"Norwegian roads are dangerous to drive on", claims the title of the video, but not a single dangerous situation occurs during this trip. If all heavy transport drivers had maintained the same level of quality as this guy, then the words "dangerous Norwegian roads" would have had redundant value.
@@valskraacapo720 yes. But then you look out on braking points becouse it always slippery there. Also I'm checking temperature few times in a minut if it between -5 and 5
As a Dutchman that has been driving trucks in Norway for 20 years I can assure you: When the Norwegians say the mountain roads are closed due to weather it really is not possible to drive there. I have been in some convoys (which is the step before total closure) and I was surprised how extreme it was. Norway with it's intensely low speed limits and focus on safety and THIS was ok !? I could hardly see the poles that marked the sides of the road nor the lights of the car in front of me. It was like driving in some kind of Star Wars landscape with a blinding snowstorm.
Been there. The other side of the entrance to the mountain pass was closed, they closed it on the side we came from what must have been shortly after we passed the gate. Had to drive as in a convoy and everyone switched their hazard lights on as if in a convoy. Extremely poor visibility..
@@villevirtanen00 I just drove from Flensburg to Amsterdam. Quite heavy rain on the Autobahn. I was in a few trains with fast cars a couple of times doing like 180 kph in an old Mitsubishi 😂. Still I experienced that as less dangerous as that convoi I was in 😅
Im not truck driver myself and i travel 40 000 km per year on norwegian roads. Im very impressed how high skills 99.9 percent of the drivers perform. Drivers have stress with time and still they mostly drive their truck very safe, in all kinds of weather. One day i was driving on a very icy highway where i hold 80 km/h (50 miiles), and suddenly over a hilltop it was a truck which block the entire road. I had to break. Behind me i saw a truck and he started to break hard, and did manouvers which extended the road of braking. He stopped 30 meters behind me. I went out of my car, locked at his very good tires, and thank him for good skill and good tires.
It's actually insane how much control all these drivers have. We are talking inches all the time. Sometimes there is not even space but they make it work anyway. And then to imagine that just 2 seconds out of focus can cause a massive disaster 😅
I drove in Norway and abroad for around 15 years all together,blizzards and sunsets,sometimes nerve wrecking stuff,but also a fantastic job.I finally jumped off and took a"normal",handworker job in a smalltown up coast. Family first,not going back to trucking now but when I close my eyes it all comes back,man what a trip that was..😎😁
Those road's really seem unique and requires certain skill to drive thousands of kilometers. In Finland used to drive on hazard winter conditions and always remember those time's when almost like fate decides will you finish up your trip. Good memories, good trips, it is surely some like meditating experience to be one with the car and the road..
Howdy from a small town in Texas! GREAT DRIVING SKILLS! it's incomprehensible how considerate the other drivers are. Here in robot world, they'll gladly sacrifice themselves to be the dominant driver on the road.
Norwegian roads are definetly challenging to drive ... especially for foreign car and van drivers they pose a challenge. The roads really demand your attention. Even though e.g. Germans are well used to high speeds, the road layout in Norway make it difficult for tourists (at least those which have no or little experience with Norwegian roads) to keep the rather low speed limit of 80 kph, while the Norwegians (also trucks and buses) can easily drive that speed and tailgate them. I already have huge respect for both Norwegian truckers and bus drivers to be able to navigate these roads at that speed, but I think the most challenging types of vehicles to drive there are trucks with oversize loads, mobile cranes and to some extend also emergency vehicles. I feel sorry for Norwegians which have to struggle with tourists crawling down the street way below the speed limit, like doing 50 in a 80 zone for no apparant reason ... or rather the very obvious reasons like either not daring to drive faster or because of them looking at the stunning landscape and taking pictures. Still, those people are really annoying on the roads. Even more so, if they don't know that they're supposed to move over sooner or later to let quicker traffic pass by But I have to admit, Norwegian roads administration are doing good effort upgrading many of the old, narrow and difficult sections by either widening the existing road or building tunnels to replace the old road around the mountain and alongside the fjord. I still remember how the old E6 went over Saltfjellet, and how much better the new E6 is on both the northern and southern ramp.
Summarizing what you wrote. In winter, I will travel faster than in summer, mainly because of tourists and the fact that they create traffic jams without passing others. This is normal behavior for Norwegians. Overtaking on these roads is very difficult. The only plus point on these roads is that traffic in the northern part of the country is low. And amazing views (❤️❤️) At the beginning of my adventure with Norway, I also rode slower, especially in winter, mainly because of the fear of possible consequences. Kind regards
@@KG_Norway_Truck_Driver I experienced the very same thing; I've been on two roadtrips to Norway this year: 1st one in February and I've just returned from the 2nd one. I definetly was making better progress in February and now in JUly and August I was annoyed by the tourists driving way too slow.
@@EnjoyFirefighting I think they just enjoy the views and don't think about driving 😐 Also I forgot to mention but they gonna make new road on North descent from Saltfjelle 💪💪
I agree with you, when the tourist comes, in late april here, it is very annyoing, that they can't stop and let other overtake them, that is one of the reasons, what makes the dangerous situations.
@@Roy-Inge or just slown down a little turn on right indicator. You can see this in many movies I make. It's normal for Norwegians but not for tourists...
The saying "better late than never" applies incredibly well to truck driving during harsh weather, we had a snow storm here in sweden last season and in some parts I had to slow down to 40-50 kph to not get my trailer to slide around, there was some delays but I'd rather have that then to be stuck in a ditch due to my own recklessness 😅
I understand. I also have that kind of situation, but mostly when temperature goes up and you have water on ice. One question- all tyres have to be winter tyres in Sweden?
@@KG_Norway_Truck_Driver yes they got same rules as in Norway now. but the main problem in sweden is the south part trucks that drive with minimum depth and shitty tyers. i do drive Finland and Sweden with B-link and every winter i get new set tyres for own and other safty. and i am 2 times week in sweden and didnt have any problems last winter. but the swe drivers was on standstill many places
@@FatFrog11 same here. In driving on winter tyres all year, but always before winter I get new set of tyres. At the beginning it was hard fir me to use to them becouse they give a lot of grip 💪
I was in Norway on motorbike last year and my scariest experience was a truck driver "pushing" me in front of him through one of these roads in the Fjords. I mean, I was scaried already on motorbike on a road I did not know, but this dude kept pushing with 100km/h from behind in bad visibility and winds with no opportunity for me to stop or get him to overtake me for kilometeres to go. Finally there was a place where I could exit the road. Would I have slowed down, he probably would just cause an accident. Scary stuff.
Some drivers are like that 🤕 I always try to keep my distance, especially to motorbikes because nothing protects them. That's why I don't drive a motorbike, it's too dangerous. But when I was younger I was driving them 🙂
Fact about the accident between the car and truck at 2:34 -- The truck driver survived with minor injuries while 1 died at the spot in the car. As a Norwegian truck driver, I pray for you to drive safe my guy
@@KG_Norway_Truck_Driver Yes it was a day full of accidents, the worse is that this year its been over double so many accidents then the last 2 years. Explosives and Norwegian roads are not a good combo.
@@DraslyThe1 I think that the biggest problem in last two years are unstable weather. When I start working here winter starts and winter ends. Constant temperature below 0 degrees. And now everything melting during day and freez during night. More often we are forced to drive on ice instead of snow
@@KG_Norway_Truck_Driver Your explosives wouldn't go off in an accident, I hope?? Even in the worst scenario? But I see your point, what a scary situation and complicated clean up it would've been. And you would certainly get your 15 minutes of fame. I wish you the best, as well as stable weather.
Sometimes you think you're some kind of hero driver but then you realize every other truck driver out there is also doing fine. There are a lot of very good truckdrivers around here. It's quite impressive actually 😎
I drive a tour bus for a living here, when everything stops because of weather, we are out driving. Plane cancelled? We drive you to your destination. Train or boat cancelled? Same thing. I have my hours of driving in blizzards, fog, wind and on icy roads. Sitting there with polarised sunglasses when its dark(helps with the hypnotic snow when using high beams).
I noticed that almost all the videos with trucks in the ditch it was snow slush condition... In snow slush it feels fine until you suddenly loose all control and your car / big rig go into the ditch. Been there done that several times lol. If there is suddenly thick snow slush you have to slow down to less then 20 - 30 km / h and even lower to not loose control. And sometimes there is no time to slow down because you hit a patch of snow slush without warning.+
Great movie. I drove my own truck in the 70s and 80s, across most of Norway. Now I am retired and only drive a motorhome. Take life easy and let cars pass as soon as I have the chance. But I react to the fact that foreign cars are better at thanking for being let past. Reacted to the fact that you did not thank the passenger cars that drove to the side and almost stopped. Well, they may be unsafe drivers, but then it's better to give way to big cars, than to just stand there and close your eyes like many do. The same with the one who stopped in the tunnel, better than smashing mirrors. And, it costs a lot less. Moreover, everyone has been a novice driver once upon a time. Drive safe.
I understand you. As for overtaking, I often allow others to overtake me because I usually weigh about 50 tons, and I know what it's like when you have everything done to the minute. As for stopping in the tunnel, yes, there are places where you can't do otherwise, but it often happens that the trucks are too high, despite the restrictions, they enter the tunnel and expect you to do it because he will stand in the middle, close the mirror and do it . I salute you and admire you for driving in those years. I myself sometimes use old roads and they are demanding
I have driven maybe 10 000 km on Norwegians roads during my summer road trips, seen places most Norwegians never will see and on a few of those roads I would never want to drive in the winter. It's crazy to drive them in the summer being either very narrow, curvy, or steep.
Every winter we have like 10 estonian truck drivers who get completely stuck on flat roads after unloading wares. Some manage to dig 30-40cm down into the ice with their wheels in desparation. Luckily the community spirit is quite high in Norway and it doesn't take long before a cool dude with a tractor shows up to help.
That is crazy to pull these double rigs on these narrow tight roads and no snow removal. In United States even the inner county roads are cleaner then this crazy stuff. Main highways in most America are plowed regularly during harsh winter.
I have to say that the E16 over Sollihøgda has become a lot better after they built the chain installation park. Really enjoyed the video as it shows how careless some drivers can be, especially when the conditions require safe driving. And that's even without moose or deer darting across the road. New subscriber today!
E39 Romarheim is another one of those improvements. So many trucks that got in trouble there. Often blocking the whole road. Now there is hardly ever a problem. But they need to build much faster. Wtf are we doing such a rich country and some roads that should have been dealt with 3 decades ago are still not even on the calendar. Specially round Bergen. 16:35 like there for example. Grimesvingene. What is basically the ''ring east'' for Bergen. One long line of cars during rush hours. And no plans what so ever to do something about it. Bergen hardly has money to fix potholes. But everywhere you go you need to pay tolls.
@@Dani-it5sy Well, we're busy building out tunnels in Oslo, and the new E-18. Don't ask people like me from Bergen too many questions about it, or we'll get angrier and more upset by the minute. At least we're getting a new Sotra Bridge, since Rv555 has been way over capacity since the seventies. ;_;
@@HrHaakon I travel all over Europe been everywhere. I know Bergen very well and I can assure you you need to go very far to the east of Europe to find a large city with such a horrendous infrastructure. And that is actually an insult to many Eastern European cities 🤨 It is just a really bad joke. And then they have the guts to charge toll anywhere you go in this worn out hole. 🤯
@@HrHaakon I drove for Norbetong Bærum for half a year when we were building the new tunnels and roads there. I worked with Jonas as well .Great guy rip 😔
Norway has the most beautiful roads in Europe. You can enjoy the ride through our history and nature in 50 miles an hour on your vaccation. Sometimes you have the road all by yourself and can stop just to enjoy the sight. Search youtube for "beautiful norwegian roads" and enjoy. We dont have highways through our nature, we only have high speed roads close to big cities, where others tell you to hurry up or get out of the way. Try it and enjoy your ride, if you want to go fast.. try another vaccation.
It's fun watching these videos, a lot of the clips here are from the area where I live and frequently drive around. The Scania you met @ 3:34 is a family member of mine, even.
@@KG_Norway_Truck_Driver It's probably harsher than what we get here in Bergen for example. Then again, we get like three days of winter and 180 days of autumn, so... :p
The roads are not dangerous. It's the people that's not adapting to the environment/circumstances that are dangerous I would rather say. In the beginning of the video after the snowy part was that on the way to Odda? Thanks for the video 😎👍
The road network in Norway is being developed and there are really good highways now, especially along E18 and parts of E39 and E6. However, it is INSANELY expensive to build roads in Norway due to the very difficult landscape. It costs on average about $25k for just 1 meter of road (3,3 ft). Even more at certain stretches of road where underwater tunnels and long span bridges are required.
This roads are getting better and better 💪 I'm mostly using E6 to the North and they fix few critical parts of it. But like you wrote it's really expensive to build road in that kind of environment. Greetings ❤️
@@emiljrgensen4860 Where you have trains a lot of time the rail authorities and the road authorities can cooperate and do things together, and thus we get more stuff for our money. That being said, roads are pretty technical things, and there are projects in the works to make it "cheaper", by using more knowledge of how much of the various layers you need and so on. It's pretty cool, and I hope the project with the Swedish road authorities goes ahead to make a common platform for road projecting. Would make things a lot faster and easier for everyone. It would also keep me employed a while longer! :)
E6 is mostly good, but come to Sørfold and Hamarøy (Nordland)... Thank you, KG, for showing the tunnels in Sørfold, where I live. We have to drive through all 16 tunnels just to get or do anything except buying groceries. Media has niknamed the tunnels "mining shafts", and that's not far from the truth. The full stops when trucks meet is something we encounter almost every time we drive this distance. And the E6 is the ONLY option for driving through the region.
I am so glad I live in India, everyday sunshine 25 +digrees temp. and lovely spicy food and fresh fruits.. I think summer must be Nice to drive in Noway.
In some places in the 🌍🌎🌏 some people believes truckers are not important and all they do is drive. But we are slowly learning the difficult job they having. Sadly we are losing are 🚛. It seems the rich have forgotten about how they have gotten 💰💰💰💰. Off workers of the 🌏🌎🌍🇺🇲
In Norway the driver's profession is appreciated. But you are right. There are some countries where truck drivers are nor so popular. Like everywhere there are black ships, but mostly truckers are good persons, far from there families to keep this world going. Greetings 😊
Bad ass terrain. Love that it takes some skill just to get around period. I see the cameras on the dash but what kind of camera do you have for pov. Looks great. I run a RU-vid trucker channel here in the oil fields of Alberta. Always appreciate other countries trucking and interested in what gear you use, maybe a video. That transition from the snow plow to green country side was awesome 😎
I use GoPro 9 for dash camera and GoPro 10 for Pov. And GoPro-both 10 and 9 work bad in low light conditions. That's this dash camera part looks so bad. I gonna subscribe you. I was always interesting in this Oil business in Alberta 💪
@@KG_Norway_Truck_Driver i copy this. i have the gopro 7 and 9. also have insta 360 one x and insta go 2, the 360 is wicked but can suffer in bright light. its pretty cool to capture every possible thing tho and you can edit it later to point in any direction. really want a dji mini 3 so i can have that follow me option, the gopro 10 for pov is looking really good on your videos
@@KG_Norway_Truck_Driver also subscribed, always cool to see the other parts of the world and how they have to get it done. looks like a venture every run from this side of the tv.
@@TimelapseTruckerRTOT now im thinking about new insta360 rs 1 inch edition. It should works better in low light also I can record everything and than as you say work with this in postproduction
I've been to Norway back in 2012 in June, and I just loved it.. Pity that we only visit the Southern part of the country and cities like Bergen, Laerdal, Flam and Hamar and we went through some tunnels..!! Great video.
Hello again. Have you had summer vacation. I’m halfway trough mine. Yes i see you’ve highlighted the worst places in Nordland Fylke (County?). I’m born here, learned to walk, ride bicycle, car, bus and truck on this roads. And i hate every inc of them. And i just wonder how is it possible to not get up the hills to «Sørelva», and Setsåhøgda. I haven’t ever considered these hills as a problem at all. Anyway tnx for posting a fantastic video -again as always, and good, steady and safe driving as always. I wish you all the best on your journeys.
Hello. Nice to see you again. I come back from holidays on Sunday. I have three weeks free 😁 This was 4x2 truck it was raining day before and freez during night. He have chains but still he didn't make it...
3:32 Been in a similar situation. By the Tjörn Bridge outside Stenungsund, in Sweden, there is a relatively narrow and low tunnel. It's marked by signs that indicate 4.2 meters (I think) on the sides and I'm 4.48m high so I have to stay closer to the middle. Have had to slow down a couple of times to time it so that another truck can exit the tunnel first since most drivers usually drive on the line if there aren't any other trucks to have some margin to the walls/roof of the tunnel.
If I have possibility than I wait outside to let other truck drive out. Especially if it frigo or skap. They are always afraid of hitting the tunnel and stay really close to the middle of the tunnel. I have 4.1m high. This trucks in Sweden are really high. Big problem in Norway where most tunnels is 4.2m high. Greetings 🙂
@@KG_Norway_Truck_Driver Sometimes we have to be higher to fit more cargo. At the company I work for we can fit a total of 88 pallets since we also load on top of beams mounted between the walls. It's actually 90 minus 2 since we have 2 forklifts, as well. So, 46 on the floors and 42 on the beams.
@@KG_Norway_Truck_Driver True. But we usually load 2 pallets at the same time so it's almost like loading normally but you place one over the other every time.
@@tntfreddan3138 Next thing I saw in Sweden is that you don't have so many horse power in trucks, even in this one that hanging many ton. In Norway many trucks have 730, 750 and 770hp
I worked at the tunnel before you get to Honningsvåg about two weeks before Christmas and yep, that was dark. And cold, even without the wind. I thought Bodø was bad, even without the wind.
I love such snake-like twisty roads so I would like to drive in Norway. I'm a calm driver so such roads is not a problem for me. I would drive to somewhere just to enjoy the road. It is good experience for drivers; stressful at the beginning, the road teaches you to not hurry, to look a bit further and predict the situation.
It was mostly scary. At the end of corner is 60 zone so I have time to overtake. Olson these two truck from Germany lock me for more than hour. And they drive 60 on 80. I know this is standard in Germany, but they forgot that they are now in civilised country
I used to drive in Scandinavia about 12 years, that included also driving between Sweden and North Norway for abot 6 years and some time on a forest truck in Sweden so I know exactly the idea of this video. I finished that work 5 years ago, when my daughter was 2 years old and since then I have been driving here in Estonia on a forest truck- same shit, right? :D It is, kind of, but at least our winters are not that long and I'm home :)
I have been in Estonia a few times about 10 years ago and winter was quite hard. I was taking ferry from Paldiski to Hanko. I have a fiance here in Norway so I'm almost at home. Greetings 😊
A major problem with roads in Norway is that they are too dang narrow. Secondary roads are narrower than 1 1/2 car widths, and the government must think "It's too expensive" to widen the roads to at least two car widths (not to mention two truck widths), without considering they are death traps. Even the "primary" highways are more like a secondary county road in the US. Too narrow!
The problem with Norway is that they are too few and the land is too big. There's a limit to how much people are willing to pay for roads. Today the budget for roads is €60 per month per capita. This is at the limit of how much people are willing to pay. If Norway had twice as many people the roads could be twice as wide.
In USA it's mostly flat, and cheap and easy to make wide roads. To widen Norwegian some Norwegian roads you need to remove mountains. It's crazy complex and expensive to build roads in Norway. In part also because of the large variety of temperatures, the road needs to handle that too. If it gets sogged, the winter frost will destroy it
You could make the point that the roads are only as dangerous as the truck driver who drives on them. If you know when to slow down and use your mirrors, then it should be fine. Winter is a whole different ball game though. Even the most experienced driver can get into trouble during winter if the conditions are bad enough. Foreign drivers should know what they're getting themselves into if they plan to drive in Norway during winter.
I fully agree with you. Before I started driving north, I did a lot of distribution work in southern Norway. The first route north was a big surprise and a lesson in humility. Knowing the way is half the success, humility and skill are the other half
Skandinavian truckers can cope these conditions rather well.Then came cheapy drivers from east with no winter tires,two axle tractor units,and more importantly,without a clue how to drive on ice and snow.Locals weren't actually happy with these heroes i believe.
@@aanriuha Sadly that winter tire marking doesn't make a winter tire,they are just marking all the plastic tires with it.It is not the snow alone which makes norway challenging to drive,it's the topography.
Outstanding driving skills. Huge respect! And amazing video quality. Thank you for sharing this video. By the way, which camera are you using for recording?
You mean with driving skills the going above the speed limists on icy roads with not enough safety distance and overtaking another truck in a right corner witout seeing oncoming traffic?
Guys, I'm not truck driver on a daily basis, but I have driven some years in harsh conditions, similar to these. For the trucks flipped into the ditch, on the side of the road, I always think that the first thing is to adapt your speed to the road conditions. Am I wrong saying that those drivers felt too "confident" into their abilities or their trucks? For me, in 99% of the cases, killing my speed was solving anything.
You are right in most of cases. But sometimes road is perfect and suddenly you have black ice beneath you. Sometimes 5 minutes make a huge difference. But yes, being to self confident is bad. Also trying to keep speed of other trucks. If someone catch me I always try to let him go becouse I don't need to be stressed. Greetings ❤️
I noticed that almost all the videos with trucks in the ditch it was snow slush condition... In snow slush it feels fine until you suddenly loose all control and your car / big rig go into the ditch. Been there done that several times lol. If there is suddenly thick snow slush you have to slow down to less then 20 - 30 km / h and even lower to not loose control. And sometimes there is no time to slow down because you hit a patch of snow slush without warning.
День добрый день. Если и поеду в Норвегию только с одним условием на машине либо SISU либо МАZ другим машинам не доверяю. А такую жесть вижу каждую зиму на Мурманском шоссе. Всем удачи и мира.
@@KG_Norway_Truck_Driver Добрый вечер. Будьте так любезны писать либо на Русском языке либо на Финском более языков я не знаю а переводчик ютуба не работает. Большое спасибо
@@ZeroSen07 День добрый. Спасибо. Но вчера вечером дочка пришла и перевела. С Английским у нас проблема а вот с Финским языком проблем нет. Жена у меня Финка и еще в школе Финский язык преподавали
Those were some interesting journeys. Though you really let yourself down in the last section "Difficult Overtaking" - In the first pass, you were doing only just below 70 in a 70 km/h area, so you didn't really need to risk passing, especially around the bend. Then you continued on at 85 km/h once you passed with no signs that you were slowing down to 70.
I did this overtake because I was driving behind that truck for about two hours, and 70 for him was extremely fast. If I drive slowly I let other people overtake me. There is a corner at the end and 60 zone. I don't brake immediately, I lift the throttle. Still you can't go faster than 60 in that corner, so I slow down
Almost this same as on normal road. My standard trip is Drammen- Narvik. In summer it took me 19-19.5 hours. In winter 19.5-20 hours. And the distance is 1440km
And the author pins a heart and doesn't reply in any other way... That overtaking was just dumb and reckless! What if there was a car driving in the other direction hidden by the trees visible at 23:15?
Have traveled up Namsen probbably hundreds of tims by now, this is compleately fine. You can see FAR between the trees, and if you know the road it is easy to rember how long you have to wait uintill committing on the overtake considering that little blindspot you have. you guys just don't know the road or how we have to risk assess up here.
@@PampersNorway Oh, really? The footage is in 4K, are you going to tell me that driving enough times through there makes the trees obscuring the entire view at 23:16 transparent? Look at how much space the driver needs for overtaking. The maneouver is finished only past the road sign informing of accommodation opportunities. That is not even mentioning the fact that the truck ahead of him drives at about 70 kph, adhering to the limit passed at 23:03, and our driver happily accelerates to 85 over the next 30 seconds. Yeah, road knowledge, risk assessment, my ass.
If you are a European truck driver you know hell really exist , its full of ice and snow and its called Norway,you can drive fast in Finland and Sweden but Norway is completely different level , it makes adult man cry,literally
