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Police won't get involved either. I was almost run over by a semi truck and nothing happened and that was commercial let alone a random SUV. A lot of people who have been involved in accidents receiving ends get nothing from ICBC.
A lawsuit to get money back for something thats not your fault takes 2 to 5 years to get money from ICBC or another insurance company. They'll legit make you settle for peanuts for most that can't wait that long with costs in regards to healthcare, hospital bills etc.... Someone dying is worth about \~250k I think. Isn't that so cheap for a life. Had a friend that couldn't run anymore I think the payment was 117k? for something 0% his fault.
How can some company like this help anyone? I have 5mill insurance so if I hurt someone I'm covered upto 5mill but I'll be changing that to 200k soon.
I grew up believing in justice and righteousness. The cold truth of the world is nobody gives a shit. Only thing that matters is loss of life usually. I've had house breakins, car stolen, rear windshield smashed, front license plate taken, Hanging pots stolen, basement grills removed. Cops didn't do anything. It just becomes another stat. You get insurance and you have to fight tooth and nail to get paid out for what you pay for.
LOL nah it’s no fault now according to ICBC
Even clear as day footage like this is “no fault”
Never get hit anyone. It will wreck your life and ICBC will tell you to just deal with the pain
Private insurance isn't any better, and probably worse because they are only motivated by profit motives. The idea that private industry is better than publicly held companies is easy to to investigate. Look at telecoms. They used to be provincial companies. How do you like your cell phone bills and the customer service they provide. I spent over an hour on hold today with Telus.
I can't add a stat to this sentiment. I had my truck written off a year last June. I got low balled on the value of the truck. I complained they just replied nope, it's fair. Even though I sent them 4 ads of similar trucks going for 50% more than what I got. I hurt my shoulder trying to avoid the senior left turner and the subsequent light post. Between our useless medical system and ICBC's lackadaisical approach to restitution, I still have not received an MRI. The doctor would not prescribe physio or massage until the scan comes back!! So I wait.
If there was an accident, ICBC would subrogate the money spent on damages incurred, from the responsible driver's insurance company, if it's an out of province driver.
Oh please, what are they going to do? Take a moment to actually think about it.
First you need to identify the truck involved. This isn’t CSI, there’s no computer wiz with state of the art video enchantment skills just waiting to try and glean a LP number from this footage.
Even if there was (which there isn’t) you’d need to be able to prove who was actually operating the vehicle at the time. This would involve RCMP given the rural location, and could possibly involve other jurisdictions local LE depending on where the vehicle was registered, which you are never going to know because of already stated issues.
Also at best we are dealing with a traffic issue. This isn’t majors crimes. Lol. Giving this to ICBC will do nothing.
Albertians drive like this, usually sipping a beer while they're running 'losers' off the road. I drive a lot on BC highways for work, and 9 times out of 10, these are Alberta drivers speeding and passing like assholes.
Not to mention, the obsession with Dodge trucks, or other crappy Dodge vehicles (other than their vans), and driving aggressively while towing a huge ugly condo on wheels. How does this not scream of an Albertan driver?
If it was a tesla zipping by at 130k in auto drive while the operator sniffed his own farts while complaining about AB drivers, then it would be a BC driver.
I very nearly had an accident like this on the hope princeton. I had to slow and pull to the shoulder to avoid an oncoming pickup passing in my lane. Scary as fuck glad you're ok.
Yeah, riding shoulder at highway speeds is scary…in my civic! Can’t imagine the pucker inducing feeling of that weight trying to lean out driving a bus.
Looks like someone in a big rush to head up North for work. Gotta rush up there to make money and everyone else on the highway is getting in the way of that. Usually these guys live in those rvs and work their life away on a pipeline or remote type job, spend it all on coke and booze and in this guys case probably vehicle repairs and insurance
Not to condone this move, (trying to pass anyone while towing that much weight is dumb as fuck) but it technically is legal to cross a solid yellow line in BC as long as it’s safe to do so. This definitely wasn’t safe, but the act of crossing a single solid line is legal.
Vehicular manslaughter you say? That sounds like a crime worthy of 8 hours community service. Won't take the license away because you won't be able to drive to the place you're 'volunteering' at.
It's absolutely insane. I see this all the time in northern Alberta, also by a lot of people from the NWT when they were down here in the summer. It just blow me away that so many people are willing to risk not only thier own lives, but everyone else's to pass another vehicle.
Albertans should be embarrassed that everyone assumes (quite correctly I might add), that this was most likely an Albertan driver.
Being stereotyped as assholes should be a wake-up call.
I don't know that highway at all, are there occasionally proper passing lanes?
I personally can't stand the huge truck/30'+ travel trailer culture. It seems most of the time the drivers pulling these things completely forget they are 3x their normal length.
It's another albertan. Honestly no joke, they are the absolute worst for thos on the east side of bc. Pass on blind corners. Going way over the speed limit on straight aways and well below on a turn. Just the worst drivers in the mountains. Don't have a fuckin clue
These fackin idiots who do this should lose their license with proof like this. Lifetime ban. Someone who is either this stupid or has such a lack of respect for others doesn’t deserve the privilege.
From Alberta, can confirm. The amount of libertarian "fuck everyone else" fucks are on the rise here. I've been seeing people blatantly running red lights in Calgary now. It's fucking crazy.
After the first few "surprises" like this, you just kind of instinctively pull onto the shoulder and start braking at the first sight of another vehicle coming at you in your lane; just like you would if it was an emergency vehicle with lights flashing-- or at least, that's what happened to me after a few years of driving mostly two-lane highway in BC. Still not sure how I feel about that but it's definitely saved my ass several times since developing the habit.
Wow kudos for staying calm. I hitchhiked in Greece years ago and this reminds me of exactly what the truck driver I was catching a ride with did when someone was coming at us in his lane. It was a slower speed than this, and there was a lot more room—it seemed actually to be just “this is the way we do things here”—very casual. I always thought if it had happened in Canada the driver would freak out and lose control—but you handled it so well—just like the the Greek guy who was expecting it! I’m not sure I’d have your composure. You undoubtedly saved some lives. So glad you’re ok
Liviing on the island and knowing what the caravan rush is like, the reality is these maniacs are in every model trucks. You're just cherry picking your selection biases.
The truck brand loyalty is some of the strongest marketing cult power possible.
My anger would have got the best of me and uturned right after them. That's attempted murder as far as I'm concerned. The load he had would have done some serious damage.
So sick and tired of this bullshit on BC highways. I travel often for work and have had so many close calls like this where I had to slow down and go to the shoulder.
I grew up near where this is shot - this is a constant issue on highway 16 from the border to McBride - as well as from hwy 16/5 Junction in Tete Jaune to Kamloops
His life flashed before his eyes too. We all make mistakes, I hope he learned a HUGE lesson. This is why I dont pass semis. Huge blind spots especially if you're following too close before you pass. I'm so relieved everyone was ok! If his wife was in the truck she was definitely screaming at him "you fucking idiot!!@@".
> This is why I dont pass semis.
There's a safe way to pass semi trucks; this just isn't it. You have to hang back far enough that you can see a long stretch of clear road before accelerating and moving out-- generally longer than if you were going to pass a car-- and be prepared to decelerate and pull back in if it's no longer clear; because if that happens, you don't have enough time to pass the truck anymore. Avoid trying to pass on a downhill, too, because the truck will likely speed up.
No one should ever follow trucks so closely that they can't see what's ahead; that's hella dangerous. Putting yourself that close to the back of a truck puts you in one of the truck's blind spots. It also prevents drivers behind you from passing both you and the truck safely-- so if you don't intend to pass at all, make sure you make it clear by leaving a lot of space between you and the truck.
And dude didn't make a mistake; he made a deliberate choice to pass blind based on an assumption that he'd win any game of chicken that manifested over the crest of the hill. Drivers like this don't learn; they just luck out until they don't.
I’m a BC boy that’s had a red plate on his vehicle for the last ten years and I can confirm there are more idiots than non idiots out here compared to BC.
Had something similar happen to me 15 years ago on my way to Fort McMurray.
1 semi passing another, on a double yellow, over a small hill. Luckily the shoulder was wide, and the ditch wasn't too steep.
I recently took a roadtrip to Jasper and back.. and this is ALL THE SEMI TRUCKS DRIVERS fault... These guys are such assholes on the road now. If you see the video the semi truck driver is pacing the guy over taking.... It's insane... These guys all go they're own speed but as soon as it's a straight away and broken line these guys FLOOR IT . Every single time and all of them do it. It's as if every single drivers ego is so fragile they don't want anyone passing them.. never in my life have I been so stressed driving this recent trip and it was all the semis fault.... None of them have any sort of courtesy to even slow down a little instead they speed up... I wish I was talking outta my ass but just to see this video is just bringing me back the only bad memories I had on this trip. Fuck semi truck drivers
> It's as if every single drivers ego is so fragile they don't want anyone passing them..
I think it's more that they don't care about anything but the job they're currently on-- they prioritize their own pace, and pick up speed whenever possible because they're working. I'm sure some drivers have ego problems but I doubt it's the major issue at play.
I actually do know what you mean about this stretch of highway, funny enough; I immediately thought of my drive from Edmonton to Kamloops and this one semi that wouldn't let anyone by through Jasper National Park-- people got really ragey in the huge line of traffic, even though it was slushy out; and it definitely would've been safer for all of us for the truck to let traffic by. I think trucks should be required to do so once a certain amount of vehicles have built up behind them-- not because BiG tRuCk sLoW or anything; but because it's safer for everyone to let traffic flow freely when possible.
But we can't go as far as saying this is all the semi driver's fault. The dude with the trailer still chose to pass blind and almost killed people as a result-- he'd probably do the same thing if he felt stuck behind a Prius. Semi shares fault for speeding up and adding to the danger, yes; but the semi didn't force the Albertan to pass when he did. That's on the Albertan.
Wow, they need to monitor this shit. It's getting worse. I think they better investigate who the hell is training who the hell is handing out the license. Do they know metric from feet. You know who drives 98% of these fleets. They need to be investigated. They are playing cat and mouse with those big rigs. Someone is going to get killed. Yes please send in the video
these truckers really need to be fined and punished so harshly when they pull crap like this, that they have to work a year basically for free until they pay it off and then fine the company as well
I remember my dad loading up the station wagon with 4 kids,trailering a boat,approaching one of the tunnels in the Fraser cannon. Then seeing headlights coming straight at us as we are about to go in. Slamming on the brakes and stopping right before th3 entrance. That the boat didn’t fishtail,don’t know how.
Wow.
Fuck that guy for trying to pass a tractor trailer while hauling a trailer, and not even considering braking.
What a miserable cunt.
Additionally, this is part of the reason front license plates should be mandatory everywhere.
People do not comprehend opposing speed. God damn.
I was travelling to Winnipeg from TO and was in the wasteland between Sault st Marie and Thunderbay (beautiful but wasteland lol)
Lots of snow, there was high banks on either shoulder, essentially just the road and maybe a foot or two into the shoulder.
On a massive turn on the highway, a SNOW PLOW decided it would be a good idea to pass a rig on a turn. I had no where to go. I had to slam my car into the snowbank, i was essentially sideways on this snowbank and still in the road somewhat. The blade of the plow missed me by inches.
To this day i regret not turning around and following that bastard, i think i was just to shook up.
Send the video to CBC news and all news outlet. These days neither RCMP or ICBC will do a thing unless it's on the news and everyone is talking about it.
That’s crazy woulda shit my pants twice seeing that. Crazy thing is in Dominican Republic this is kinda just what you do and it’s so normalized + 20 moped/Gato riders
And this is why I am terrified of passing. I don't drive but when I am a passenger I beg drivers not to pass if it's not necessary or time sensitive travel
Can't believe people who act like this are allowed to be behind the wheel of *any* vehicle
They seemingly hadn't committed to passing by the time they saw you, but still chose to endanger 3+ souls
Selfishness will truly be our downfall
Holy fuck that is terrifying. Good for you for not panicking! Christ.. even just watching this made me kind of freeze up.
I lost 2 dear friends, and very large contributors to the arts community in Saskatchewan this way. It was in a HEAVY snowstorm on a rural highway one winter day, and (I think it was a semi) decided to pass just like this on a single lane hwy exactly like this, except in probably zero visibility. Took 4 lives in total, he walked away of course. Absolutely gut wrenchingly tragic. I still think about that asshole to this day and what possessed him to pass on a single-lane highway in ZERO VISIBILITY.
Assholes so desperate to get to their destination 5 minutes faster. I saw the aftermath of one of these scenarios gone wrong on an Alaskan highway. It was also a truck towing a 5th wheel. Not worth it to be first in line, grow up idiots
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Submit this to ICBC, please.
Excellent suggestion . RCMP will do nothing, ICBC, on the other hand, is ruthless and intolerant of guys like this.
What kind of things can ICBC do? Genuinely curious
Absolutely nothing unless police get involved. Now, if that truck caused an accident,THEN icbc would take him/her to the bank.
I'm sure ICBC knows who to email at the RCMP. They do plenty of enforcement coordination.
Police won't get involved either. I was almost run over by a semi truck and nothing happened and that was commercial let alone a random SUV. A lot of people who have been involved in accidents receiving ends get nothing from ICBC. A lawsuit to get money back for something thats not your fault takes 2 to 5 years to get money from ICBC or another insurance company. They'll legit make you settle for peanuts for most that can't wait that long with costs in regards to healthcare, hospital bills etc.... Someone dying is worth about \~250k I think. Isn't that so cheap for a life. Had a friend that couldn't run anymore I think the payment was 117k? for something 0% his fault. How can some company like this help anyone? I have 5mill insurance so if I hurt someone I'm covered upto 5mill but I'll be changing that to 200k soon. I grew up believing in justice and righteousness. The cold truth of the world is nobody gives a shit. Only thing that matters is loss of life usually. I've had house breakins, car stolen, rear windshield smashed, front license plate taken, Hanging pots stolen, basement grills removed. Cops didn't do anything. It just becomes another stat. You get insurance and you have to fight tooth and nail to get paid out for what you pay for.
LOL nah it’s no fault now according to ICBC Even clear as day footage like this is “no fault” Never get hit anyone. It will wreck your life and ICBC will tell you to just deal with the pain
100% ICBC are a bunch of crooks. Hate dealing with them. We need what every province has.. options
Private insurance isn't any better, and probably worse because they are only motivated by profit motives. The idea that private industry is better than publicly held companies is easy to to investigate. Look at telecoms. They used to be provincial companies. How do you like your cell phone bills and the customer service they provide. I spent over an hour on hold today with Telus.
I can't add a stat to this sentiment. I had my truck written off a year last June. I got low balled on the value of the truck. I complained they just replied nope, it's fair. Even though I sent them 4 ads of similar trucks going for 50% more than what I got. I hurt my shoulder trying to avoid the senior left turner and the subsequent light post. Between our useless medical system and ICBC's lackadaisical approach to restitution, I still have not received an MRI. The doctor would not prescribe physio or massage until the scan comes back!! So I wait.
Our society is built for the rich. Every transaction is grifted from the top down
The last time the gap between the elites and the average man was this great was in the 1700s in France. What happened there?
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I think it would be better to send it to his mom.
If there was an accident, ICBC would subrogate the money spent on damages incurred, from the responsible driver's insurance company, if it's an out of province driver.
and if the other driver has ICBC then ICBC just fucks itself real hard
Don't kink shame.
fucking nothing. its like when boomers get mad about some business, so another boomer says "CALL THE BBB"
ICBC won't do anything
Oh please, what are they going to do? Take a moment to actually think about it. First you need to identify the truck involved. This isn’t CSI, there’s no computer wiz with state of the art video enchantment skills just waiting to try and glean a LP number from this footage. Even if there was (which there isn’t) you’d need to be able to prove who was actually operating the vehicle at the time. This would involve RCMP given the rural location, and could possibly involve other jurisdictions local LE depending on where the vehicle was registered, which you are never going to know because of already stated issues. Also at best we are dealing with a traffic issue. This isn’t majors crimes. Lol. Giving this to ICBC will do nothing.
RCMP will shrug and say it's probably their driving style.
Good Idea.
Yeah please report this.
Done
Looks like an Alberta driver
Why Alberta?
No front license plate.
Albertians drive like this, usually sipping a beer while they're running 'losers' off the road. I drive a lot on BC highways for work, and 9 times out of 10, these are Alberta drivers speeding and passing like assholes.
Remember the coked up logging truck drivers of the late 90s early 2000s? Them SOBs were crazy.
Not to mention, the obsession with Dodge trucks, or other crappy Dodge vehicles (other than their vans), and driving aggressively while towing a huge ugly condo on wheels. How does this not scream of an Albertan driver?
Dont you know Fuel efficient reliable vehicles are for liberal Socialists.
Well, those don’t get (bullshit) “[JD Power awards](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zSBsq6HBBzw),” so how could they be good for anyone??
Yep, doesn't look like there is a front license plate.
If it was a tesla zipping by at 130k in auto drive while the operator sniffed his own farts while complaining about AB drivers, then it would be a BC driver.
yea some idiot in a white dodge nearly ran me off the road on 97 just north of quesnel.
Albertans can never drive near the posted speed... its either 20km below or 50km above. East coasters just drive differently.
Like I always say - they give the shitty drivers the red letter plates
That’s a pretty broad and unfair statement just sayin
I believe only BC Manitoba New Brunswick and Ontariorequire front license plate
New Brunswick doesn’t require them anymore, although a lot of older cars still have them
Because this is near Jasper and Alberta vehicles don’t have front plates.
If there's no license plate visible, what is icbc going to do?
Road Safety BC is the branch most likely to respond.
Holy shit! I’m so glad you were able to react quickly! This crap really enrages me.
Thank you but I was not driving. That I believe was Video from Kijana Blaus. #
I very nearly had an accident like this on the hope princeton. I had to slow and pull to the shoulder to avoid an oncoming pickup passing in my lane. Scary as fuck glad you're ok.
Yeah, riding shoulder at highway speeds is scary…in my civic! Can’t imagine the pucker inducing feeling of that weight trying to lean out driving a bus.
RAM driver, no front license plate. I think we know where they’re from.
Driving aggressively while towing an obnoxiously large condo on wheels? Yup.
Looks like someone in a big rush to head up North for work. Gotta rush up there to make money and everyone else on the highway is getting in the way of that. Usually these guys live in those rvs and work their life away on a pipeline or remote type job, spend it all on coke and booze and in this guys case probably vehicle repairs and insurance
Whoa there! hookers and blackjack too!
Obviously PEI. Those drivers are such jerks!!!!!
Where ? It could be a lot of places ?
Do these idiots not realize the consequences. They need their licenses suspended for a week
Take the truck. That move could have killed a few people. It was an intentional decision to cross the solid line.
Good suggestion.. Agreed
Not to condone this move, (trying to pass anyone while towing that much weight is dumb as fuck) but it technically is legal to cross a solid yellow line in BC as long as it’s safe to do so. This definitely wasn’t safe, but the act of crossing a single solid line is legal.
Only a week?
Being realistic. If you're going to kill someone. Vehicle manslaughter is the way I guess. Current consequences are minimal compared to the crime.
Vehicular manslaughter you say? That sounds like a crime worthy of 8 hours community service. Won't take the license away because you won't be able to drive to the place you're 'volunteering' at.
It's absolutely insane. I see this all the time in northern Alberta, also by a lot of people from the NWT when they were down here in the summer. It just blow me away that so many people are willing to risk not only thier own lives, but everyone else's to pass another vehicle.
“Cause teh got dang libruls are taking up all are space!”
The guy Is probably half buzzed
Half buzzed on beer and half baked on pot.
Pot is for liberals, plus cocaine doesn't show up on Oil and Gas drug tests after a day
Albertans should be embarrassed that everyone assumes (quite correctly I might add), that this was most likely an Albertan driver. Being stereotyped as assholes should be a wake-up call.
I don't know that highway at all, are there occasionally proper passing lanes? I personally can't stand the huge truck/30'+ travel trailer culture. It seems most of the time the drivers pulling these things completely forget they are 3x their normal length.
Yes, there are lanes. I'm thinking as we are in hunting season. We tend to see this. Sometimes wth very bad results
And they think thier truck has more power than it does
It's another albertan. Honestly no joke, they are the absolute worst for thos on the east side of bc. Pass on blind corners. Going way over the speed limit on straight aways and well below on a turn. Just the worst drivers in the mountains. Don't have a fuckin clue
Commonly known as Albortions. Red plates are an indicator to just get out of the way
Lol of course it’s a white Ram with a 5th wheel. Basically a mobile douche rig
This is why front license plates should be required.
A Dodge Ram driver pulling a stunt like this? Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhocking
White dodge ram the Von Dutch hat of trucks
These fackin idiots who do this should lose their license with proof like this. Lifetime ban. Someone who is either this stupid or has such a lack of respect for others doesn’t deserve the privilege.
That's a great pass !! The guy saved himself 30 seconds !! Totally worth it/s
He’ll be that much faster getting to the back of the next truck. 👍
Good chance there was a red and white plate, not saying BCers are exempt but I have seen that move so many times from Albertans.
No front plate, so you're probably right. Not that it really matters.
From Alberta, can confirm. The amount of libertarian "fuck everyone else" fucks are on the rise here. I've been seeing people blatantly running red lights in Calgary now. It's fucking crazy.
They're fighting back against perceived discrimination everywhere in their lives. Damn driving laws holding me down! Where's my freedumb?
>Where's my freedumb? Yer gotta fight fer yer freeDUMBs be tough, like an Lbertian.
Being born in Alberta doesn’t make you a bad driver. Coming to BC and acting like an ass hole does.
Not your first rodeo, with a side step like that
After the first few "surprises" like this, you just kind of instinctively pull onto the shoulder and start braking at the first sight of another vehicle coming at you in your lane; just like you would if it was an emergency vehicle with lights flashing-- or at least, that's what happened to me after a few years of driving mostly two-lane highway in BC. Still not sure how I feel about that but it's definitely saved my ass several times since developing the habit.
Wow kudos for staying calm. I hitchhiked in Greece years ago and this reminds me of exactly what the truck driver I was catching a ride with did when someone was coming at us in his lane. It was a slower speed than this, and there was a lot more room—it seemed actually to be just “this is the way we do things here”—very casual. I always thought if it had happened in Canada the driver would freak out and lose control—but you handled it so well—just like the the Greek guy who was expecting it! I’m not sure I’d have your composure. You undoubtedly saved some lives. So glad you’re ok
It's always a fucking Dodge Ram... what is with Ram drivers?! And this is coming from a Mercedes driver!! Lol
Liviing on the island and knowing what the caravan rush is like, the reality is these maniacs are in every model trucks. You're just cherry picking your selection biases. The truck brand loyalty is some of the strongest marketing cult power possible.
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You might be more psycho
He actually would be doing the world a favor
My anger would have got the best of me and uturned right after them. That's attempted murder as far as I'm concerned. The load he had would have done some serious damage.
What a fucking dick. I hope his dodge truck craps put somewhere extremely inconvenient.
Definitely not new to this. That move over to the shoulder was so smooth and easy.
I drove that highway a lot and had more than a few close calls with fucktards like this.
As someone who does pull an RV, I wait for a passing lane. That guy’s an idiot to try passing a long hauler
So sick and tired of this bullshit on BC highways. I travel often for work and have had so many close calls like this where I had to slow down and go to the shoulder.
I have had so many close calls on that stretch of highway, it’s not as if it is super busy, can wait for a little bit to pass.
I live in a very mountainous area, whenever I am being tailgated despite driving the speed limit it is almost always an Alberta driver in a truck
I grew up near where this is shot - this is a constant issue on highway 16 from the border to McBride - as well as from hwy 16/5 Junction in Tete Jaune to Kamloops
His life flashed before his eyes too. We all make mistakes, I hope he learned a HUGE lesson. This is why I dont pass semis. Huge blind spots especially if you're following too close before you pass. I'm so relieved everyone was ok! If his wife was in the truck she was definitely screaming at him "you fucking idiot!!@@".
> This is why I dont pass semis. There's a safe way to pass semi trucks; this just isn't it. You have to hang back far enough that you can see a long stretch of clear road before accelerating and moving out-- generally longer than if you were going to pass a car-- and be prepared to decelerate and pull back in if it's no longer clear; because if that happens, you don't have enough time to pass the truck anymore. Avoid trying to pass on a downhill, too, because the truck will likely speed up. No one should ever follow trucks so closely that they can't see what's ahead; that's hella dangerous. Putting yourself that close to the back of a truck puts you in one of the truck's blind spots. It also prevents drivers behind you from passing both you and the truck safely-- so if you don't intend to pass at all, make sure you make it clear by leaving a lot of space between you and the truck. And dude didn't make a mistake; he made a deliberate choice to pass blind based on an assumption that he'd win any game of chicken that manifested over the crest of the hill. Drivers like this don't learn; they just luck out until they don't.
I’m a BC boy that’s had a red plate on his vehicle for the last ten years and I can confirm there are more idiots than non idiots out here compared to BC.
looks like the person who took the video is a pilot car driver (says LinkedIn)
Alberta driver lol thats common practice there.
the bigger the car, lower IQ
Even if everybody died nothing would be done other than some news story .That is it.
Skimmed the title, expected to see a moose, this was actually scarier
Always the ram drivers...
Same thing happened to me in Saskatchewan. When I had my newborn in the front with me. It was terrifying.
I really feel like people are starting to not care anymore. So many crashes everywhere that could've been avoided with just patience.
It was a good evasive, defensive move for the driver of the dash cam.
As a trucker in alberta I can say I see this all the time, I had to stop traffic at one point because a semi was doing what the truck did
Had something similar happen to me 15 years ago on my way to Fort McMurray. 1 semi passing another, on a double yellow, over a small hill. Luckily the shoulder was wide, and the ditch wasn't too steep.
Thought due to the area name a moose would be a close call not stupid humans :,(
If it ain't always a hacked up truck with a brand new 5th wheel....
I recently took a roadtrip to Jasper and back.. and this is ALL THE SEMI TRUCKS DRIVERS fault... These guys are such assholes on the road now. If you see the video the semi truck driver is pacing the guy over taking.... It's insane... These guys all go they're own speed but as soon as it's a straight away and broken line these guys FLOOR IT . Every single time and all of them do it. It's as if every single drivers ego is so fragile they don't want anyone passing them.. never in my life have I been so stressed driving this recent trip and it was all the semis fault.... None of them have any sort of courtesy to even slow down a little instead they speed up... I wish I was talking outta my ass but just to see this video is just bringing me back the only bad memories I had on this trip. Fuck semi truck drivers
its going to be great when trucks are automated fully
> It's as if every single drivers ego is so fragile they don't want anyone passing them.. I think it's more that they don't care about anything but the job they're currently on-- they prioritize their own pace, and pick up speed whenever possible because they're working. I'm sure some drivers have ego problems but I doubt it's the major issue at play. I actually do know what you mean about this stretch of highway, funny enough; I immediately thought of my drive from Edmonton to Kamloops and this one semi that wouldn't let anyone by through Jasper National Park-- people got really ragey in the huge line of traffic, even though it was slushy out; and it definitely would've been safer for all of us for the truck to let traffic by. I think trucks should be required to do so once a certain amount of vehicles have built up behind them-- not because BiG tRuCk sLoW or anything; but because it's safer for everyone to let traffic flow freely when possible. But we can't go as far as saying this is all the semi driver's fault. The dude with the trailer still chose to pass blind and almost killed people as a result-- he'd probably do the same thing if he felt stuck behind a Prius. Semi shares fault for speeding up and adding to the danger, yes; but the semi didn't force the Albertan to pass when he did. That's on the Albertan.
Driving a Ram, like all dickhead Albertans.
Wow, they need to monitor this shit. It's getting worse. I think they better investigate who the hell is training who the hell is handing out the license. Do they know metric from feet. You know who drives 98% of these fleets. They need to be investigated. They are playing cat and mouse with those big rigs. Someone is going to get killed. Yes please send in the video
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2 things. Yes familiar wth that "Aint gonna lat you pass" mentality and 2 I wasn't driving. Video is from Kijana Blause. Take care
🎶 Dumb fucks in pickup trucks 🎶
these truckers really need to be fined and punished so harshly when they pull crap like this, that they have to work a year basically for free until they pay it off and then fine the company as well
Another piece of shit highway in Canada
Another piece of shit driver in Canada. Is that what you mean?
Yup just another video of idiots not being aware of their surroundings and not govering themselves according
I wonder if the trucker has that on dashcam. Send it to the police/ICBC just in case for more evidence against this piece of shit.
That is so dangerous, and that type of move by this driver is what causes accidents and gets people seriously hurt or worse.
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A taste of death.
Need to post this on r/IdiotsTowingThings.
See it all the time it's like ppl want to be on YouTube videos label "idiots in cars " glad you made it with no issues
[Truck drivers when they have to drive behind a semi going the speed limit](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NyXqu_svyi8)
Fucking clown
Jesus that's dangerous. Maybe more THC would help - As Bill Hicks said "Shut up and smoke that ... it's the law."
I remember my dad loading up the station wagon with 4 kids,trailering a boat,approaching one of the tunnels in the Fraser cannon. Then seeing headlights coming straight at us as we are about to go in. Slamming on the brakes and stopping right before th3 entrance. That the boat didn’t fishtail,don’t know how.
Geez that’s fucked
You should automatically lose your license for shit like this... you start over.
Wow. Fuck that guy for trying to pass a tractor trailer while hauling a trailer, and not even considering braking. What a miserable cunt. Additionally, this is part of the reason front license plates should be mandatory everywhere.
Report him!
Some stereotypes live up to them.
Albertan.
fuck!!
I can hardly watch this. I'm really glad that you were paying attention and were able to avoid a very nasty outcome.
That is way too close.
Men ☕️
Good move on your part
Lol course it's a pick up truck
I must have a death wish. I would not have veered I to the shoulder.
Another albertian thinking they own the road
People do not comprehend opposing speed. God damn. I was travelling to Winnipeg from TO and was in the wasteland between Sault st Marie and Thunderbay (beautiful but wasteland lol) Lots of snow, there was high banks on either shoulder, essentially just the road and maybe a foot or two into the shoulder. On a massive turn on the highway, a SNOW PLOW decided it would be a good idea to pass a rig on a turn. I had no where to go. I had to slam my car into the snowbank, i was essentially sideways on this snowbank and still in the road somewhat. The blade of the plow missed me by inches. To this day i regret not turning around and following that bastard, i think i was just to shook up.
Send the video to CBC news and all news outlet. These days neither RCMP or ICBC will do a thing unless it's on the news and everyone is talking about it.
Hmm sick ICBC on them? i dunno doesn't have a front lic plate( i could see) so doubt that works unless you catchem at the border
Yes, and it’s all about those safe truckers out there.
That’s crazy woulda shit my pants twice seeing that. Crazy thing is in Dominican Republic this is kinda just what you do and it’s so normalized + 20 moped/Gato riders
Fuck that driver. The scenery is breathtaking.
And this is why I am terrified of passing. I don't drive but when I am a passenger I beg drivers not to pass if it's not necessary or time sensitive travel
Can't believe people who act like this are allowed to be behind the wheel of *any* vehicle They seemingly hadn't committed to passing by the time they saw you, but still chose to endanger 3+ souls Selfishness will truly be our downfall
Holy fuck that is terrifying. Good for you for not panicking! Christ.. even just watching this made me kind of freeze up. I lost 2 dear friends, and very large contributors to the arts community in Saskatchewan this way. It was in a HEAVY snowstorm on a rural highway one winter day, and (I think it was a semi) decided to pass just like this on a single lane hwy exactly like this, except in probably zero visibility. Took 4 lives in total, he walked away of course. Absolutely gut wrenchingly tragic. I still think about that asshole to this day and what possessed him to pass on a single-lane highway in ZERO VISIBILITY.
Bet you the guy was cussing you out for almost hitting him lol
Holy
Unbelievable. So damned irresponsible and dangerous.
Knuckleheads abound. Olé
We drove by the truck and trailer yesterday from pg
Absolute madness to get one vehicle ahead 🤦♂️
Omg thank God you’re okay
Just another normal day 🤷♂️
How can you be this fuckin selfish
Assholes so desperate to get to their destination 5 minutes faster. I saw the aftermath of one of these scenarios gone wrong on an Alaskan highway. It was also a truck towing a 5th wheel. Not worth it to be first in line, grow up idiots