • @TheJase8566
    @TheJase8566 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    #4. As soon as you see a vehicle ahead of you fishtailing, you dump speed and ideally stop, because you have no idea where that thing will end up

    • @free2Lib
      @free2Lib 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      but how will all the cammers find content for their youtube channels?

  • @inlonging
    @inlonging 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Re number 8, trees appear to randomly fall in hot weather because they fear drought and suck up too much water, with heavy summer foliage they become too heavy and collapse. We lose more trees here in California due to this in summer than we do to our rainstorms (where mudslides weaken root systems).

  • @warmonger2500
    @warmonger2500 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The saying "bad drivers never miss their exit" doesn't apply. This time the Honda tried to exit but ended up back on the highway.

  • @williamgullett5911
    @williamgullett5911 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That tree falling wasn't just a coincidence. That happened for a reason. It slowed those people down from an accident down the road

  • @ItsmeCote
    @ItsmeCote 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So happy to now live in a place where there is no snow

    • @pazuzu7119
      @pazuzu7119 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We're glad you live there, too.

  • @eldridge201
    @eldridge201 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    *EDIT* I may have gotten the vehicles incorrect In My statement. If the Subaru Forester is the white minivan that spun out, then I change my comments. I was assuming the Subaru Forester was in front of the white minivan that's fun out but after rewatching the video a few times and slowing it down, the Subaru Forester might be the white vehicle that spun out in front of the semi truck.
    In video number 4 they have an incorrect description for text on the video. The Subaru Forester that was changing lanes was not in the wrong actually. The white minivan was in the wrong. If you start the video at the 1 minute and 20 second mark, you can see that the white minivan has at least two seconds to notice the signal from the vehicle ahead but since the signal was already going when the video starts, my guess is they had at least three seconds and possibly more.
    Also, if you stop the video right at the beginning, you can see that there is more than enough distance between the vehicle in front of the white Minivan and the minivan itself. I would say more than about 8 to 10 car lengths which is easily more than enough time to give the minivan enough distance and time to appropriately adjust and slow down. What was going on is the minivan just wasn't paying attention and was in a hurry I didn't care so they ended up getting what they deserved.
    Furthermore, the truck driver is at fault as well because they should have been paying more attention themselves. As soon as that minivan started to swerve, they should have been slowing down but you can see that the truck driver didn't slow down until the minivan was almost completely turned around and by that time the semi truck was only about 100 ft from the minivan which is not even close to enough time to slow down the semi truck given the speed that they were going.
    That semi truck driver deserves to get their license taken away or at least suspended for a little bit of time and they should have to go through driving classes themselves. You have to pay attention to what's going on in front of you so you can have enough time to react and in both of these cases, there was more than enough time for both drivers to react appropriately but neither one of them did. The semi truck driver was definitely in the wrong. Had they paid attention, they would not have even gotten hit at all.

  • @hotshothauler
    @hotshothauler 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Why in the hell did the first driver pull to the shoulder, possibly creating more of a hazard. Just let off the throttle.

    • @pazuzu7119
      @pazuzu7119 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's not dramatic enough.

    • @hotshothauler
      @hotshothauler 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@pazuzu7119 😂 very true that wouldn't make a good video if he did what I said.

    • @bobinthewest8559
      @bobinthewest8559 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because sometimes, when a truck driver blows his horn at an idiot for cutting them off… the idiot might respond by brake checking just to make matters even worse.

    • @dalesuhre6522
      @dalesuhre6522 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It seemed to me that I could hear his engine increasing in speed as well prior do the pickup moving into the lane.

  • @rontait6183
    @rontait6183 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Whatever you do, don't slow for snowy roads and try to pass as often as you get a chance. The body shops, hospitals and morgues appreciate the business!

  • @freebir73
    @freebir73 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    EVEN THOUGH ALOT OF THESE ACCIDENTS WERE CREATED BY CARS I SEE A LOT OF MISTAKES THAT TRUCK DRIVERS DID BY DRIVING TO FAST IN BAD WEATHER AND NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTROLE THE TRUCK.

  • @edstraight846
    @edstraight846 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent job on videos and editing. No excess noise or verbiage. Thanks

  • @davemceachran8788
    @davemceachran8788 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    #9 I disagree. Watch the speed indicator and you will see the trucker is slowing down. Likely they were braking as much as they could without losing control (unlike the truck in #16)

    • @pacluv
      @pacluv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He did slow down some, but right before the SUV lost control the trucker was doing 55 mph and that was too fast for the road conditions. Just because the sign may say the speed limit is 55 mph, doesn’t mean that’s what you need to drive. You have to drive according to the weather and the road conditions.

    • @bobinthewest8559
      @bobinthewest8559 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don’t know if we’re talking about the same incident because y’all don’t put time stamps down, but…
      If you’re talking about this one (2:49)…
      The problem is that the trucker didn’t slow down enough, early on, because he was hoping to “skirt around” the incident rather than stopping.
      By the time it was evident that there would be no path around it… it was already too late, and he no longer had the necessary space to stop.

  • @cathidoroff969
    @cathidoroff969 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    8:23 You can see the white car in the trucker's mirror before he swerves into it. Isn't that what all those mirrors are for?

  • @twoah5410
    @twoah5410 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why were most of the videos reruns

  • @balthromaw6305
    @balthromaw6305 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    4:50 Now that one "IS" the truck drivers fault!

  • @nader18
    @nader18 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    4. That wasn't a for explorer ☝🏻🤓

  • @sus8e462
    @sus8e462 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    #4 was the white Explorer's own fault for not seeing that all lanes ahead were slowing down & did a panic brake & attempt to swerve--the Subaru was already in the lane hitting their brakes due to traffic.

  • @neilbradley
    @neilbradley 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    4:10 - ROOOOOOOXXXANNNEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @bruschmidt9943
    @bruschmidt9943 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1:00 Good job in the old Honda. Your smart move cost you a new tire & wheel, plus an alignment 💰💰💰

  • @philbrown9764
    @philbrown9764 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Something I say a lot watching these…they didn’t see that car/truck?

  • @nathanieadamso5026
    @nathanieadamso5026 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    #1 how you gone let that little car make you move like that.

  • @matttownsend7119
    @matttownsend7119 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So many of these have the POV big rig carrying high speed into a visibly worsening situation. Yes there are only second involved, but jumping on the brakes sooner and harder would have avoided at least some of these incidents.

  • @THEjasonTDI
    @THEjasonTDI 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The last one was a turbo letting go.

    • @bobinthewest8559
      @bobinthewest8559 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are you sure?
      It looked exactly the same as my radiator bursting last week 🤷‍♂️