Agreed! It's a suicide attempt. I think it's a combination of stupidity, arrogance and the sense of invincibility people often get when they're driving.
This guy is one of the most polite and careful truck drivers I've ever seen. He controls his reactions, lets no anger take over and calls the police. Instant karma is well deserved.
Meanwhile my fellow Texan had to make an ass of himself for being inconvinced for a few seconds. Makes no damn sense either. Texas is so damn big we have to have patience just to get anywhere.... Yet here this guy thinks a few seconds is going to ruin his whole day.... Well in this case it did. Lol
Best thing you pulled over. I gave a SD chip from my Dash cam to State Patrol and he wrote a very serious Reckless Driving ticket based on that for what they did to me.
I didn't have so much luck. I had a road rager intentionally steer into me, all caught on dash cam. Provided it to the police and they gave the driver a ticket for passing in a no passing zone. NOTHING MORE!!!
😄 I did lots of research before buying it. It’s called VIOFO A119S. Been using it for almost 2 years now, have thousands of hours of recorded video. I basically never turn it off 😂 It also has a capacitor instead of a lithium-ion battery, unlike 99% of the dashcams on the market.
@@imthatguypal_ it’s almost 2 year old dashcam and there are a lot of newer alternatives available now that support wi-fi, bluetooth, GPS and make overall better quality videos. Just make sure you also get high endurance sd card for it if you intend to keep it on 24/7 like I do.
I’d just like to say that I appreciate all the truckers out there…thank YOU for what you do. With out yous guys…we’d be dead in our tracks. Please be safe out there guys…thank YOU!!!! Kindly, Stephen
I’ll tell you what, when you are stunting around a large truck, it’s very dangerous for YOU because these trucks can be loaded with heavy supplies and cannot stop on a dime if something happens! Very stupid thing for the pickup to do!! 😡
My dad was a truck driver, I give all respect to trucks on the road, let em in when no one else will, never cut them off and give them all the room they might need. A flash of the lights as thanks makes my day. Reminds me of my pops.
For regular cars, I don’t give an inch. For truckers, I let them in front of me, help them move over, and create space. I can get around them and I wanna help them. I drive in So Cal and drive the 10, 210, 60, 105, 405, 5, 57, 710, 605, 22, 15, 215, 134, 118, 170, 2, and other freeways in SoCal. Doesn’t include city streets
The difference is: they're trying to make a living out there on roads dangerous enough without stupid azzhats adding to the mix. When we were RV'ing with an International semi 450 hp ten spd towing a 20,000lb 5er RV, we were determined not to b a rolling road block for those guys out there making a living. Changed out the speed rated tires on the RV to full commercial grade tires for that reason. If you can't keep up to traffic, you're just a bothersome hazard.
Just tp see their reaction when he offers up the dash cam man... and WHP doesnt fuck around with that kinda shit either 😂 probably recieved the asschewing of his life
My Dad drove a truck after he retired from a management job at the transportation company he worked for, for about 37 years, and the stories he told about cars playing chicken with him and the break checks, like this guy, just for fun. I always try and give truckers all the room they need, but then again. i was a truck driver's daughter!
I remember during drivers ed the teacher and the driving coach always told us to not stay next to trucks. Now days I've watch cars drive up and then once the car reaches the rear of the trailer the driver decides to stop right at the point. They speed up if the truck speeds up and slow down if the truck slows down.
@@Rhaspun I just started driving. Never was taught. I thought all of this was common sense that people gain from being cars. It really concerns me how people think it’s all fun and games.
@@Rhaspun They’re probably trying to ride the truck’s draft and improve their gas mileage. Unfortunately, you have to be driving dangerously close to get the effect, so it’s not worth it. You can’t see past the semi, and if it changes lanes or stops due to an accident or piece of debris in the road ahead, you can end up in an accident.
@@evilsharkey8954 No. The people I see slowing as soon as they get near the tail of the trailer are slowing down in the next lane. It makes no sense. They're going faster than the truck and then all of a sudden once they reach tail of the trailer they slow down to stay there.
27 years I was a cop in America's 6th largest city. At no time did I ever find a reason to write a trucker a ticket. That's the kind of drivers they are
I’ve seen some video of truckers doing exactly the same thing as this moron in the pickup. So I guess there are some bad truckers out there. This driver was the epitome of calm and professionalism.
We just hope that after 17 years of commercial driving you didn’t develop an arrogant king of the road attitude and maintained your respect towards other road users, big and small
@@JohnSmith-qp4bt trucks are King of the Road. They should maintain lane discipline and not tailgate or play games either. It’s a great responsibility to operate any equipment let alone large pieces. Hopefully you aren’t arrogant in thinking everyone should stay out of a passenger vehicles way because your Mommy told you that you were special. I hauled a lot of HazMat, like it or not, those loads do demand respect and do take priority because of the sensitive and dangerous nature.
@Jesus Gonzalez or the driver had enough space to merge in the right lane but the pickup was coming in too fast perhaps. Reason why the pickup started brake checking but if you want to argue. We need both sides then. You can't put blame all on one person and call them a hypocrite
@@soksocks there’s no excuse to brake check, the person in the pickup risked his life and whoever else was in his pickups life. Some truckers aren’t so nice and won’t slow down when people make “mistakes” like that. I’m a trucker as well
I moved my Dad's stuff a few years back from NM to DE and had the largest Uhaul over weight I had ever drove. Truckers on every highway gave me the greatest kindness in passing and merging. The trucking community is 99% MORE friendly than the general public and enforcement regulators. At 59 I still give a hat tip to Commercial truckers. Heck without you everything falls apart.
When a truck passes you, flash your lights to let him know it's safe to merge. When you see one turning toward the street you are driving down, stop early to give him plenty of room. Small kindnesses and respect cost nothing.
This incident occurred on a stretch of I-80 in Wyoming between Fort Bridger and Evanton. The pick-up truck got pulled over only about 4-5 miles from the Utah-Wyoming state line. Would love to know what the pick-up truck driver thought he was doing.
Seriously, the speed limit on that stretch is at least 75 if not 80, and I don't think any trooper is going to pull you over for doing 90. Why the hell would you want to eff with a semi?
@@endokrin7897 apparently you haven’t learned from past experience and still need to get lectured about how unsafe brake checks are. Road rage endangers *EVERYONE*, not just the aggressor and the victim.
@@endokrin7897 First off if you call in anyone on the road being unsafe the cops WILL intercept that vehicles. Happens a lot more than you think. Secondly, cop doesn't need to witness it when you have a dash cam video record it. Thirdly, i think you need to get out of your mother's basement and start learning about how the world works and not behind a monitor.
@@endokrin7897 If the time stamps are off maybe the truck initially cut the car off.. something more pissed the driver of the car off it seems. or it could be the car was mad the truck was going so fast. lot of idiots out there. car and truck. Good he called it in.
@@edswope28 you need to look what the truck was doing. The trucker was never in the passing lane that long. That driver will get a ticket and hope it's a cost him big.
@@edswope28 it is not illegal to use your cell phone to call 911, it is also not illegal for a truck driver to use the left lane of a 2 lane interstate. Some states actually allow trucks to use the left lane with 3 or more lanes
I'd love to see that drivers reaction when he think's he coincidentally got pulled over, just to see the Semi he was brake checking pull over a few seconds later as well.
I'm so tired of this happening when I traveled pulling my 20' trailer. I'd never drive over 55 in right lane and cars would pull in front of me and pump brakes to slow my speed. I'd like to see an revocation of DL completely just as if they were a DUI. Too many ppl on the road are dangerous drivers behind a wheel. Good job trucker!!
I imagine it's not many people. The vast majority will have passed without an issue. But, what goes through the minds of the crazy brake-checkers, I suspect nobody knows. I wonder how many times day such a person needs to do this?
Usually you don’t see police really do anything on these calls but glad this state/county actually cares. As a driver that’s exactly what you do. Keep calm, no road rage and you get a happier more satisfying revenge, especially when you show the officer the video. Great job driver!!!
@Jesus Gonzalez I also noticed he didn’t leave much space when he came back over I can’t stand that I do my best to give cars n other trucks plenty of space before I get in front of them but I believe he had this guy right behind him as u know most cars just want us out of their way and are quick to jump around us maybe that’s why he changed back over right away. Courtesy goes a very long way. When u get a nice size rock chip in your windshield don’t say shit
I love having a dash cam. One of the best things I’ve bought in my entire life. On numerous occasions I’ve had people do stupid shit and then get confronted by the police about it and I just sit back and let them lie and then I produce my dash cam footage. The look on their face is priceless.
Geez Louise, dude, if you've had "numerous occasions" of people doing "stupid shit" that ended up involving the police, you're either doing something to invite the problems. . . or you sell dash cams.
Main thing: be aware of the vehicles around you. Give big trucks as much space as you can. They need it. Don't try to beat them or race them. Definitely don't test their brakes. Backing off and letting them have room is easy. Never linger on either side. If you need to pass a truck, pass them. I have mad respect for what these guys can do because the most nerve racking thing I ever did was tow a camper, not even a big one. These guys have a huge trailer and their big truck to control. These guys are also on a stricter schedule then anyone else. I don't get how people can be so complacent around any vehicle. Something that can kill you so easily shouldn't be regarded with anything less than respect. I grew up with coal trucks running 8 feet from my front yard on a little two lane road with houses on both side. There was little room for error. I wasn't even allowed to stand outside my yard to wait for the school bus even in high school because the trucks running so close. I cannot ever understand someone trusting their life and safety to someone's reaction time or breaking ability. I cringe when people walk across the road with traffic coming believing that the cars will stop because pedestrians have the right of way. I choose life thanks.
Amen to that. I had the same problem in New Hampshire. The pediatrician have the right of way but I didn’t know that. I’m going down a street doing about 30 in a 35 looking around. I saw people walking down the sidewalk and this particular family daughter without looking just stepped out into the street right in front of me. Thank GOD that I saw her or I would have hit her.
Their lives are unfulfilling and hollow and the only way to feel anything is to create "a problem" with just about anyone over anything to give their day the slightest highlight.
Some people are just ignorant, dumb, or both. You guys can't stop on a dime, you need room. I always try to give truckers right of way and plenty of room. Especially when I pass them, I try to get at minimum a full 18 wheeler length between their front and my rear before moving in front of them. Lots of respect to the guys (and gals) who keep America running in the background.
You handled this situation so well. I still don’t understand why people do this. I try to distance myself from semi’s as much as I can. You are awesome and please be safe.
Took a defensive driving class not long ago,to get a speeding ticket charges dropped,teacher said he talked to many truck drivers that said they would prefer if cars would stay as far away from the as possible.He also said,a cop told him a man was killed riding beside an18 wheeler,one of the lug nuts came off ,through the man’s windshield hit him in his heart.Weird,but don’t know why the cop would lie.
Why the fuck do people even do that? I genuinely want to know what these people are thinking when they try to brake check anything on the road. I genuinely want to know why their brain cells fucking do that.
i, also, try and keep my distance from semi's, especially if they are logging trucks. with logging trucks, i prefer to be ahead of them. i'm always paranoid about the logs falling off the trailer.
I know people who despise truckers for no reason. They're usually very needy and entitled people who would starve to death within 3 days without truckers shipping their food.
This driver is a true professional. No swearing or flipping of birds, cool and calm composure even as Admiral Deathwish plays a dangerous game that none of us drivers enjoy playing. Kudos. I cannot say I would have reacted the same... mostly because I've been cut off and brake checked and was not nearly as calm 😅 I guess those stupid cameras are useful after all, eh?
Cant stress this enough, how important is dash cam in driving, you never know what will happen and then u will wish like "damn i wish i had a dash cam". Its a one time investment that will help you only.
The one time I had my dash cam operating I was crossing a railway crossing at low speed expecting a train at that point and the crossing had the solid line on the road for stating no overtaking andthis ergh of a driver seemed to zoom past me and I was heading home from the railway connected to the crossing. So there was the obligation to report the driver through the system in place. I've not since heard anything back about the driver but having been reported of it this was another for the crossing to get nescerary upgrade so this sort of thing shouldn't be able to happen again. If it does then the driver gets the legal stuff against them.
For someone like me who lives in a large, congested, metro area, the openness of the road in this video is stunning. I can't understand how any drivers could initiate conflict with so much space offered. I guess when people take things for granted...
Great job on calmness. Unfortunately driving in the city all day for 10 plus hours as I used to do. You lose your calmness. Every once in a while on the highway compared to 5-10 people just trying your patience a day convinced me to retire early. Now I’m happy and watch A- holes on RU-vid. Thank you for getting our groceries and other goodies to us all Truckers!!
I have never been involved in driving large trucks, but you should never be in a hurry in a city. Your speed is governed by the lights. You can never reduce your journey time. Equally, it is hard to increase your journey time.
A couple of weeks ago I had a 4 wheeler cut me off so close all I could see was their 3rd brake light over my hood. I blew my horn they brake checked me. I locked it down As soon as I grabbed another gear to get going again city police rolled up beside me,he saw what happened. I gave them room he lit them up. I gave the cop a 👍out the window jumped over& went on my way. That made my week.
@@BroadwayLTDProductions 99% of the time.....people in cars are in a hurry because they left late. Truck drivers are literally on a clock that doesn't stop ticking . If you slow down for every single car that is in a huge unnecessary hurry it adds a huge amount of time to his trip that he already didn't have enough time to complete
@@BroadwayLTDProductions Generally speaking if you give the truck room they will then get out of your way. After they do you can get back on the gas and make up that 10 seconds rather quickly....unless your mom's car is only a 4 banger...unlike her. 😂
@James Street Shipping Supervisor. We load up to 78k. Reefer or dry van. Makes no sense to tip the CAT and have you come back for a reload or strip. CSR not happy, customer not happy, my OM not happy.
I was an inner city street cop for 30 yrs. We had an industrial area and a freeway running through. I didn’t have regular contact truckers but every time there was never a problem. Several times I had to help with traffic control so they could turn around in town at a low bridge or maneuver a tight spot on a local street.
Great job for calling the police and teaching this jerk a lesson. I bet this is not the first time this idiot brake check on people. I’ve seen this many time on the roads and also call and report them as well.
My mother always says, if they weren’t on the road the stores would be empty and I give big rigs the same courtesy as any other drivers and always keep in mind that they have blind spots to try to avoid. Thanks to all of the people who haul everything we need in our daily lives, I am sorry you have to deal with such stupidity when you are just doing your job.
Drove a 26 foot Penske straight truck with a car trailer 2500 miles across the US recently. I've got a lot of respect for you truck drivers now. Gotta deal with a lot of bullshit out there. It's got to be a hell of a job.
@@ScullysFirstMate Apparently you don't know America. Tractor trailer thefts happen all the time. Just Cali has around 1600 per year. Those trailers are packed with goods that can range from a few hundred thousand dollars to over a few million.
@@layzgames7641 I like how u mention California. The bluest of blue states has a problem with crime, what a shocker. Yeah, California is not part of America. Calexit, send an earthquake to knock it into the Pacific. The Democrats have destroyed what was once the most beautiful state in the nation.
Clearly the person doing this wants to cause an accident. This guy (and anyone that does this on purpose) should be charged with attempted vehicular manslaughter.
Most polite truck driver I ever seen lol. Actually feel sad that fool got away with such a light ticket. Causing a semi to crash can cause so much things.
Drove over the rode buses for 32 years and I've had this done numerous times with a lot of passengers on board and it just dont make any scence to put people lives at risk
makes me wanna salute this truck driver .. clean smooth driving . you can hear his indicators . he is calmly and leagally going on his way hauling goods for people I know the "pickup dude" didnt like him on the left lane , but its not up to him to decide who picks what lane and its not up to him to screw around wit my fellow truck drivers !! get his license !
A lot of us don't like being behind truck drivers, and you know what we do? We wait for them to clear the lane and go on about our day, because they probably had a reason to be in the left lane. It's no excuse for hostile and malicious driving. Pickup driver decided he was better than everyone else and paid for it.
The trucker was in the left lane because he was passing. He probably moved over to pass before the pickup caught up to him. Maybe the pickup guy was pissed that he had to slow down till the semi passed. Highly unlikely that the semi moved over in front of the pickup so soon that the pickup driver got startled by being cut off by the semi. We don't get to see what was happening behind the semi when he moved into the passing lane.
I crossed the country from CA to central Illinois in 2021, in a red mini, by myself, and I felt like the truckers kept an eye out for me. I felt protected! ❤❤❤
Reckless driving charge.... GOOD. In my province he would be charged with Stunt Driving. Impound his car and license for 7 days. Immediate cost would be 300 bucks for a tow, 300 bucks to get his license back, and 7 days of storage fees. And still the driver Must go to court where the fine is 2500 bucks and up.
@@graywolf2694 Add to that if convicted in court it is 7 driving point demerits. Fines are 2500 (first offense) to 10,000 bucks and his insurance costs will double. Stunt driving covers whole range of things; doing 50 KM (30 MPH) over the speed limit is also Stunt Driving.
@@sophiasocal68 No. It is reckless, it is dangerous. No concern for the consequences. Could have caused an accident and injured or killed innocent people. And the driver was charged with reckless driving as shown in the video commentary.
The punishment for this should be unbelievably harsh. Should be jail time and an extended loss of license. It’s the type of malicious, reckless behavior on par with firing a gun in a crowded area imo.
I was braked checked recently in Virginia on I 81. 4 wheeler was upset that I signaled and moved into the slow lane when she decided that she wanted to pass me in that lane. She went around, pulled in front with a strong brake and the middle finger. People think we do things just to be assess, but all I did was allow her to merge onto the interstate and attempt to get back over once I passed her. Some people have very weak egos.
Theres more to the story i bet. The semi passed another semi. Im thinking maybe the semi cutoff the pickup. In some states the limit is 55mph and only allowed in right lanes. So hes probably passing and speeding, but cut off the pickup. Notice the other semi is probably cruising at 55mph, a safe soeed for combination vehicles.
Honestly, I would have loved to see the continuation of that from either your dash cam (very clear, btw), the officer's dashcam, or officer's bodycam. Just for the karma moment of seeing the guy get ticketed
I'm pretty sure tailgating especially at high speeds is the most immature and idiotic thing a person can do on the road. Why is your time more important then everyone else's that you need to endanger other people's lives by tailgating.
Especially those idiots that decide to brake-check a semi... Hmmm.... I'm just going to be an idiot and stamp on my brakes in front of this 90 tonnes of B Dub, in my 1.5 tonne ute- 'I'm sure to come out best in any crash between us' F....g idiots- their dad should have done the world a favour and pulled out beforehand....
Road rage exists where people are not paying attention to what they're doing they put your life at risk it doesn't matter how beautiful the scenery is if your life is at risk if you're in the most beautiful place in the world and I'm out there just taking random shots with a pistol you're going to be upset. Road rage is preventable, don't impede faster traffic.
The thing I don't understand is the semi truck driver said, and I know why he's doing it. Well, why was the pickup truck brake checking the semi? I'm still trying to figure out why people do these things. Like, what's their motivation for doing it or I don't know, are those people just insane or something?
@@movie0007 I'm late but the reason is that early in the video, the semi safely passed another large truck. The idiot in the pickup was inconvenienced for maybe a whopping 15 seconds while the semi passed. The pickup driver is ignorant and took it personal. This is the type of person to pass on the right which is EXTREMELY dangerous.
my guess, he got pissed waiting for you to pass the other truck. didn't take you long to pass at all though imo. I've been stuck behind a semi trying to pass for at least 5 minutes been absolutely pissed about that but I've never brake checked anyone. let alone a semi. I just pass by a bit faster than I should and I'm gone. Honestly surprised you didnt even honk at him. Respect. :)
What is so great about this incident, is that the driver can provide video proof to the police, and confirm the guilt of the pickup driver. Every person driving a big truck should have a dash cam, just for insurance.
@@ZombieDeathRace not Missouri, it is much more forested and populated than the states west of the Mississippi. Plus the humidity is alot higher and obscures those long distance views
I’ve been there , late at night on a mountain pass and thankfully a State Trooper was monitoring the trucker channel on the C-B radio and intercepted the four-wheeler trying to stop my truck, was ever grateful to the Trooper and thankful with a great deal of newfound respect for the County and State Patrolmen who look after all of Us out there just trying to do our job on the road!!!
What possesses a person to play chicken with a semi. I wish that anyone brake checking any other vehicle would carry a much higher penalty. It’s insane. Just the mental anguish that is caused if messed up
Dunno about the states- but here in Oz, try something stupid, and you will be guaranteed to be on camera- many trucks have 4 or more cameras covering 360 degrees these days- and you won't even know they are there- until they show up in the police report.... even my old girl has 360 coverage- hell even my ute has front and backs in it- and its a 20 year old Hilux lol- the cameras are probably worth more than it is....
I know this is not an easy job but was imagining the freedom of the open road as I watched the beautiful blue skies, clouds, and countryside. Throw in a good sound system and I would consider.
Seriously? I drive that once a week, so desolate and boring and yet dangerous. Strong winds, sudden ice. And the air is so thin. The whole state is a mile high or more.
@@stevewilson9792 Thank for confirming it is Wyoming. I was 90% sure before reading your comment. I have traveled to all 48 states by road with my family between 1986 and 2002.
People that do this flagrantly should go to prison for attempted murder because they don't know what's going to happen if that truck goes out of control.
Less than 30 seconds for a semi to overtake another semi on a 2-lane highway is like doing so at light speed! Especially with no congestion and mostly open highway. Good job all around by this trucker
I've been trucking for over 30 years now. This does not happen very often, but there are times a genuine nutcase will show up out of nowhere to harass a trucker for no reason. I've never actually called Law Enforcement on them. Usually I'll just grab a truck stop, get a coffee, and take a short break before heading back out on the road. Then I never see them again. The great positive thing I've learned in more than 30 years running OTR is that the overwhelming majority of Americans are actually pretty good drivers who are considerate. For the rare nutcase who has harassed me, literally 100's of thousands of other drivers have passed me with no problem whatsoever.
I don't know how the truck driver did not beep his horn or get angry. I think the whole video would have ended differently if he did. Loved the ending. 👍🏽❤️
