Occurred on April 19, 2017 / San Bernardino County, California, USA In California's Cajon Pass, a sedan became wedged under a truck and was dragged for four miles. The car was stuck under a tractor-trailer, while the truck driver continued to drive up the pass. The sedan's driver can be seen waving his hands outside of the vehicle and shouting for help. Other drivers honked to get the trucker's attention, although the trucker didn't notice until another car got in front to stop the truck. Luckily, the sedan's driver was uninjured. According to the California Highway Patrol, this crash is not considered a criminal incident.
I saw that. The truck driver must have been suffering highway hypnosis, or something, not to see that.
I figured the guy was probably tired of all the tards on the road. Realized some dummy was able to wedge himself ON to the trailer and figured what the heck, take him for a ride. Sure, it could have been an accident. But in all reality?..
Oh he knew. Extra drag and mirror full of car, he knew. Probably had to drop a gear or two to maintain speed.
You'd have to be deaf and blind not to know. I drove truck long enough to know that you, as mentioned, could feel the extra drag and see the car in the mirrors.
Cajon Pass is a long 6% grade, he was probably watching his gauges and pedal to the floor. It's not uncommon for trucks to be in a lower gear running 45mph (or less) up that pass. The right gear with the pedal to the floor it probably barely noticed the car. I certainly agree about not checking his mirrors though. How could that not get your peripheral vision's attention?
Yep that's a steep grade I climb it at 35_40 mph when loaded with 77 thousand pounds...he should of seen him though
Idiot trucker. It is just habit to check your side mirrors frequently. Question is - What about the other idiot driver who struck the ass end of the trailer.
I've never driven a truck, but have friends who have so I have a great deal of respect for the people who do (those who are professional) and a lot of contempt for my fellow 'four wheelers' who have no farking clue about the world outside their 'transportation appliances'. No regard for trucks, bikes, old cars, rain, hazards, nothing. I'd guess that trucker should have seen him, but don't blame him much for pretending he didn't. The dolt in the Maxima might be smarter now. Maybe. Patrick
Book the car driver for tailgating! If it was directly behind and in the blind spot, I'd understand, but how could you not see that?
Yes sir.......it sucks out here especially with everyone on there cell phone now swerving up against the side of your trailer I bet that's what happened to this dude
When I was a kid back in the 60's I saw some guy in a compact car stuck between a tandem trailer as it was going down the highway. Apparently he tried to pass and couldn't overtake the truck and had to duck in between the two trailers. Whose fault there?
The guy taking the video is also an idiot, if that car came loose there would be accident number two. Or it if did and he slams on his brakes to avoid it then what from behind? Fortunately everyone was going pretty slow.
Some jobs require mentoring!!!! Trucks are safer than ever. Accident rates per ca-pita for big trucks is at its lowest ever but some of the bonehead moves I see some guys make makes me wonder how that is true. Having done no research on this incident so I don't know what really happened. I've had a CDL for forty years and have seen many rookie four week wonder drivers with only classroom training make some serious mistakes. Coming out of Chicago one night I saw flames coming out of the driver side duels on a truck hundreds of yards ahead. I caught up to him got his attention, got him to turn on his CB and got him to look in the mirrors. How you can drive for miles and not see the light from the flames in your mirror in the dark is beyond me. Pulled over with him to find the brake diaphragm let go and was applying the parking brake on the rear axle. Showed him how to insert the T-bolt to pull the diaphragm and release the brake. He says too much work, I'll just sit here till they come for me. Idiot. While under there I see the trailer pin is on top of the fifth wheel not in it. I told him yea you just sit right here. How he made it out of Chicago on that bumpy I-90 westbound without loosing the trailer I'll never know. Mikey
Scary stuff, Mike. What is worse is the fact that that guy isn't the only one out there. Used to scare me that, when I was a supervisor at a truck rental agency, we has to rent 24' straight trucks to idiots. Many had never even driven anything larger than a compact car.
U Hauls and the like scare me too--they rent them to unskilled drivers who are frazzled and tired from picking up all their worldly possessions and have been driving who knows how long at a stretch. Not to mention how seldom I've gotten a truck without the 'Square Wheels, Off Center Steering' option. Second on 'scary drivers' list is 'elderly men in giant motorhomes', although usually their only foible is '55 in the left lane-for 75 miles'. Patrick
How many rental trucks are overweight? If you look on the door it will say 16,000 or 18,000 or 26,000 lbs gross depending in the taxes paid by the rental company for the license plate regardless of the weight capacity of the truck. Now most 24 foot box trucks can be at 26K lbs gross weight safely. However I'd bet not one renter has ever scaled their truck after they load it because they are never gonna pull into a weigh station on an interstate. State DOT's have different rules. Some states it is all trucks pull in and some have minimum weights that must pull in but no non commercial drivers read those signs like the "no vehicle over 6 wheels in left lane" of "no vehicle over 3 axles in left lane" signs. Anyway I moved once using a U-haul 24' truck and it said 18,000 lbs gross weight. I scaled it after I loaded it and weighed 27,000 lbs. Needless to say I played stupid and drove past every scale. I am really surprised DOT doesn't make them weigh. It would be a money making deal for them. Mikey
