Another Super-Trucker w/video of his blizzard wreck

well the dumb swifty didnt chain up. dumb dumb. beside this guy being dumb enough to take off when he know the weather was goin to get bad

 

Well...The dumb SWIFTY wasn't wrecked was he?

I would've run in that weather, But not the way the moron in the video ran.
There's a right way and a wrong way to run in that kind of weather....The right way for morons like him is to park in the truckstop and wait till spring!

That way the roads won't be blocked when those of us that know how to run in that weather and have run in it every winter for decades can get the job done.

 

I have run in blizzards, was on a road that was shut down while I was driving on it, One time, We did drive in a pack with our CBs on and spaced ourselves apart enough to avoid things like he didn't. I was no. 2 in a pack of 4 and we were feeding info to each other on the drifts, White outs and such so we could slow down and speed up. Ran part way with a police escort, then the Officer came on and said he was leaving our pack because we were running as safe as we could to get out of that blizzard and he didn't see any reason to stay with us... Some times you may find your self in a area that when you left it was safe. Then, conditions get worse.... and you may need to drive 200 miles to find a safe place to park. Best thing to do is be professional about it as you drive. Work with others and DO NOT film it. That is to Distracting!

We were able to keep driving because we were already on the highway when It was shut down. This was a few years ago in Colorado.

 

Heck you could at least see the roads there. Try running 71 in KY when they get snow or any good amounts. You'd be running on a closed interstate that you can't even see. The KY doesn't clean roads all that good, they just wait and close them down, or they used to...lol

From what I understood from the part of the video I saw, the other 2 trucks had already wrecked and neither one figured out to move to the side of the road.

 

Sure you can! But it takes a 9mm hollow point.

I am also another one who would have been running down the highway. Like BW9, Les2, & others have said... There is a right way & a wrong way to run down the road in those conditions. The wrong way is obviously when your holding a video camera in your hand. In those conditions it is best to shut off all your distractions & concentrate on the truck & the road.....

It's like I've said in many of other threads here.... If your scared, get off the #### road cause your an accident waiting to happen. And by looking at a majority of the posts to this thread.... We got a lot of scared whimps upon us.

 

This guy will make a great politician...

"Yeah, I wrecked the country....but check out my jump-shot!"

(Or, for those on the other side of the aisle: "Yeah, I wrecked the country, but look at....uh,....well.....)


...just tryin' to be even-handed since this is NOT the political forum....and the 60+ degree temps are probably getting to me.....

 

I'm not bragging but I've driven in worse.
I came upon an awful blizzard/snow storm on I-29 after leaving Council Bluffs heading south. Visibility dropped and I had 2 options of knowing where the road was: following the tracks of the vehicle in front of me hoping they also knew where the road was or keeping the right tires on the shoulder listening for the rumble strips.

I ended up missing my exit for the fuel stop because I couldn't see where the exit ramp was. I think we were doing about 25/30. There were a number of us going down the road in a convoy, some talking on the CB, some not.

Once we got to Missouri, it was like nothing ever happened. No snow, no bad roads, nothing. It's like the storm stopped right at the border.

Most recently I had a heck of a time in a snow storm going through Cleveland. I stopped under an overpass and was waiting for it to get better. I started to leave and the road was curving. I'm turning my wheel and I felt my truck still going straight. This is at 15mph.

Sadly, people who were passing me were driving like bats out of hell, including a few truck drivers. Not me. Slow and steady wins the race.

 

I agree that the road conditions were not bad when he started out. And, maybe I would have taken of too...but, I ###### sure would have checked and double checked what I was heading into.
I have driven through lake effect...fog...blizzard...whatever. But usually I know where the bad conditions end by communicating on the CB. If I know there are too many miles of the bad stuff...I am going to look for a place to shut it down. Stress will kill you...and there's nothing more stressful than 80,000 pounds out of control.
It's a good feeling when you are in the middle of it to hear, "Boys, you will drive out of this at about the 125 mile marker" or what ever. Me personally, I don't need the money bad enough to drive 8 or 10 hours in conditions like that. My 2 cents!

 

Personally i think this driver knew what lay ahead of him (blizzard) and was maybe bored and wanted some adventure. A thrill seeker type. He didnt at all seem concerned about the accident and even seemed to enjoy the whole event.

This is why i took out the camera at the start and kept it going throughout his episode. He had a camera and wanted some 'interesting' footage! Safety was not his concern!