DRIVER BRAKE CHECKS SEMI-TRUCK AND *unsurprisingly* GETS REAR-ENDED | A Day in The Life of a Trucker

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1. Ok, Brampton - --- ( Mississauga, ON )

3. LizardOfOz - --- ( Elk River, MN )

4. Truckin’Cat - --- ( Clarksville, TN )

5. TMQ - --- ( Miami California )

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My Country - Ben Bostick

[DashcamLessons]

It's officially the start of the spooky season and what could be better today than a brake checker getting hit?

[TheDCGuitar]

Playing games with truckers is among the dumbest thing one can do. The margin for error is too small.

[Rutabaga]

I don't know if this makes me a bad person or not, but one of my favorite things in dashcam videos is seeing people PIT manuever themselves. Hopefully they'll learn a huge lesson from it.

[vanguard]

I guess looking over your shoulder BEFORE changing lanes isn’t a thing anymore. I mean, because it seems people might actually see the GIANT semi-trailer truck that way.

[DannyDank]

Love how #2 just keeps on the horn even the car is clearly just along for the ride at that point lmao

[twincitiesdashcam]

Those are some weapons grade idiots driving out there. Brake check an 18 wheeler? That's a great idea...

[swarren]

The narration and reaction from #6 was stellar. He was rightly disgusted with the idiocy of other drivers but didn't let himself be angered by it.

[andrewkelley]

Every person who goes directly to the far left lane after entering the freeway while other lanes are open needs to go through an intense driving course.

[pttp]

Many years ago I was driving my VW Beatle to school on a Connecticut highway during rush hour - when the front “Bonnet” opened all the way up and all I could see was a small gap between the dash and the curve of the bonnet - when Suddenly I look in my rear view mirror and a semi was right behind me - the driver had his hand out his window pointing me to steer to the breakdown lane. When I did he stayed behind me and protected me all the way across 3 lanes of heavy traffic and got me to safety. That kind trucker saved my life - I am forever grateful that on that day I had a angel on my shoulder and he was a trucker💫

[favoritemustard]

"But I have the lil red flag 🚩 hanging off my ladder — that's on you, man!"
*Um, not!* Forgetting you have junk hanging out of the bed of your truck is no excuse for passing that close.

[drob]

I feel like my life would be so much more interesting if #6 was the narrator

[flipflopping]

About that first clip....
How many of us were hoping that the white pickup would have sustained substantially more damage than what they actually got? Kinda hoping for a caved-in truck bed....

[cyberra]

I was taught to respect semis, anything that big that can squish me in an instant if I make one bad move. More than once I've gotten waves of thanks from truck drivers for stopping far enough back to allow them to complete a turn, especially a right turn onto a narrow street. More people could stand to learn to respect the semi before they get themselves killed

[pepstein]

#3 good on you for stopping to help, and especially for putting out that fire!

[rockyroad]

#2 I always learned in driver's ed to make sure the vehicle you're passing is fully visible in your rearview mirror before moving over and with big trucks I leave as many car lengths as possible. Guess they didn't take driver's ed.

[beckyanderson]

The one with the person, most likely a teenager, throwing the rock off the over pass at the semi is a pos! That rock could have killed that trucker!

[saphyrahun]

#4 Moral of the story - If you crash, crash hard enough he cannot run away :P

[JCWTL]

Actions have consequences. When you don’t care enough to check before switching lanes, like the drivers in # 2 and # 4, it’s possible it can end in badness.

[randystevens]

I love it when these people think this cause they turned their turn signal on it, gives them the right to bully their way in. They deserve the karma they get.

[Roddy]

7:02 Many do not take seriously "Bridge Ices seriously Before the Road" signs. That bridge was a perfect depiction of that fact. I am glad the trucker was going really slow. "...just got too much on your plate", as the song said in the background...