Runaway Semi Hits Runaway Truck Ramp || ViralHog

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Occurred on April 26, 2019 / Silverthorne, Colorado, USA

"Friday, April 26 2019, Jesse Terrell was driving westbound on I-70 towards Silverthorne. He saw smoke coming from this semi and knew its brakes were burning up. Due to the fact that between 24-36 hours before a similar occurrence had happened going east bound on I-70, Jesse picked up his phone to make the recording. Traffic was moving along at a clip of 60-65 mph on a steep grade. The truck had already passed the first of two runaway ramps. The smoke began to lessen, which told Jesse that they had just given out. 'I could see clearly that his right signal was on and the second of two runaway truck ramps was just ahead. I muttered to myself, "I really hope the driver takes this ramp." I noticed as well that once the brakes had given out, the speed of the semi increased significantly. I am incredibly thankful that this trucker had the wherewithal to utilize a runaway ramp for its intended purpose as this definitely saved lives unlike the tragic events from the day before where lives were lost. I hope this video can be utilized by trucking companies everywhere to show the value of keeping a cool head and utilizing the tools given for everyone’s safety.'"

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The momentum was so great that it climbed that hill like nothing.

theethiopian

Amazing! So glad that the driver had the knowledge and skill to take safe evasive action like that by utilising the runaway ramp. The engineers, who designed it and those, who built it would be proud.

shepatown

I am surprised on how much it still went uphill

testerpt

Man all these years of driving through the mountains and seeing those run-offs I've always actually wanted to see how they would do in real life... check that one off my bucket list lol

fourtraxer

Holly fuck he was going that fast with no breaks, he damn near made it to the top of the runaway ramp that’s scary to be in that position

julianroberts

Man that's got to be such a stressful situation. Mad props to that trucker

justincolton

As I was the fire chief of the district that encompasses I-70 from the Eisenhower tunnel, those runaway truck ramps save lives. Before they put them in, saw three trucks hit each other when their brakes failed. Was a real bad mess. Thank God the highway department put them in.

paulhindenberg

I think it's an excellent clip no matter the version it was recorded in (Jeez...some people are never satisfied).
I also think that it imparts a valuable lesson of just what it takes for a fully loaded 18 Wheeler to slow down and avoid a wreck.

Perhaps these selfish drivers zipping in & out of lanes on the Interstates in front of these Rigs will see this and re-think the hurry they're in.

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