Dollar General trailer driver lost control, clipped pole, and ran. He was so lucky there wasn't someone going the other way. He was caught a few miles up the road by PA State Police.
Yep, and anyone helping him unload the truck in the dark is gonna be like, “WTF happened and why is EVERYTHING thrown about inside this trailer!!! And yet, most likely, neither will put two and two together, until the cops show up at the Dollar General looking for the driver of a semi-truck with a severely damaged trailer!!!
@@Trakehner20 Lol. Thanks buddy. I comment stuff all the time, here on RUclips, in response to others comments in an attempt to be funny, but some folks that comment afterwards just don’t get it and it’s evident in their replies. I mean, it’s pretty funny on my end, or at least I thought so, when I was typing it out so I’m not so sure what changed exactly. However, I have a very strong gut feeling that it isn’t so much me and my comedic value and/or my portfolio of work, but really more so, all of the “I ain’t got no sense of humor, boy”, stick in the mud types that I am working with, so from the very start, I’m working with an 0-2 pitch as my first pitch of my at bat… if that makes sense. Lmao.
@@jongoin4404 Haha, well that's probably the best reply I've had in awhile! People don't want to do the "hard work" of trying to get things sometimes. They just shrug and go on. That's people today I think in general as well.
@@carloscastianothe power lines were down, you’re telling me you wouldn’t immediately get away from power lines? You are aware vehicles are made of conductive materials right?
In fairness, I've been on some of those farm roads where there is washout underneath the edge, several feet across the road, and that long straight road has a super sudden dip to the shoulder, that you never saw change on the horizon... it can throw you off balance and maybe cause this.
What the Hades is going on with truckers? We've had incidents lately of unlicensed, alien driver around here lately that have got me spooked. I don't trust truckers anymore.
@@rcnelsonyou have answered you own question!!!! Used to be the trucking industry was heavily monitored, with rules, regulations and training!!! Now, the only qualification you need is to be breathing, they put you behind the wheel of these things and tell you to go !!!!!
Trooper: “Sir, how could you possibly have not noticed hitting a telephone pole?” Trucker: “Because I was on my telephone”. Trooper: “Fair enough. Now please step out of the vehicle and put your hands on the fender well. Do you have anything that could poke me, stick me, hurt me? You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, you will be provided with a public defender by the state. Do you understand these rights as I have spoke? Watch your head”
If that pole isn’t there, he’s a rollover, the hit was the only thing that kept him upright. Near the end of the video, are they police lights flashing in the distance, or the wires shorting out?
Appears to be a car with LED headlights coming toward the camera. I’ve noticed on a lot of dash cam vids that for some reason LED lights appear to flicker. No idea why that is.
@@djplayskeys likewise.... probably because of so many different angles of chrome behind the lens...whereas old headlights were round or rectangle...just saying
PA272, I had a grain truck flip in front of me a few months ago. It was about a half mile behind were your video starts. Crossed over the creek and going up the hill on the curve were Kirk’s mill rd comes in his trailer tires went off the edge and pulled him over.
This video should be used in driving schools. Amazing following distance. Way too often I have other semis following me way too close thinking that they'll be able to pass. Heck one did one time right at a blind right curve. Had I not slammed the brakes, he would've hit a car head on. If you know it's not safe to pass, stay way back. You gain nothing by tailgating.
I've noticed this happens often in dash cam clips I have watched with this type of road with no shoulder. The pavement acts like a rail if you drop the steer tire off it if there's no gravel on the side to at least level the ground to the hight of the pavement.
I've not driven semi much but I've heard There is a trailer wand. A hand operated trailer only brake that I've heard you may need to use to put the trailer back behind the tractor. He may have used it. For passenger car drivers it's probably not understandable, but it's supposed to help in exactly that scenario. ( I think)
I was going to say before I saw him hit it… in his defense there was no where to pullover safely… but after seeing he already found a spot on the other side, he just needed to stop
If he missed the fact that he clipped a pole hard enough to break it he realized it when he stopped next and looked at his trailer. I tend to think he knew it because he should certainly have looked in his mirrors once he got straight again. He would have been able to see some of the devastation he left behind as well as the driver behind him stopped in the road. Good chance he kept going to avoid all that comes with getting caught. I have about 15 years of long haul in my earlier days and so I have some experience over the road with semi trucks.
Hello george vasques! Can I use your video in my video plus comments to help people learn lessons so they can drive safer? I'll put your name on the screen, thank you for reading.
Dollar General steering wheel holder was clearly off in lala land, but that is yet another one of those miserable paved county roads built for tight rope actors.
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Yes to usung it.. 45 minutes later hes was being interviewed by PA State Police. Another hour later he was still there,no police, truck showed no obvious damage.
The reason you are safe is because the rubber tires and air inside them prevents you from being grounded. That is not how a Faraday cage works. Good try though.
@@ev6558 😂 Clearly you’re not an engineer. That is exactly how a Faraday cage works and my statement is easily googled. The air and rubber in your tires isn’t doing anything for you other than conducting the energy into the ground. I’ll pose the same question to you the lineman instructor at the academy asked and let you answer it for yourself. “Do you really think that a lighting bolt that has just traveled 10miles through the air with 300 million volts and 30,000 amps of energy is going to be stopped by a 1/2 inch of rubber and air?”. In other words electricity seeks the path of least resistance and all that metal in a car channels the energy around you and into the ground. This is the same reason airplanes get hit by lightning all the time and people don’t get hurt at all. It’s important to understand that with downed power lines that energy can travel 100ft or more through the ground. There are many instances of first responders being killed as they step out of their vehicles from downed power-lines and the 1/2” of rubber in their shoes didn’t save them. ruclips.net/video/ve6XGKZxYxA/видео.htmlsi=zs84gJ4wYRenjqtI
The Dollar General truck did an amazing recovery after going off BOTH sides of the road.
Lucky. Maybe next time they'll leave the cell phone alone
Yeah but what about the load. That didn’t fare so well.
still be considered as wreckless driving. why? cus it is!
And I hear he kept his high score on Mario Cart too…
@@brettwalker5446had to been near empty to move so quick, maybe?
When he gets to his dollar-general destination store, he'll find out that the store lost power for some reason.
Yep, and anyone helping him unload the truck in the dark is gonna be like, “WTF happened and why is EVERYTHING thrown about inside this trailer!!! And yet, most likely, neither will put two and two together, until the cops show up at the Dollar General looking for the driver of a semi-truck with a severely damaged trailer!!!
You guys are too much! Haha Those were pretty good ones!
@@Trakehner20 Lol. Thanks buddy. I comment stuff all the time, here on RUclips, in response to others comments in an attempt to be funny, but some folks that comment afterwards just don’t get it and it’s evident in their replies. I mean, it’s pretty funny on my end, or at least I thought so, when I was typing it out so I’m not so sure what changed exactly. However, I have a very strong gut feeling that it isn’t so much me and my comedic value and/or my portfolio of work, but really more so, all of the “I ain’t got no sense of humor, boy”, stick in the mud types that I am working with, so from the very start, I’m working with an 0-2 pitch as my first pitch of my at bat… if that makes sense. Lmao.
@@jongoin4404 Haha, well that's probably the best reply I've had in awhile! People don't want to do the "hard work" of trying to get things sometimes. They just shrug and go on. That's people today I think in general as well.
There’s a “Doller Gentral” every 7 miles, so he should be easy to track down.
I can bet $$$ that, that driver had NO IDEA he hit a pole. He was poopin his britches too hard to look in the mirror !!!
Fell asleep, most likely..
Smartphone most likely
Yep, I was going to say, “most likely distracted by his phone”!!!
BS
Phone!
Truckers don't get much sleep. Same with train conductors (Even though good sleep is essential to health and focus )
I'm more surprised how quickly the driver stopped.
Word on the street is he got that scared apparently he ran away and a farmer near by found him hiding under his patio shaking in his slippers
@@carloscastianothe power lines were down, you’re telling me you wouldn’t immediately get away from power lines?
You are aware vehicles are made of conductive materials right?
@RoastFlea61 very scary
@@carloscastiano I mean you touch a power line for half a second and it could kill you but ok, good luck in life with your smooth brain.
@@RoastFlea61 I did, as soon as i stopped my truck.
Lucky there was no on coming traffic.
Tough road being long and straight
😂😂😂😂
That did not cause this, it was that sharp drop off the edge of the road! One his wheels went over the edge, it took over everything!
Yeah but he had two sets of Wheels you really got to fuk up to get to both sets off
In fairness, I've been on some of those farm roads where there is washout underneath the edge, several feet across the road, and that long straight road has a super sudden dip to the shoulder, that you never saw change on the horizon... it can throw you off balance and maybe cause this.
Slowing down is always an option
That's not pole clipping its pretty much a dead on hit!! Definitely hit and run though.
Maybe he didn’t notice ?
@@davidmulhall2710 🤣
@@davidmulhall2710 The extremely poor quality of truck drivers today makes your statement a real possibility.
Any trailer contact is just a clip, not a hit unless you use the tractor
@@pbrstreetgang5314 it's Dollar General, they pay all the employees badly
Dude just drifted off the road. Looking at his phone maybe?
Easy to fall asleep behind a wheel.
@@mindfornication4funnor across the table from you?
What the Hades is going on with truckers? We've had incidents lately of unlicensed, alien driver around here lately that have got me spooked. I don't trust truckers anymore.
@@rcnelson nobody wants to do the job. It’s easily the worst job in America
@@rcnelsonyou have answered you own question!!!! Used to be the trucking industry was heavily monitored, with rules, regulations and training!!! Now, the only qualification you need is to be breathing, they put you behind the wheel of these things and tell you to go !!!!!
DAMN !!!!! Dude was extremely lucky not to have flipped that thing !!!!!!
Whoa! You're so lucky you were that far back!
Smart*
No, not "luck".
Want a little known tip ?
Stay Away from others.
Survival becomes easier... ☆
Nothing to do with luck ! Cam driver was being observant, also sticking to the 2 second rule instead of tailgating.
It's not luck it is good driving you aren't supposed to be riding the arse of the vehicle in front
@@mickkirton7943CDL drivers usually go for more than 2 seconds. 3 plus an extra per ten thousand pounds. At least thats the DoT rule in my state.
That dollar general driver was like no one will notice! Just keep on truckin!😂
The sad part is that this is not usually grounds for firing for most companies. But the fact he hit and ran, means he could lose his cdl.
Dollar General lol. Probably not going too far down the road. They are only about 5 moles apart anymore.
Hell yeah. They have a Dollar General on Gilligan's Island now.
5 moles and a gopher.
The Mole People
But now that contents all has to be sold to dollar tree 😆
@@nameless-og It's Dollar and a quarter tree now.
The overhead primary conductors are carrying serious juice. Back away!
I'm surprised he didn't turn over.
Run Forest Run gangster trucker 😂
From Dollar General!😅
That pole had NO business being that close to the road!
Stupid pole.
Well, cars aren’t supposed to be off the road so…
What are you even talking about. Someone is always triggered about something shits pathetic
That’s pretty normal distance…
I'm gonna hope this was meant as a joke... but I ain't exactly met a lot of smart men named Roy, soo....
Gotta love them country roads and no shoulders
Trooper: “Sir, how could you possibly have not noticed hitting a telephone pole?”
Trucker: “Because I was on my telephone”.
Trooper: “Fair enough. Now please step out of the vehicle and put your hands on the fender well. Do you have anything that could poke me, stick me, hurt me? You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, you will be provided with a public defender by the state. Do you understand these rights as I have spoke? Watch your head”
Interesting …everybody wants your clip,maybe the guy in front fell asleep ? And the pole woke him up…
If that pole isn’t there, he’s a rollover, the hit was the only thing that kept him upright. Near the end of the video, are they police lights flashing in the distance, or the wires shorting out?
Appears to be a car with LED headlights coming toward the camera. I’ve noticed on a lot of dash cam vids that for some reason LED lights appear to flicker. No idea why that is.
@@djplayskeys Just guessing but it might have to do with the refresh rate of the the LED headlights and the frame rate of the camera?
@@djplayskeys likewise.... probably because of so many different angles of chrome behind the lens...whereas old headlights were round or rectangle...just saying
No, the oncoming driver was trying to get his attention. Driver stopped for not very long and took off.
Feel bad for the pole!
PA272, I had a grain truck flip in front of me a few months ago. It was about a half mile behind were your video starts. Crossed over the creek and going up the hill on the curve were Kirk’s mill rd comes in his trailer tires went off the edge and pulled him over.
This video should be used in driving schools. Amazing following distance. Way too often I have other semis following me way too close thinking that they'll be able to pass. Heck one did one time right at a blind right curve. Had I not slammed the brakes, he would've hit a car head on. If you know it's not safe to pass, stay way back. You gain nothing by tailgating.
This is what happens when you don't want to pay for a professional.
Somebody's in deep shit! The truck following was
alert and on top of things.
I've noticed this happens often in dash cam clips I have watched with this type of road with no shoulder.
The pavement acts like a rail if you drop the steer tire off it if there's no gravel on the side to at least level the ground to the hight of the pavement.
Never get out of your vehicle when power lines are down!
I doubt he even knew he hit the pole. He was probably just relieved he was able to recover it without hitting another vehicle.
Dollar General logo on the truck makes perfect sense.
yea or swift, the scum amazon contracts to drive there semis are pretty bad as well I heard.
Crumbs, the guy on the gator doesnt have a clue how lucky he was.
:30 - the old lady getting her mail could have been the victim....
I've not driven semi much but I've heard There is a trailer wand. A hand operated trailer only brake that I've heard you may need to use to put the trailer back behind the tractor. He may have used it. For passenger car drivers it's probably not understandable, but it's supposed to help in exactly that scenario. ( I think)
See Blinking or flashing lights up the road as it was driving awey?
I was going to say before I saw him hit it… in his defense there was no where to pullover safely… but after seeing he already found a spot on the other side, he just needed to stop
Or stay stopped.
If he missed the fact that he clipped a pole hard enough to break it he realized it when he stopped next and looked at his trailer. I tend to think he knew it because he should certainly have looked in his mirrors once he got straight again. He would have been able to see some of the devastation he left behind as well as the driver behind him stopped in the road. Good chance he kept going to avoid all that comes with getting caught. I have about 15 years of long haul in my earlier days and so I have some experience over the road with semi trucks.
Good thing Dollar General sells toilet paper, cause that driver is gonna need a roll or two.
Wow a dash cam is priceless
Truck drivers should have to lock their phones in the toolbox before they ever get behind the wheel. This recklessness is happening much too often.
Now THAT is a tank slapper!
0:32 …..you’re welcome
0:23 👀 you're welcome
Thank you law enforcement. they got him a few miles up the road. ❤
No shoulder on that road.
boycott dollar general, google their bait and swirtch practices, shelf prices are lies, check your receipts, or better yet dont shop their.
Dudes like ‘eh I’m sure it’s fine’
Trucker kept on Truckin
For a brief moment: forbidden limbo stick.
Bet that pole won’t do that again
Dude was too busy shitting his pants to realize he hit the pole.
Pole is too close to the road,imagine a motorcyclist hitting that,same with cable cutters on interstates,deadly to bikes.
And people wonder why everything is $1.25 now.
Dollar General trailer. What company was under the load? Or are you protecting them?
There's no saving that pole. Hit and run is still a crime even if it was a one person event.
not sure i would say he ran, he just didn't stop, might not of even known he hit the pole with all going on...
Hello george vasques! Can I use your video in my video plus comments to help people learn lessons so they can drive safer? I'll put your name on the screen, thank you for reading.
This is what playing with your phone whilst driving looks like... ~AwakenedTrucker
Yeah because things like this only happen due to using a phone right?
Dollar General steering wheel holder was clearly off in lala land, but that is yet another one of those miserable paved county roads built for tight rope actors.
That road is plenty wide. It gets a lot of truck traffic. Its just very unforgiving to people who choose to not be present and in control.
I bet you he or she are not from here in the US of A
Very likely.
DING, DING, DING!!! “Me no hit pole???”, while scratching his head.
Yeah because only foreigners wreck right?
One way to get people to stop following you in traffic😂
The wires on the left side of the road are bouncing a bit too
His company will notice that right away especially if it has a dash cam.
It was not technically a hit-and-run. After the hit he s*** his pants and had to go get toilet paper. 😲
Driver's face like this 😳 for the next few hours.
I thought that trailer was going to bust into a few sections, good save though.
Glad you're a driver and not a wheel holder. You know the ones that follow like it is Nascar drifting.
Thank you Phil.
Probably didn't even spill his beer.
Yeah but his bag of meth spilled all over the cab.
This is why DG has low, low prices.
Huh? Thats why muh ding dong is schmushed
Yikes..
And what's the odds of that at the Dollar general and not a Swift😂
100 bucks he was looking at porn on his phone.
I saw the hit, but where was the run. Landing in a field isn't a run.
Its at the very end of the clip. Trust me he didn't stay long.
On The Cellphone
Was this on the way to Carlisle pa
I thought this was gonna be a video about CLIBBINS!
Mr. George.
I think Mr. George is definitely paying this driver too much!
Must be Swift driver going for a CR England load
Dollar General truck!
With GPS , Police will get them , looking for a job.
Not my trailor, not my pole, oh well, see ya!!
Looks like he stopped up the road.
U never know and the dude kept going.
Did he get caught later on?😐 Dangerous. 😑
Yes , a couple miles up the road by PSP.
Hey there! We were wondering if we may also use this clip in an up-coming video and potentially some of your other dashcam clips in future videos as well? We'll be sure to provide on-screen credit. Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. Hope you have a great day!
ok sure
@@journeyisending Thank you very much!
@@journeyisendinglmao
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sure help yourself.
I’ve done many hit and runs … some with victims.. I’ve always left and covered my own ass!
The name is Bond, Jim Bond
Hi george vasques. Good to use it? Full credited.
Any update?
Yes to usung it.. 45 minutes later hes was being interviewed by PA State Police. Another hour later he was still there,no police, truck showed no obvious damage.
POLE CLIBBINS!
Cell phone of White Line Fever.
Next time DO NOT get out of your vehicle. Thats exactly how people get electrocuted. You’re safe in the vehicle since it’s a Faraday cage.
Thanks for that.Hopefully there wont be a next time.I gave it a look around, and getting out ,although wrong seemed like the right descision.
The reason you are safe is because the rubber tires and air inside them prevents you from being grounded. That is not how a Faraday cage works. Good try though.
@@ev6558 😂 Clearly you’re not an engineer. That is exactly how a Faraday cage works and my statement is easily googled. The air and rubber in your tires isn’t doing anything for you other than conducting the energy into the ground. I’ll pose the same question to you the lineman instructor at the academy asked and let you answer it for yourself.
“Do you really think that a lighting bolt that has just traveled 10miles through the air with 300 million volts and 30,000 amps of energy is going to be stopped by a 1/2 inch of rubber and air?”.
In other words electricity seeks the path of least resistance and all that metal in a car channels the energy around you and into the ground. This is the same reason airplanes get hit by lightning all the time and people don’t get hurt at all. It’s important to understand that with downed power lines that energy can travel 100ft or more through the ground. There are many instances of first responders being killed as they step out of their vehicles from downed power-lines and the 1/2” of rubber in their shoes didn’t save them.
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Hiiii this is Revit up.
Can i feature your dashcam clips in my next compilation video ?
linked and fully credited, Thank You !!
yes
@@shroomhauler thanks!
Pole clibbins…. Almost haddalayerdown.
Looks like New Berlin road as soon as I saw it but its not?
RT 272 Nottingham Rd, just north of Pine Grove Rd.
Don't text and drive
Yeah because texting and driving is the only reason for this to happen right?
Nice recovery regardless
i wll say he did recover that pretty well lol
Amen for air brakes! 🇺🇸🍀🙏
He stopped
Great save 👏 😅
Of course its the dollar store truck
Pretty lucky but their is damage too that truck no doubt plus if he has a camera its gonna show