Nice video. A friend of mine from the Haute Savoie was a long distance trucker in the 80s. He told me how steep this was. I believe that one of his stories about having trouble slowing down/stopping was from descending on the French side, having to use one of the safety exit paths or whatever your call them. He also remembered twice seeing an Italian border agent asleep at night with a stamp on a table that said "Stamp your papers." HA!
THANKS for posting this video, as an ex international trucker (1992-96), its hard to explain to friends what roads like this are like to drive on, its FANTASTIC to drive on, during a warm summer day, BUT, in the winter, its TOTALLY DIFFERENT, Ive done this route about 50-60 times, and TWICE in real heavy snow conditions, once, there was no snow on the approach to the tunnel on the French side, then 1 foot of snow on the road on the Italian side, the scenery looked AWESOME/MAGICAL, the second time was Italy to France, also at night, with NO snow chains, (lift axle UP, and diff lock ON), quite a few trucks had slid off the road, the downhill journey on the French side was "something else", as it took about half an hour to do the first 2 miles, in crawler gear, with my foot jammed on the exhaust brake, as the road ahead "looked like a ski jump ramp", I had a passenger friend with me, who after that 2 mile drive, turned to me and said "THAT is the BEST effing driving I have EVER seen", THAT is a TRUE perspective of what its like to be an "International Trucker"
use to with my brother in law tony in his maggie 310 what fun when everybodys driving scanias,dafs but happy days in chrisio getting pissed although we lost him at 49 i wont those days trucking with him. all the best
rogertrucker Trucking in North America and in Europe is very different. North America has a gigantic mountain range in the Western part, and high mountains in the East of the USA. Between these regions the landscape is flat like a pancake. Europe is more mountainous. Only the countries around the Baltic Sea, the coast regions of Northern Germany, The Netherlands, and the Atlantic coast of France are flat regions. The mountains are not so high as the Rockies, but they are steeper in Europe. There are a lot of roads with more than 15 % gradient, even more than 20% in the Italian Alpes. The Norwegian mountains seem to come out of the fjords, and often have an angle of 70 degrees, even up to 90 degrees. That is why the roads in Norway are so curvey and narrow. The fjords are no lakes, they are part of the Atlantic ocean.
No correction needed you are right!The only law I have seen in the mountains is the horn and flashing lights law! The experience of the other drivers which could be zero should be taken into consideration. Cortina,Biella,Grezzana,Feltre, No laws exsist for these mountain roads.
Hey Coffeholic8! Do you ever go south of Italy? During the week i´m usally around Bari, Pescara or Taranto coming over the Brenner route.Sometimes over St. Bernadino if going to Milan or Turin. Where abouts is your depot? I do allot of U.K. as well Tyne area Ft. William or Inverness.
@Coffeeholic8 There you are....hahaa colour settings changed while editing, Thats what caught my eye, the colours and graphics are more like a game in this video. I dont know if you have third generation gaming experience.
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yeah i know how is it with the law of the mountain roads there? honk your horn before going into a hidden bend with no clear sight through? correct me if iam wrong. take care Becky.
i think it was after a truck caught fire a few years back and killed a lot of people these should detect unordinary heat excessive engine heat /electrics or a cigarette slowly catching fire in the back i may be wrong but this is what i had been told down there?
work asked me if i go to milan in truck, do you have to pay a tax when get into italy, or do you just drive straight throu , no stopping, plus what is the cost to get throu the tunnell, hgv . what sort of price is it for car
@Coffeeholic8 You got me wrong.i said looks fake and i know its real. because the grafics are like 3D games. These are ofcourse camera settings at which its is filmed.I love the video and i have respect for this profession and people in it,may be because its my dream to be in this business.
Nice video. A friend of mine from the Haute Savoie was a long distance trucker in the 80s. He told me how steep this was. I believe that one of his stories about having trouble slowing down/stopping was from descending on the French side, having to use one of the safety exit paths or whatever your call them.
He also remembered twice seeing an Italian border agent asleep at night with a stamp on a table that said "Stamp your papers." HA!
good video,use to go to italy in my late brother in laws daf space cab 3600,f12, strato. happy days,keep on truckin
THANKS for posting this video, as an ex international trucker (1992-96), its hard to explain to friends what roads like this are like to drive on, its FANTASTIC to drive on, during a warm summer day, BUT, in the winter, its TOTALLY DIFFERENT, Ive done this route about 50-60 times, and TWICE in real heavy snow conditions, once, there was no snow on the approach to the tunnel on the French side, then 1 foot of snow on the road on the Italian side, the scenery looked AWESOME/MAGICAL, the second time was Italy to France, also at night, with NO snow chains, (lift axle UP, and diff lock ON), quite a few trucks had slid off the road, the downhill journey on the French side was "something else", as it took about half an hour to do the first 2 miles, in crawler gear, with my foot jammed on the exhaust brake, as the road ahead "looked like a ski jump ramp", I had a passenger friend with me, who after that 2 mile drive, turned to me and said "THAT is the BEST effing driving I have EVER seen", THAT is a TRUE perspective of what its like to be an "International Trucker"
Great video mate i use to go with my dad in the 90s for a mounth at a time and that run up and down there is just amazing thanks for a great video
From Portugal, i´m a trucks passion and i love this video. Very nice road to do on motorcycle to and, adventure. Thank you.
use to with my brother in law tony in his maggie 310 what fun when everybodys driving scanias,dafs but happy days in chrisio getting pissed although we lost him at 49 i wont those days trucking with him. all the best
Very nice video.. thanks from Slovakia
Very Nice Video !
ok thanks for the information. its nice in the mountains isnt it. I lived there for a year and i loved it. take care becky
Many times I have been driving also there. Missing those days.
Excelent video hermano, what a nice ride
verry nice video
regards from Romania!
Thanks for the 'ride' kisses from Caroline
i took my range rover sport there last xmas.great ride through that area
nice one knocker! im lucky if i get to altens now. and thats on a good day when when i get out of the yard
Hairybaz j
Muy buen video, prueben ver este video y escuchar la cancion de (La factoria - si alguna vez) hace muy buena combinacion.
Saludos a todos!!!!
the truck involved was a volvo...the truck also carried flowers...the fire started from the cab when the truck stopped
nice .keep posting plz and thanks for posting
Great job on this video! Bet there must be a lot of accidents on that road.
Wow I miss driving trucks in Europe. You don't get this in Canada or the US. This video is very well done mate.
rogertrucker
Trucking in North America and in Europe is very different. North America has a gigantic mountain range in the Western part, and high mountains in the East of the USA. Between these regions the landscape is flat like a pancake. Europe is more mountainous. Only the countries around the Baltic Sea, the coast regions of Northern Germany, The Netherlands, and the Atlantic coast of France are flat regions. The mountains are not so high as the Rockies, but they are steeper in Europe. There are a lot of roads with more than 15 % gradient, even more than 20% in the Italian Alpes. The Norwegian mountains seem to come out of the fjords, and often have an angle of 70 degrees, even up to 90 degrees. That is why the roads in Norway are so curvey and narrow. The fjords are no lakes, they are part of the Atlantic ocean.
nice video.
great and useful info. thanks from Indonesia
thank you .nice video.
its hard to go up and down a mountain right? ive seen a daf space cab getting stuck in the italian mountains. good video bro
take care becky
No correction needed you are right!The only law I have seen in the mountains is the horn and flashing lights law! The experience of the other drivers which could be zero should be taken into consideration. Cortina,Biella,Grezzana,Feltre, No laws exsist for these mountain roads.
If there is no oncoming traffic no problem at all. Don´t know whats after the next turnpike thats when most accedent take place!
Hey Coffeholic8! Do you ever go south of Italy? During the week i´m usally around Bari, Pescara or Taranto coming over the Brenner route.Sometimes over St. Bernadino if going to Milan or Turin. Where abouts is your depot? I do allot of U.K. as well Tyne area Ft. William or Inverness.
roll on August 2012 ! im going through the tunnel from the French side. Hopefully i dont get caught up in that traffic :-(
Have you been driving also over the Simplon pass?
@Coffeeholic8 There you are....hahaa colour settings changed while editing, Thats what caught my eye, the colours and graphics are more like a game in this video. I dont know if you have third generation gaming experience.
yeah i know how is it with the law of the mountain roads there? honk your horn before going into a hidden bend with no clear sight through? correct me if iam wrong.
take care Becky.
i think it was after a truck caught fire a few years back and killed a lot of people these should detect unordinary heat excessive engine heat /electrics or a cigarette slowly catching fire in the back i may be wrong but this is what i had been told down there?
Feel sad to those people that died in the fire inside the tunnel.March 24,1999
Not too dissimillar from the Snake Pass..... Only quite a bit longer. Is European work easier than just UK?
why do you have to go through a heat detector?
work asked me if i go to milan in truck, do you have to pay a tax when get into italy, or do you just drive straight throu , no stopping, plus what is the cost to get throu the tunnell, hgv . what sort of price is it for car
one mont blanc downhill run and ur brakes are over
well mr hobbs. its a bit differant than dublin!!
did you had a retarder or did you onley use the motorbrake and de normal brake ??
很棒的隧道
@Coffeeholic8 You got me wrong.i said looks fake and i know its real. because the grafics are like 3D games. These are ofcourse camera settings at which its is filmed.I love the video and i have respect for this profession and people in it,may be because its my dream to be in this business.
@DanW900 Read about it : type Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire 1999
why does the video looks so fake, i know its real though
same here
Rip off tunnel and load crap