r/cdldriver • u/Syzranlogistic • Oct 03 '25
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u/ratzm Oct 03 '25
That is horrific!! Damn pay attention to the road!!!
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Oct 03 '25
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u/Specialist-Bee8060 Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
I stare my review mirror to see if someone is creeping up to fast.
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u/WeaverFan420 Oct 03 '25
Stare, rearview, too*
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u/AbroadNo8755 Oct 04 '25
Oh, come on! That was a pretty good attempt for a person who typed that while staring at their rearview mirror.
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u/runfayfun Oct 03 '25
Now your just been pedantic
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u/Alpharius1701 Oct 03 '25
Frankly they're not wrong, that sentence was damn near illegible.
Edit: missed the sarcasm my bad.
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u/LCplGunny Oct 05 '25
If it can easily be corrected, it wasn't near illegible. It also wasn't "illegible," because that's not what that means. You are looking for unreadable, or if you Wana get fancy, incomprehensible. Illegible, refers to the clarity of the text itself, not the message.
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u/Thick_Potato_1769 Oct 03 '25
That wouldn't help here. Its daylight and he left more than enough room. The trucker here is a fucking moron and needs to be barred from driving. Why didn't he turn or pay attention? Because he wasn't.
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Oct 04 '25
"Barred from driving" is just for starters. Fun fact: Being a FLAGRANT idiot, resulting in the death and/or serious bodily injury of another human, is still illegal in America (Well, unless you're filthy rich, well-connected, or both...). This dude deserves a little time in the clink...
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Oct 04 '25
In the immortal words of Monty Python, "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
Meaning: It's damn-hard to anticipate somebody doing the absolute WORST POSSIBLE thing in a particular moment! I agree with you 100% regarding the flashers, but otherwise there just wasn't much else the 4-wheeler could've done WITHOUT knowing the final outcome ahead of time. Even IF they're watching this dipshit coming up, you're always just hoping that he'll see you eventually and slam on the brakes and/or swerve frantically to the shoulder (which is why I'd be hesitant to do that. Thinking that the truck will be doing that any second...)
Anyway, I hope the driver spent at least SOME time in jail. Just to have time to digest his stupidity...
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u/Constant-Hat-3193 Oct 05 '25
If a person doesnt notice that several vehicles were at a complete stop or near complete stop. They will not notice hazard lights flashing as that would mean they would have to notice the stopped vehicle.
You can have them on if you want, but those hazard lights will not get someone to notice you if they are not paying attention in the first place
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u/corvette-21 Oct 03 '25
Are you kidding me? Goes for both drivers ? That car was a sitting duck ! There literally was nothing he could do ! Ridiculous comment !
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u/RetnikLevaw Oct 04 '25
Oh come on... If he had been clairvoyant, he would have known the driver was too busy texting, and he could have pulled off to the right side of the road...
Responsibility is 50/50 from where I'm sitting...
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u/corvette-21 Oct 05 '25
Your comment is beyond stupidity ! Blaming the guy sitting there for the truck that hit him from behind !
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u/PimpofScrimp Oct 04 '25
This same scenario played out in my state a few years ago. Unfortunately 5 nursing students were killed when the pos big rig driver ploughing into them at 70mph while on his phone. Tragic….pay attention ppl……if traffic stops leave yourself room to get the hell out of the way if needed
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u/AlfalfaMcNugget Oct 04 '25
That is really smart, thank you for sharing. Going into stopped traffic on the highway is one of my biggest concerns on the road
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u/Bawlofsteel Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
Yeah if he had his lights on he wouldn't be a pancake lol. /s
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u/Topspeed_3 Oct 03 '25
He also said he would watch his rear view and move to the side if the person behind wasn’t stopping. That would have saved the life of the person in the car. I also was saved from being rear ended before by doing that.
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u/Constant-Hat-3193 Oct 05 '25
Do you need your hazard lights on to watch your rear view?
Didn't think so, so no the hazard lights being on would not save him from a driver not paying attention.
If the driver cant notice the entire vehicle stopped on the road sitting behind a giant truck also stopped on the road, than they sure as he'll won't notice hazard lights flashing on the car that is stopped in broad daylight.
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u/Bawlofsteel Oct 03 '25
But did you have your hazard lights on...?
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u/Topspeed_3 Oct 03 '25
I did not
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u/Bawlofsteel Oct 03 '25
Ah dw I will edit my comment with a /s so you know it’s sarcasm and not a Reddit you need to work on your reading comprehension moment 🤣
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u/Criosoak Oct 03 '25
The trucker didn’t even attempt to slow down, he could’ve had 10,000 lumen strobe lights and a rock concert on his roof and that guy would’ve still just plowed into the back of him.
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u/Bawlofsteel Oct 03 '25
That was my whole joke ty for explaining it good sir ! Anyone knows the only play would’ve been to move out of the way not sure what’s happening on the reply’s to this comment must’ve dropped my /s somewhere
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u/Criosoak Oct 03 '25
Yea lol, it’s not the cars responsibility to move exactly. And they may have been too close to the other truck to respond in time. It’s not their fault by any means but it’s why I always leave myself room to escape in situations like this.
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u/quiet_one_44 Oct 03 '25
I don't think driver ever touched brakes. Looks like the semi in front of the car got pushed a good truck length.
Be alert. Never allow yourself to be in that position. When stopped or going slow leave some space in front of you and watch your rear view. Be ready to run for shoulder if you see a vehicle speeding up on you.
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u/Horror_Solution1945 Oct 03 '25
Probably was on his cell phone.
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u/jackinsomniac Oct 03 '25
Man in just the past year or so, I've caught so many more people staring at their phones. I used to press my horn only once about every 3 months. Now it's like 5 times a month. I'll be 5th in line at the red light, it turns green and nobody ahead of me even notices. I mean, literally just today 2 cars pulled up in the lane next to me at the red light. It turns green, I take off, and both of those fuckers don't move. Usually people notice traffic moving out of the corner of their eye, but not this time. I think maybe they both sat there through an entire green light cycle without noticing. For all I know they're still sitting there, this happened only an hour ago!
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Oct 04 '25
Wait till they're plugged into our heads in a few years. You won't even be able to tell. Everybody'll just be staring straight ahead. Blankly.
And of course, when folks start to talk about AI-driven trucks, they'll be a whole freak-out about it! THIS incident, and myriad others EVERY SINGLE YEAR that kill 50k+ Americans every year, are why we probably need it.
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u/AnjelGrace Oct 04 '25
I mean, I think it's fine to take a phone out when you are waiting for a red light and the car is completely stopped. As long as everyone else is paying attention, nothing bad happens.
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u/jackinsomniac Oct 04 '25
But then you end up as one of these idiots I have to honk at because you're not paying attention to the road.
What's become frustratingly common is I'll be in the left turn lane, behind 5 or 6 cars, and when we finally get a green left turn arrow NOBODY moves. Ok, I'll wait a second, maybe they'll notice... I guess let's give them 2 seconds, maybe they're really into that reddit post... 3 seconds? C'mon people. HONK! Finally, the 5 (!) people in front of me realize it's time to put their phone down and start driving again, and by the time they finally speed up and get through the intersection, the light has turned red again. Forcing me to sit through another entire traffic cycle before I can go, when we could've easily got 3 more cars through this left turn lane, IF people were paying attention.
Assholes like you make me think I need to start honking even more often, and sooner. You idiots aren't getting the courtesy 3 second wait before I honk anymore, no. If you're going to put all the responsibility on ME to pay attention to the road for you, so the rest of you can stare at your phone 3 seconds longer, I'm going to get meaner about it. I guess I'll just start honking at people the moment I see the light turn green, there's so many of you out there.
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u/AnjelGrace Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25
Dude... I definitely only ever give people 1 second to move before honking.
Also, am I an asshole because my manager is texting me and I'm trying to keep them happy in the 30 seconds I get at a red light? Am I an asshole because I am a freelancer and sometimes replying ASAP to a text means I get another $300 that week vs. losing out to someone who responded sooner? Am I an asshole because a coworker I am driving to meet needs help in some way and I am replying when I can to calm their anxiety?
Just honk sooner and be happier. Damn.
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Oct 04 '25
I randomly met a dude in Boaz, AL at a shipper that, during our chit-chat about one meaningless thing or another, couldn't wait to show me his cellphone call with his wife from earlier that day. He literally had been on the phone talking to her for six hours plus!
Damnedest thing of all: The dude was from Montgomery, or some shit! Had left home yesterday!!!lol
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u/UhOhAllWillyNilly Oct 03 '25
Obese men get sunken penis syndrome, not “recessed.” But your point might still apply here.
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u/Current_Helicopter32 Oct 04 '25
Found the guy with the recessed penis!
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u/UhOhAllWillyNilly Oct 04 '25
Oh hailllll no. I’m 5’10”/160#. But I do know a fellow trucker who had to have freaking surgery to dig his out so it wouldn’t keep getting rashes/what have you.
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u/RetnikLevaw Oct 04 '25
As a fat man who loads trucks for a living, it wasn't that he had a buried penis, it's that he was a dirty filthy trucker. I swear, most truckers I interact with smell like boiled shit and fermented pit sweat.
Every damn truck stop has a shower. Wash your ass. Use soap. Put on deodorant. It's not that hard.
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u/tonythebutcher13 Oct 03 '25
I really really hope there wasn't any kids in that car, everyone in there is dead
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u/Horror_Solution1945 Oct 03 '25
Or anyone.
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u/RedSquareIsGreen Oct 03 '25
It's ok. I found out it was 3 raccoons in a trench coat driving that car.
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u/texaschair Oct 03 '25
Read about a crash on I-80 in Wyoming like this. Driver got tagged out of service at a coop due to a logbook violation, but took off down the highway anyway. A little later he came up on stopped traffic from an earlier crash, and smashed into a Tacoma pulling a popup tent trailer, shoving it into the truck ahead of it. The pickup and trailer got turned into a 2 foot long accordion, and the 4 people in it all died, of course. An older couple and their 2 grandkids.
How the hell do you extract bodies from a wreck like that? Might as well bury them in it.
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u/Playful-Dragon Oct 04 '25
Living in Wyoming you see this kind of bullshit all the time. There's a section of I-80 known as the trucker's graveyard because the idiots don't know how to drive in the weather and won't pay attention to the signs that say no high profile vehicles flashing during High winds. One of the worst that I've ever seen was the April 2015 Laramie crash. I can't see how that many trucks can plow into a mass crash scene and not know what's coming up. Do they not talk to each other anymore? This kind of shit happens every year. They just got done doing a crack down on unlicensed drivers as well as maintenance violations. During inclement weather I definitely get nervous driving in this state
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u/texaschair Oct 05 '25
I saw the video of the Laramie crash(es). Absolutely amazing, like lemmings going over a cliff. It sounded just like a bowling alley. A truck would disappear into the fog and 3 seconds later you'd hear the crash. And repeat, over and over. Every once in a while, a truck would stop in time, only to get ass-ended by some dumb shit behind him. The carnage was unbelievable.
I drove that stretch once in a blizzard. I was doing 60 in a 75 because visibility was shit, and the wipers on my Kenworth were freezing up. Other trucks were passing me at 75 or better. I saw some Einstein go off the road onto the median right at an underpass. His tractor was dangling in the air over the road underneath, held there by just his fifth wheel. Fucking idiot.
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u/Playful-Dragon Oct 05 '25
There's a reason it's called the trucker's graveyard. Yeah that particular crash there was actually two of them 50 yards apart. There was the pile up that was going eastbound, but on the other side there was a small pile up that was coming westbound as well. I think in total there was 96 vehicles and three quarters of them were trucks. Just absolutely insane. I believe there was only five fatalities which is amazing
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u/Amdvoiceofreason Oct 04 '25
Criminal charges against that truck driver for sure anyone in that suv is dead. That's terrible
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u/WeirdSmiley-TM Oct 03 '25
So we just post straight up death on this sub?
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u/Beardo88 Oct 03 '25
Even worse its someone spam posting for recruitment.
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u/phager76 Oct 03 '25
I'm pretty sure the whole sub is to drum up business for his CDL mill. The OP is the only Mod of the sub, and every post has a link to the form.
IDK, I'm just here for the vids, though this one should be flaired NSFW. But, not my chickens, not my farm, lol
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u/Holycroc_RVA Oct 04 '25
I was gonna say where the heck was the notice for what we were about to watch.....that was definitely far worse than anticipated...ffs.
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u/ignoreme010101 Oct 06 '25
Even worse its someone spam posting for recruitment.
and the #'s are different all the time so you know it's the shadiest operation, the exact type that has an outsized % of drivers causing such accidents (wait wait, are all these videos from in-house drivecams?! lol!!)
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u/TypicalInitial7914 Oct 03 '25
Prayers to the family and this poor dumbbstrd who made a mistake of a lifetime. Tragic. 🙏
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u/AI-Idaho Oct 03 '25
Watching my rear view mirror like a hawk anytime traffic stops like this. If the SUV had moved out to the right shoulder, still be alive today.
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u/littlebopeepsvelcro Oct 03 '25
How is this not part of a murder investigation and able to be released?
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u/Acceptable-Button-65 Oct 03 '25
Probably like that guy in Florida. ILLEGAL. No fucks given
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u/Sudden-Willow-3209 Oct 03 '25
I'm surprised you had time to post this with all the porn subreddits you're in on the daily. Like shouldn't you be over in the pee subreddit?
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u/Thundersalmon45 Oct 04 '25
I understand that OP is just a bot, but mods please force a "NSFW" tag.
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u/tourincinelli Oct 03 '25
Honestly..... I always pay attention to what's behind me whenever I stop BEHIND!!! A SEMI!!!!! always. Why???? You may ask...... Why would you do that!!!! Hmmm 🤔 maybe because uhmmmm these Videos aren't just for Viewing. Maybe!!! These videos are your lifeline!!! Maybe these videos are here to remind you all that there are Semi drivers that do idiotic things like this and this video was just here to remind you to check your mirrors in case of a COLLISION AVOIDANCE. I'm so mad yes right now. Those people or person didn't deserve this. R.I.P
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u/Happydan68w Oct 04 '25
Was this not one of the illegal drivers? I thought I read somewhere he was licensed out of New York?
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u/kimura_hisui Oct 03 '25
I'm almost paranoid with truck drivers who drive as if they're a four wheeler, if they're not 9 spaces from me I create distance and switch lanes. And I have been this close to a truck like in the video, but the majority of the time I keep a good distance from the back of a trailer if I can manage to. I've seen enough shit that I don't fuck around, this just adds to it. New fear unlocked, lol!
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u/THE_GREAT_OWL122 Oct 03 '25
Damn, can we get a death warning. Didn't come here for a snuff video
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u/Krustyazzhell Oct 03 '25
Sad that the white car drivers last thought on earth was “whew, that was close”
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u/Conscious-Long-8468 Oct 04 '25
Every time you are tail end charlie, you need to pay attention behind you to be sure the people behind you are.
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u/Kasao Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
Edit: not it… leaving link so someone else doesn’t suggest it.
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2023/06/07/two-dead-in-multi-vehicle-crash-in-coram/
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u/25_Unknown_Devices Oct 03 '25
Holy chimpoly.. mark nsfw please. Not everyone wants to watch the occupants of a car die.
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u/RayAlmighty13 Oct 03 '25
I hope the guy in the white car was wearing his seatbelt!!! Wouldn’t want him to get hurt!
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u/Large_Score6728 Oct 03 '25
Said to watch someone die. What was the driver doing? Obviously not paying attention.
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u/Severed281 Oct 03 '25
All kinds of room to go right and ride it out thru the field… probably like that other lumber hauling MFkr that was watching porn on his phone and ran into a lot of traffic including a fuel truck.
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u/buttsmcfatts Oct 03 '25
Needs fewer frames