Truck driver's medical clearance expired day after triple-fatal crash outside Las Vegas

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  • Опубликовано: 6 май 2024
  • LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Video the 8 News Now Investigators obtained shows a truck driver on the wrong side of the road for nearly half a minute before colliding with a group of motorcyclists, killing three - in a crash state police once believed involved impairment but appears not to at all.

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  • @alanlewisIslandchemical
    @alanlewisIslandchemical 27 дней назад +1468

    He was falling asleep duh

    • @Joe_Brown99
      @Joe_Brown99 27 дней назад +29

      Yep

    • @L.Ron.Hoyabembe
      @L.Ron.Hoyabembe 27 дней назад +40

      The rumble strips are there to alert you, including in cases of drowsiness. He drove over and across them for 25 seconds.

    • @SalimAbdallah-ek7jq
      @SalimAbdallah-ek7jq 27 дней назад +6

      WHAT ?!?!?! This is nothing more than a tragic accident caused by huge wind gusts ! you can see he was struggling to get it back on the correct side. Hope this man is released soon
      ..

    • @joesmith7412
      @joesmith7412 27 дней назад

      @@SalimAbdallah-ek7jq Looks like terrorism to me.

    • @What.The.Fluff.
      @What.The.Fluff. 27 дней назад +54

      ​​@@SalimAbdallah-ek7jq Wind gusts, BS! Why wasn't the vehicle hauling the hay bales affected by any wind?!

  • @jdacosta443
    @jdacosta443 27 дней назад +1552

    I’m a biker and if the wind was that bad the bikers wouldn’t wouldn’t be on the road

    • @bobdadnaila7708
      @bobdadnaila7708 27 дней назад +59

      I see bikers doing stupid shit ALL THE TIME....
      So, that metric won't work.

    • @robertheinkel6225
      @robertheinkel6225 27 дней назад +130

      @@bobdadnaila7708you are obviously not a rider. With winds high enough to blow the truck into oncoming traffic, would also blow the motorcyclist off the road. The bikes were having no issues with wind.

    • @rayray4192
      @rayray4192 27 дней назад +58

      @@bobdadnaila7708he’s a liar and not qualified to push a wheelbarrow across a Flying J parking lot

    • @freedomrings1420
      @freedomrings1420 27 дней назад +21

      Did you notice the name of the truck driver? Could he even speak ENGLISH, sounds like a middle eastern name.

    • @bobdadnaila7708
      @bobdadnaila7708 27 дней назад +22

      @robertheinkel6225
      And you are obviously not a truck driver.
      10-15 mph winds/gusts are all it takes to move the trailer out of alignment with the tractor(as the trailer usually presents a HUGE surface area to any crosswinds, relative to a motorcycle).

  • @damirzanne
    @damirzanne 25 дней назад +565

    His medical card was valid at the time of the accident, expired the next day … has nothing to do with the accident… he fell a sleep, that’s what happened

    • @mike4402
      @mike4402 24 дня назад +25

      They are going this angle for a payout or future lawsuit against the medical companies. It's obviously distracted or falling astleep.

    • @jdrancho1864
      @jdrancho1864 23 дня назад +4

      @@mike4402 The families of the deceased will go after the liability insurance company.

    • @bigdaddy1115
      @bigdaddy1115 23 дня назад +3

      he was hittin that meth pipe,lighter was trippin...

    • @neilkurzman4907
      @neilkurzman4907 23 дня назад +1

      Well, that would depend on if he actually had a medical condition and that’s why he didn’t submit the documentation.

    • @tonyt8805
      @tonyt8805 23 дня назад

      @damirzanne
      🎯 🎯 💯 🎯 🎯

  • @Arizona_Vineyard
    @Arizona_Vineyard 26 дней назад +374

    I’m a trucker and a biker. The trucker fell asleep or was under the influence of something that caused his judgment to be off. Sad he has a lawyer who stood against the truth

    • @NosebergEatzbugsVonShekelstein
      @NosebergEatzbugsVonShekelstein 24 дня назад +17

      He wasn't impaired and his DOT medical card was still good, so..... just an unfortunate accident.

    • @Mogul20478
      @Mogul20478 24 дня назад +12

      well considering the test came back negative, no, he wasn't under the influence of something.

    • @67marlins
      @67marlins 24 дня назад +12

      ​@Mogul20478 They said his regular medication was in his system, but didn't say what that was.
      Is it possible he was on something that could have impaired him if taking too much?
      Did you catch what his regular medication was?

    • @michaelcarr3037
      @michaelcarr3037 23 дня назад +8

      Ya I think he nodded out I had a codriver fall a sleep and drive us off the road he was allways hitting the rumble strip but this time it was prolonged lucky for us it was in a sweeping left turn so the truck went to right onto a wide grass shoulder but back in those days of driving team so many codrivers are just sloppy and on that rumble strip so theyr mind is conditiond to not react in an emergency allso to note and IV allso ben riding motorcycles since the 80s the lead rider made the right move by straighting out the right turn and maneuvering to the outside and you can tell by the gap between the two rider's the young less experienced rider hit his brake and try to turn even harder into the turn but ya that sucks I ride duel sport now and if I'm with friends I spread way out riding in groups is dangerous and to old to be picking my ass off the ground do enough a that on the trail

    • @slicksnewonenow
      @slicksnewonenow 23 дня назад +4

      ​@@michaelcarr3037AGREED 👍

  • @MH_6160
    @MH_6160 27 дней назад +760

    Probably dozed off, no way was it wind.. that ram with the hay would be been blowing all over the place.

    • @Nonexistanthuman
      @Nonexistanthuman 27 дней назад +9

      Also it would be more common for truckers to say the wind pushed me.
      I agree with you

    • @suzannen.6403
      @suzannen.6403 27 дней назад +4

      how do you know? are you a scientist? have you drove in those conditions? oh i forgot, you are a dude on YT that says so

    • @rsinclair689
      @rsinclair689 27 дней назад +14

      I have to agree. The drivers' reactions would have been different. The driver likely was fatigued. I have no idea why his expired medical cert was brought up.

    • @619ambitious
      @619ambitious 27 дней назад +5

      @@rsinclair689that means fit to drive.. CDL drivers must stay current on their medical certificate when driving commercially 😢

    • @Rocketman0407
      @Rocketman0407 27 дней назад +16

      @@suzannen.6403the fact that the motorcycles did fine shows the wind was not bad. If it was wind why is he not fighting back steering the other way?

  • @LamarA-bq1zz
    @LamarA-bq1zz 27 дней назад +555

    Yes wind can push an empty freight truck but I believe he was falling asleep behind the wheel. Just based on the dashcam, he didn't even try to avoid them.

    • @culcune
      @culcune 27 дней назад +13

      I got the impression that he was not legally drunk. However, it was briefly mentioned that they found prescribed medication in his system. So, were they the type of meds that made him DUI, or was DUI ruled out? I wish this report cleared that up one way or the other!

    • @freedomrings1420
      @freedomrings1420 27 дней назад

      LOL 😂, obviously you can't see that the truck stays right on a long curved road. If he was falling asleep, he would have crashed off the road.

    • @trexmidnite
      @trexmidnite 27 дней назад +2

      He was out to kill

    • @WrenchS13
      @WrenchS13 26 дней назад +4

      @@culcune they amended the charges to not include DUI so I assume his prescribed meds were not the type to cause any loss of function

    • @BartSparrow123
      @BartSparrow123 26 дней назад +6

      He also run over 2 sets of rumble strips...If he was just distracted he would have immediately turned back into his own lane when hitting those, I agree he was dozing off and probably on some drugs or other substance.

  • @pete35901
    @pete35901 26 дней назад +68

    So basically they're saying he was driving with a valid license at the time of the crash.

    • @lancenorton1117
      @lancenorton1117 25 дней назад +2

      Well YES, it's like if you buy something with a Credit Card that expires tomorrow. Good today, not tomorrow.

    • @TrainerAQ
      @TrainerAQ 13 дней назад +1

      Pretty much yea

  • @thestevezx7
    @thestevezx7 23 дня назад +17

    He was awake enough to move away from the oncoming car, then moved back, guilty as hell to me he knew what he was doing.

  • @OTRTrader
    @OTRTrader 27 дней назад +584

    I'm an OTR truck driver, and I'm seeing more and more reckless individuals on the road driving semi trucks today, and instead of shutting them down like they should, the government is actually encouraging them to come out here in droves. You know who these people are, and they are not real truckers.

    • @MAXIMUSMINIMALIST
      @MAXIMUSMINIMALIST 25 дней назад +63

      Yes we know who they are we see them blocking the fuel islands all day every day the same ones

    • @teaches2010
      @teaches2010 25 дней назад +57

      I'm a truck driver too. The things I see out here on a daily basis terrify me! I'm guessing he's Somalian. There has been a huge influx around the Midwest. Most are in trucks with Minnesota plates. I'm not sure the reason, but it's very obvious.

    • @davidfasano7210
      @davidfasano7210 25 дней назад +10

      ​@teaches2010 ....Ask Omar my Friend😢

    • @OTRTrader
      @OTRTrader 25 дней назад +54

      @@teaches2010 It's the FMCSA and Congress, allowing these people to come here in droves and get into a truck with absolutely zero vetting of any kind whatsoever.

    • @TerryHausenn
      @TerryHausenn 25 дней назад +75

      Immigrant drivers come here and drive like they would in their home countries. This guy looks fresh off the boat

  • @Positevil
    @Positevil 27 дней назад +487

    The dude that evaded the semi . . .

    • @russcatt5952
      @russcatt5952 27 дней назад +131

      I know he feels sick right now

    • @Cmon-Man
      @Cmon-Man 27 дней назад +8

      Yikes!

    • @donduv4332
      @donduv4332 27 дней назад +30

      He wanted to live 😢

    • @ThatOpalGuy
      @ThatOpalGuy 27 дней назад +5

      5 riders*

    • @rjames80
      @rjames80 27 дней назад +4

      Your comment is so awesome!

  • @JackJohnson1970
    @JackJohnson1970 21 день назад +9

    Driver: Claude Rafiki, an illegal immigrant who doesn't speak English.

    • @FynnOliverEmonSill
      @FynnOliverEmonSill 16 дней назад +2

      Where does it say he’s illegal?

    • @JackJohnson1970
      @JackJohnson1970 16 дней назад +1

      @FynnOliverEmonSill Google this case and read the facts for yourself, you 🤡

    • @JackJohnson1970
      @JackJohnson1970 16 дней назад +1

      @@FynnOliverEmonSill 🤡

  • @chengkue1011
    @chengkue1011 26 дней назад +19

    After 18 years of trucking that’s not the wind that caused him to drift to the opposite direction, 100% he dozed off zzz while his truck slowly driven into oncoming traffic. Check log books I’m sure if he was that tired, it’s probably was tampered giving him more hours to drive or a fresh new 11 hour. Company getting shut down and suspended business license 3 years by DOT if a driver involved caused accidents killing someone on the road

  • @tommymorano7254
    @tommymorano7254 27 дней назад +259

    No way the wind caused that, that’s bull, he fell asleep or wasn’t paying attention.

    • @Koreanarmygirl
      @Koreanarmygirl 27 дней назад +14

      @@user-bq3es2zc7wExactly, why is it always a foreigner who causes these fatal accidents driving a semi trucks?

    • @freedomrings1420
      @freedomrings1420 27 дней назад +4

      He wasn't paying attention or it was deliberate.

    • @tyronetrump1612
      @tyronetrump1612 27 дней назад

      @@user-bq3es2zc7w only thing they ever drove in their country was a donkey and cart chewing khat - 6 months later they are driving a 53' rig for SWIFT
      See
      What
      I
      Fukedup
      Today

    • @WrenchS13
      @WrenchS13 26 дней назад +1

      try searching the tube here for big rig wind roll overs. it doesn't take as much as you would think to flip one on its side. there's a LOT of surface area there just acting like a big sail

    • @freedomrings1420
      @freedomrings1420 26 дней назад +5

      @@WrenchS13 Hi NOT SO BRIGHT, a truck driver isn't going to continue traveling in the wrong lane because the wind is keeping him there, he would have slowed down and got in his lane. You can slow a truck down in less than 15 seconds. He could just hold his truck in his lane. It's amazing the excuses that people make for this guy.

  • @rickdumont6752
    @rickdumont6752 27 дней назад +289

    Someone can be impaired on prescription meds too. DUI doesn't always mean alcohol.

    • @ajcastellon5903
      @ajcastellon5903 27 дней назад +3

      😂 Holy cow. Duhhh. Influence. That's what that means.

    • @timg2973
      @timg2973 27 дней назад +9

      The drugs he was on probably do not have listed side-effects that cause impairment.

    • @culcune
      @culcune 27 дней назад +7

      @@timg2973 It would have been nice if this report clarified that. I got the impression that alcohol was ruled out. However, a mention of him being found with meds in his system should have clarified the final findings on that little tidbit in this news report: was he actually DUI or not?

    • @L.Ron.Hoyabembe
      @L.Ron.Hoyabembe 27 дней назад +5

      ​@@ajcastellon5903 His comment is because the video mentioned alcohol. Please watch the video. Thanks.

    • @ajcastellon5903
      @ajcastellon5903 27 дней назад +3

      @L.Ron.Hoyabembe Right. Everyone always thinks it's alcohol. It's like people have an inability to do critical thinking. It doesn't surprise me the news jumped straight to that and most people do.
      Cricitical thinking, who needs it. 🤣

  • @EverythingsRegular
    @EverythingsRegular 23 дня назад +4

    That's wild man, Rest In peace to those riders 🙏

  • @ASAL2022
    @ASAL2022 27 дней назад +28

    Unbelievable! Give him prison time

  • @3jimp
    @3jimp 27 дней назад +546

    Wind my ass the bikers would’ve flown off the road before the truck would

    • @andresd4464
      @andresd4464 27 дней назад +31

      No it wouldn't truck and trailer acts like a sail

    • @user-gt8hc2bp4v
      @user-gt8hc2bp4v 27 дней назад +3

      @@andresd4464not that bad dude lol

    • @Joe_Brown99
      @Joe_Brown99 27 дней назад +3

      @@andresd4464
      Yep

    • @oldman-zr2ru
      @oldman-zr2ru 27 дней назад +13

      @@user-gt8hc2bp4v Oh yes it does, I've watched it happen. Those trucks are like sails in the wind when the wind is high enough. But if that was the case he failed to slow down or pull over until the wind died down.

    • @redtra236
      @redtra236 27 дней назад +4

      I agree it was not the wind but the wind effects trucks especially with box trailers way worse than bikes

  • @shadowbrucelee
    @shadowbrucelee 27 дней назад +511

    Life sentence for triple vehicular homicide

    • @ZA-lc4zi
      @ZA-lc4zi 25 дней назад +28

      thats manslaughter. learn the law.

    • @shadowbrucelee
      @shadowbrucelee 25 дней назад +24

      @@ZA-lc4zi It is murder with a vehicle due to negligence of the driver. Hence that’s why it’s called vehicular homicide. Did you learn the law?

    • @cagneybillingsley2165
      @cagneybillingsley2165 25 дней назад +4

      @@ZA-lc4zi yet you think chauvin was guilty of murder lol. learn the law and stop being a hypocrite

    • @dudeDOGn
      @dudeDOGn 25 дней назад

      ​@@cagneybillingsley2165 ha ha that pig is getting his rear end stretched out right now as we speak 🤣

    • @slhs1992
      @slhs1992 24 дня назад +8

      Not a chance. 5 years at most.

  • @stevejump9630
    @stevejump9630 22 дня назад +9

    As a truck driver with 40 years of OTR experience I’m getting sick and tired of companies hiring anyone with a pulse. Just to put a warm body in a truck. And that lawyer wants nothing to do with the TRUTH.

    • @Halfdead211
      @Halfdead211 17 дней назад +1

      Don’t know what state your in but in Northern California SF/Sacramento areas all Indians driving 85mph in and out of traffic with these tractors

    • @douglasfoster6065
      @douglasfoster6065 17 дней назад

      Do you actually expect a lawyer to have a conscious?

  • @kuyaa93
    @kuyaa93 26 дней назад +11

    no way I wind did that the sorry ass was falling asleep!!

  • @deborahcabot3100
    @deborahcabot3100 27 дней назад +98

    If it was that windy, the motorcyclists would not be able to ride, that truck driver feel asleep. Condolences to the family and friends of those riders.

    • @catsbyondrepair
      @catsbyondrepair 25 дней назад +2

      Lol i ride in wind all the time nothing to it

    • @deborahcabot3100
      @deborahcabot3100 25 дней назад +2

      @@catsbyondrepair So do I, however if the wind is strong enough to blow a fully load tractor trailer over into another for more than 25 seconds a biker would be blow over too.

  • @distilledfreedom1840
    @distilledfreedom1840 27 дней назад +121

    Un fing believable. The nerve of RAFIKI claiming it was the wind. Kills a bunch of people and lies about it. Sorry excuse for a human.

    • @richfranks9161
      @richfranks9161 27 дней назад +24

      Biden’s man right there.

    • @philpalmer4877
      @philpalmer4877 27 дней назад +3

      He should've just said Hoax or election interference! 🤣

    • @jdrancho1864
      @jdrancho1864 23 дня назад

      It's his defense counsel. Prosecution's job is to negate the claim, and show the judge that it is not a valid defense. Watch some old Matlock and see how these things work.

    • @stevejump9630
      @stevejump9630 22 дня назад +3

      You got that right driver. Bet he’s not from this country.

    • @douglasfoster6065
      @douglasfoster6065 17 дней назад +2

      He's a foreigner. Are you surprised? Probably here illegally.

  • @ohioken1
    @ohioken1 26 дней назад +9

    That first rider was very aware of his surroundings and took immediate evasive action, the other riders unfortunately were not prepared as well and hesitated. I have been caught off guard but luckily not in such a dire situation. Poor riders RIP

  • @LIL_APO
    @LIL_APO 22 дня назад +12

    They allow more immigrants then us citizens to get truck licenses for semi box trucks and other CDL vehicles

    • @davidhathcox573
      @davidhathcox573 20 дней назад +2

      100 percent fact it's way easier for them than it is us

    • @dickensanthony
      @dickensanthony 9 дней назад +1

      This is the Whyte American version of we wuz kangz

  • @handibode
    @handibode 27 дней назад +70

    Why is lack of sleep not even mentioned here?

    • @KevinSanchez-nt3wd
      @KevinSanchez-nt3wd 10 дней назад

      Even if he fell asleep (he was not), it's still 100% his responsibility. It was his fault he fell asleep! ;) It doesn't change anything

  • @el-hp1lj
    @el-hp1lj 27 дней назад +78

    fuckkk thats brutal cant even imagine what those bikers felt during that 2 seconds of panic

    • @ysl23addidasq
      @ysl23addidasq 27 дней назад +11

      I know right . They actually tried to move out of the way .

    • @catsbyondrepair
      @catsbyondrepair 25 дней назад +5

      Oh fuck we are fucked and screwed

    • @ronl9357
      @ronl9357 24 дня назад +3

      I've watched the full version. Brain matter and blood all over the windshield. RiP

    • @handymatt1970
      @handymatt1970 22 дня назад +1

      that cube truck blocked their view & reaction time

    • @moment-of-glory
      @moment-of-glory 22 дня назад +1

      “I’m dead”
      *dies*
      RIP

  • @codychickadee5095
    @codychickadee5095 26 дней назад +21

    Dude was on his phone guaranteed. Wind. What a damn joke.

  • @jiml9692
    @jiml9692 27 дней назад +5

    He should not be a truck drive if the winds blows your truck to the wrong side of the road. Thats just bs. I drove for 25 years never had a problem with the wind.

  • @VictorVictor-oq6dh
    @VictorVictor-oq6dh 27 дней назад +246

    If wind was that bad, he shouldn’t have been driving

    • @sandasturner9529
      @sandasturner9529 27 дней назад +5

      Can't see wind gusts and you can't always predict them, but you can always check the weather radio during the trip, before the trope and after the trip.

    • @SerenityES
      @SerenityES 27 дней назад +3

      Gusts can come outta nowhere

    • @aisaxonawiat6484
      @aisaxonawiat6484 27 дней назад +19

      Is he claiming wind gust as a defense? I'm a driver, that's totally absurd no matter how bad the wind gusts. He had to be totally impaired or have a death wish to be over in the other lane.

    • @aisaxonawiat6484
      @aisaxonawiat6484 27 дней назад +10

      @@SerenityES .... that's a lame defense, no wind gust is going to put him over there, he would be blown over before that happened.

    • @user-gt8hc2bp4v
      @user-gt8hc2bp4v 27 дней назад +6

      No way there was that much wind

  • @greggreg2263
    @greggreg2263 27 дней назад +131

    What a total jerk reckless driving and three people had to pay with their lives. Unacceptable.😢😢😢

    • @Vmaxfodder
      @Vmaxfodder 23 дня назад +3

      And the true jerks that hired him!

    • @theroofingchannel4231
      @theroofingchannel4231 23 дня назад +2

      How come they don't have barriers or cables to stop head on?

    • @greggreg2263
      @greggreg2263 23 дня назад

      @@theroofingchannel4231 it would be nice to have the cable barriers everywhere but they are super expensive now and they also need quit a few repairs because they get hit a lot of times in a year so they’re expensive😢

  • @davidaustin7697
    @davidaustin7697 25 дней назад +25

    When you don’t pay Americans enough to drive and you get people from other countries who don’t know our laws or language

    • @mikesilver2283
      @mikesilver2283 21 день назад +2

      Driving rules same all across the world. Shame you do not know that.

    • @OgamiItto70
      @OgamiItto70 20 дней назад

      @@mikesilver2283 You're either ignorant or a liar. Rectify yourself.

    • @pardonmyfrench4760
      @pardonmyfrench4760 19 дней назад

      Drivers get paid enough. All they do is drive. Self driving machines will soon replace all truck drivers, learn a marketable skill

    • @Halfdead211
      @Halfdead211 17 дней назад

      @@mikesilver2283wrong

    • @Halfdead211
      @Halfdead211 17 дней назад

      💯

  • @micclay
    @micclay 21 день назад +23

    Michigan is 100% responsible for this. DOT regulations require CDL holders speak and read in English. The families need to sue.

    • @larrylipshitz9430
      @larrylipshitz9430 8 дней назад +2

      I know someone who came over from The Balkans and went to Detroit got a commercial driver’s license in one weekend! The federal and state governments are very aware of this, money and greed trump lives!

  • @animusadvertere3371
    @animusadvertere3371 27 дней назад +106

    Did they check his cell phone records? Looks like distracted driving to me.

    • @jeffc7486
      @jeffc7486 27 дней назад +15

      Bingo!

    • @FurryWrecker911
      @FurryWrecker911 26 дней назад

      Unlikely. I don't care how good your cell phone pron is. You're gonna feel/hear/see it when you cross over a pair of rumble strips 3 times. Texters panic and throw themselves back into their lane the moment they feel a road imperfection. DUI drivers only push more.

    • @neilkurzman4907
      @neilkurzman4907 23 дня назад

      He was on his cell phone, avoided the one car and then went back to go on his cell phone without looking for 15 seconds. Sure that sounds plausible not.

    • @neilkurzman4907
      @neilkurzman4907 22 дня назад

      @@jeffc7486
      If somebody’s on their cell phone, they can check the records and see. Everything is time stamped

  • @hillslide
    @hillslide 27 дней назад +76

    Get these forigners out of the damn trucks

    • @richfranks9161
      @richfranks9161 27 дней назад +15

      I came up on an accident that killed newly weds. There was about 5 towels driving this rig that was hauling a shipping container, the two back axles came off and ended up tearing the roof off the couple’s car. Those towels were outside of the rig pouring out numerous piss jugs and weren’t even concerned about the people they just killed.

    • @hillslide
      @hillslide 27 дней назад +3

      @richfranks9161 holy $**t that's horrible

    • @bb9480
      @bb9480 27 дней назад +14

      Trump 2024!!!

    • @jo2832
      @jo2832 25 дней назад +2

      I think he's American born n raised.

    • @rickreese5794
      @rickreese5794 25 дней назад

      Get the illegals out now😊

  • @3sons66
    @3sons66 21 день назад +3

    The drifting points 100% to him falling asleep. Watch other videos of truckers falling asleep.

  • @dominick1lucero
    @dominick1lucero 22 дня назад +4

    He needs a court translator because he doesn’t even know freaking English! That’s a requirement for CDL driving. So many drivers out there can speak one sentence of English.

  • @josephhodges9819
    @josephhodges9819 27 дней назад +39

    His license being downgraded means nothing. His license was valid the day of the crash so most of this clip means nothing. Impairment means different things to different people. Lack of sleep impairs a driver and with blood shot eyes I would suspect that is one of the issues. Too much time without sleep can make you hallucinate.

    • @teaches2010
      @teaches2010 25 дней назад +4

      Exactly. His license was valid at the time of the incident.

    • @user-bi8rv6te7z
      @user-bi8rv6te7z 24 дня назад +1

      @@teaches2010 Doesn't exempt him of criminal charges!

    • @mojogustavo336
      @mojogustavo336 22 дня назад

      Hallucinating from sleep deprivation while driving is so scary

    • @Yosetime
      @Yosetime 21 день назад

      Not hallucinating. Sleeping. This is not the type of deprived sleep scenario that would make one hallucinate. That takes much, much longer to induce and doesn't look like that. The guy was really, really, tired and he should have pulled over. It was still his fault. He should have made better decisions way before this happened. No truck load of 'stuff' is worth sleeping at the wheel. He was so very tired that he went over those rumble strips like he didn't notice them and had just enough consciousness to slightly move over to avoid the first car. And then he was gone.
      They are going to have to look at his logbook, his hours of rest/work, quality of rest and where he rested (did he have a sleeper cab and decent chance at sleep?), and whether or not there were outside influences like a work culture that either normalized this kind of driving while tired or one that threatened his job if he didn't keep going. We just don't know yet why he was so tired. But he definitely fell asleep. Anyone who has been driving long enough and for long distances knows exactly what that looks like and feels like.

    • @JohnSmith-xx9th
      @JohnSmith-xx9th 3 дня назад

      The hallucination comment reminds of that trucker movie back in the late 90s “Black Dog”

  • @clickityclackity75
    @clickityclackity75 27 дней назад +60

    If it expired the day after, it’s irrelevant!

    • @MAXIMUSMINIMALIST
      @MAXIMUSMINIMALIST 25 дней назад +8

      It's mostly irrelevant but not entirely. I've been doing this almost 15 years and nobody civilized whatever let their medical card get that close to expiring.

    • @martyjoseph9507
      @martyjoseph9507 25 дней назад +7

      ​@@MAXIMUSMINIMALISTwhat?!! I do it every two years for the last 38. Once I went in just as they were closing and said I'll be illegal after midnight...

    • @heavenleigh111
      @heavenleigh111 24 дня назад +3

      Yeah I know when every card in my wallet is going to expire, especially the ones that I almost never pull out and look at. Nope never forgotten to get them renewed on time. Not even once in over thirty years of driving a truck. Not even the time I was checked by the DOT with less than 2 weeks left until it expired and he didn't mention to me it either. HAHAHA y'all are some special people if you've never forgotten to get your DOT physical on time. I guess you've never forgotten your car's inspection sticker or tags either? Never forgot to pay a bill? Wow I'm impressed with your memory then

    • @jdrancho1864
      @jdrancho1864 23 дня назад +2

      @@heavenleigh111 CalDMV sends out reminder letters weeks before the physical expires. Also my employer reminds me. They sure as hades don't want to have the problem of a driver needing to be rescued because he got shut down because of an expired -physical.
      Keeping your job credentials updated is just part of being a professional.

    • @AccountInactive
      @AccountInactive 21 день назад

      ​@@MAXIMUSMINIMALISTbullshit. Life happens. I renewed mine last year 2 days before expiration.

  • @IrishBlueBear
    @IrishBlueBear 22 дня назад +4

    It's obvious that was intentional.. he swerved to miss the car then steered into the bikers...

  • @williamweiss6128
    @williamweiss6128 25 дней назад +2

    More than just this guy driving with medical issues among us. Be careful out there.

  • @danor6812
    @danor6812 27 дней назад +218

    I drive truck. Yeah the wind can push you into the oncoming lanes is you're not paying attention and counter steering right away. Driving a big truck in high winds is not fun. The next morning you do feel it in your arms. But he should of had control of that truck. The only way the wind will blow a truck across lanes like that is if he was empty. Loaded he will feel it push him but won't be strong enough to push him that much for that long. His medical expiring the day after has nothing to do with his driving that day. If it was legal that day, then he was driving legally. People may not like this comment. But if you watch, he needs a translator in court. We have too many foreign drivers on the roads that don't care about other people. because where they came from. Nobody cares about other people.

    • @burchified
      @burchified 27 дней назад +39

      speaking english is a requirement for a CDL in all 50 states. i report drivers to the fmcsa constantly at work because of their failure to read simple signs.

    • @Shadow_Banned_Conservative
      @Shadow_Banned_Conservative 27 дней назад +14

      The thing I'm wondering about is why he didn't submit his medical. They mentioned that he only had his prescribed medications in his system. Were his prescribed meds the reason he couldn't submit his medical paperwork to keep his license?

    • @SlickArmor
      @SlickArmor 27 дней назад +1

      ​@@Shadow_Banned_Conservativehe was prescribed Ritalin or something stronger. 😅😅

    • @christinamcdaniel5071
      @christinamcdaniel5071 27 дней назад +6

      💯 I drive a truck out of Noth Dakota. The wind is h3ll there. If empty with 55+ mph, DO NOT drive. It's basic common sense. The Fed regs need to be enforced. It well stop a lot of accidents like this.

    • @SlickArmor
      @SlickArmor 27 дней назад +11

      @@christinamcdaniel5071 This was 💯 not wind related.

  • @kylefinken2372
    @kylefinken2372 27 дней назад +16

    Wind won't keep you steady in the opposite travel lane for that long there's no sign he tried to get back in his lane.

  • @joshprestigiacamo7551
    @joshprestigiacamo7551 25 дней назад +2

    He did that on purpose. He should be charged with 3 count's of murder.

  • @MurakamiTenshi
    @MurakamiTenshi 22 дня назад +3

    He can't even speak english, how was he still allowed to drive? Even being on prescribed meds can make you impaired. justice for the deceased...

  • @eutha6
    @eutha6 27 дней назад +51

    falling asleep is what it looks like to me-

    • @SPVBaseball
      @SPVBaseball 27 дней назад +1

      He was making the curves. If he was asleep, he would have driven straight through the covers instead of going with them.

    • @bjorn1583
      @bjorn1583 23 дня назад

      @@SPVBaseball falling asleep and being asleep are 2 different things

    • @SPVBaseball
      @SPVBaseball 20 дней назад

      @@bjorn1583 You being moronic or stupid is the same thing.

  • @user-gt8hc2bp4v
    @user-gt8hc2bp4v 27 дней назад +238

    He needs like 30 years in prison

    • @donnieray9447
      @donnieray9447 27 дней назад +5

      Oh yea definitely

    • @Gregknows-uj8gg
      @Gregknows-uj8gg 27 дней назад +2

      ​@@TruckingTendenciesthere have been cases of truckers choosing too gamble in the casinos rather then sleep and still trying too make their appointments.

    • @Iamkitkatbar
      @Iamkitkatbar 27 дней назад +26

      30 per person

    • @mammothammo7357
      @mammothammo7357 26 дней назад +15

      Life in prison!

    • @kanakafarian
      @kanakafarian 26 дней назад +9

      Life!!

  • @BaphoMedia
    @BaphoMedia 26 дней назад +3

    Man. No more American truck driver. Come here and drive and get your green card !

  • @NotchNate
    @NotchNate 26 дней назад +4

    This guy was nodding off, I work for a distribution center that uses these low ball outfits that hire immigrants to run cheap freight and they’re all like this. They can’t drive, the backing is terrible, they have no regard for anyone but themselves. Just take a look at the guy in the video, he demeanor shows he could care less that he just killed 3 people.

  • @xkcarso01x
    @xkcarso01x 27 дней назад +22

    Why does he need a translator?!?

    • @richfranks9161
      @richfranks9161 27 дней назад

      Because he’s a Biden fan.

    • @MAXIMUSMINIMALIST
      @MAXIMUSMINIMALIST 25 дней назад +9

      Democrats

    • @jdrancho1864
      @jdrancho1864 23 дня назад +3

      'Cause English is not his primary language, so a court will provide him with one. Standard procedure.

    • @jdwilk5023
      @jdwilk5023 22 дня назад +5

      @@jdrancho1864 How did he get a license? How is he reading directions and road signs? He should never be driving.

    • @Yosetime
      @Yosetime 21 день назад

      Don't even go there. Do you need a translator? You seem confused.

  • @Sdukes001
    @Sdukes001 27 дней назад +22

    Bull$h!t the wind had nothing to do with it just bad driving. He was either not paying attention or falling asleep.

  • @reyray7184
    @reyray7184 26 дней назад +61

    Won't say that he's black or a foreigner? That's not reporting.

    • @humanitiestheproblem
      @humanitiestheproblem 24 дня назад +7

      I take it you didnt watch the whole thing? Right to the comments huh.
      It showed the guy goofy 😂

    • @reyray7184
      @reyray7184 24 дня назад

      @@humanitiestheproblem I did watch the whole thing and they showed the guy but did not mention that he's a foreigner or that's he's black. Had he been white it would have been all they could talk about but yeah go ahead and try to act like there's not an anti white agenda happening around the world. Want to see goofy? Go look in a mirror ydmf.

    • @villagewolf8871
      @villagewolf8871 23 дня назад

      @@humanitiestheproblem See the funny thing is if it'd been a white guy, the news would've made sure to say that at LEAST five times. ESPECIALLY if there was a black victim. Then they'd be selling the whole story on that point.

    • @stevejump9630
      @stevejump9630 22 дня назад +1

      I agree

    • @karlepaul6632
      @karlepaul6632 21 день назад +6

      I'd get the foreigner thing...but what would his being black have to do with anything though?

  • @YanesVids
    @YanesVids 19 дней назад +1

    He wasn’t wearing his good luck flip flops that day 😂😂😂😂😂. ONLY REAL TRUCKERS WILL UNDERSTAND 😂😂😂😂😂😢😢

  • @MegaFreightshaker
    @MegaFreightshaker 27 дней назад +51

    Thats not wind that caused that crash. He slowly crossed two sets of rumble strips, corrects briefly to miss a car then proceeds back into oncoming traffic and hits the bikers. If it wasn't medical,DUI, it was probably deliberate.

    • @StonerKitchen
      @StonerKitchen 27 дней назад +6

      Or most likely dozing off

    • @MegaFreightshaker
      @MegaFreightshaker 27 дней назад +7

      @@StonerKitchen I personally don’t think he was dozing off. This looks like something else.

    • @muckle8
      @muckle8 27 дней назад +6

      @MegaFreightshaker something else definately I’d say . Demons in that freaks head .

    • @jonathantaylor6926
      @jonathantaylor6926 27 дней назад +1

      @@StonerKitchen "Im about to kill people and spend the rest of my life in jail" usually wakes people up real quick.

  • @williamzander9708
    @williamzander9708 27 дней назад +61

    He had prescribed medication in his system he’s from Africa so he will skip out he needs a translator.Mega carrier hire cheap help they don’t care .

    • @AxelZara
      @AxelZara 27 дней назад +23

      And since he is from Africa, he will get a get-out-jail free card.

    • @justinphillip5868
      @justinphillip5868 27 дней назад

      My company hired a lot of Africans from overseas. I believe they are getting paid really cheap too. Cheap A** company really don't care.

    • @blaingunter
      @blaingunter 25 дней назад +2

      Any idea who this mega carrier is that basically committed murder and treason by hiring him?

    • @williamzander9708
      @williamzander9708 25 дней назад

      @@blaingunter they said he was from Detroit so it might have been a company out Wisconsin I bet . They had cameras in there trucks so it was a mega carrier with high insurance rates . This guy should of never been behind the wheel . If you would of been in the sleeper they would have that on your driving record to . He’s in the left lane and still crossed over . He had no experience.

    • @jdrancho1864
      @jdrancho1864 23 дня назад

      @@blaingunter How so?? If he has a license, a medical card, and a clean driving record there is no reason a carrier, big or small, would not hire him. He's met all the requirements.

  • @jasonviola1880
    @jasonviola1880 23 дня назад +3

    It was the wind!? The lawyer should do time for that.

  • @nasimwehbe8410
    @nasimwehbe8410 26 дней назад +2

    Wind my behind!! Im a truck driver and I've been through Wyoming and other places with some crazy wind. You slow down and get off the highway asap! He was either falling asleep or those meds he was on had him impared. Lock him up. My thoughts and prayers to the ones who lost their lives and the families. My deepest condolences.

  • @L.Ron.Hoyabembe
    @L.Ron.Hoyabembe 27 дней назад +20

    He didn't feel and hear the rumble strips?

  • @nuclearbum9858
    @nuclearbum9858 27 дней назад +32

    Dude was dozing off ...if it was wind you slow down and find your lane quickly

  • @jebby16
    @jebby16 22 дня назад +2

    Falling asleep? Nah, he dodged a truck returning back toward his lane.

  • @Steve-dy1wf
    @Steve-dy1wf 25 дней назад +1

    I can’t smoke a joint on my couch on my time off but I could load up on prescriptions, drink a 12 pack of beer, and report to my truck driving job first thing in the morning.

  • @Lee-tt2yb
    @Lee-tt2yb 27 дней назад +18

    No mention of what prescribed medication he was on.

  • @shawnhuff3920
    @shawnhuff3920 27 дней назад +13

    I'm a truck driver from Utah i go to Texas and back every week this driver fell asleep 😴 at the wheel he was up probably over 14 hours without sleep 😊

  • @Iberny3
    @Iberny3 22 дня назад +2

    This is like that Colorado immigrant, didn’t speak English. Missed like 4 exit ramps and killed 4 people.
    Got 100 years and then reduced to 10.

  • @BroiledSourGrapes
    @BroiledSourGrapes 22 дня назад +3

    The driver also can't read or write in English, and can't speak/understand the English language. It's a requirement for all CDL licenses to be able to read and write in English. Someone at the DMV needs charged.

  • @rvelrv
    @rvelrv 27 дней назад +36

    So sad of what happened to those riders. I’m a truck driver myself, I’ve been driving a big rig for about 21 years and man have I seen it all. You have truck drivers watching movies while driving, putting their left foot on top of the dashboard getting too relaxed. If you’re falling asleep pullover to a safe haven and Power Nap for at least a half hour.

    • @User-rka_zykx76
      @User-rka_zykx76 27 дней назад +5

      What’s up with these guys who go like 80mph in semi’s? I thought they were governed at 70 or something

    • @NostalgiaHDOS
      @NostalgiaHDOS 27 дней назад +3

      @@User-rka_zykx76depends on the state and who owns the company. Some are governed to 60 and various other speeds. Some trucks don’t even have a governor

    • @kenm4898
      @kenm4898 27 дней назад +1

      ​@@User-rka_zykx76Owner-operators have no governor on the engine whereas employees do.

  • @raccooncity8356
    @raccooncity8356 22 дня назад +1

    One night I was commuting on the freeway. I observed a trucker drifting over the lines then correcting, he did this for miles. As the miles wore on his driving got worse, where he would drift a few feet over the lines and correct himself slowly. I decided I had seen enough. I caught up to him and I stayed behind him and every time he started to drift I would blare my horn. I hit my horn a dozen times. Finally, he realized his mental state and turned on his hazards lights and pulled off to the side of the road. I am positive I saved lives that evening. I've entertained driving truck, read the manual and took prep tests. Trucking is an extremely difficult and dangerous job.

  • @freespeech.7254
    @freespeech.7254 27 дней назад +2

    He must have been high as a kite

  • @moth450
    @moth450 27 дней назад +232

    Migrant, he was born in the congo. Not american.

    • @SparkyTuttle
      @SparkyTuttle 27 дней назад +26

      What does that have to do with it? I mean, it looks like he fell asleep so are you saying Americans never fall asleep behind the wheel? He obviously had his license.

    • @robaxl3088
      @robaxl3088 27 дней назад +68

      @@SparkyTuttleDEI hire duh

    • @freedomrings1420
      @freedomrings1420 27 дней назад +8

      ​@@SparkyTuttleHi NOT SO BRIGHT, how did he manage to stay perfectly normal on a curved road ????

    • @moth450
      @moth450 27 дней назад +25

      @@SparkyTuttle an American would have pulled over and stop driving

    • @feelnrite
      @feelnrite 27 дней назад +8

      He is one of them.

  • @TonicofSonic
    @TonicofSonic 27 дней назад +68

    I knew he was somalian before they even showed him. I see it everywhere everyday with these people.

    • @donaldhausenfluck2200
      @donaldhausenfluck2200 27 дней назад +1

      Don't rat on ur Somalian buddy's

    • @maxblackcat
      @maxblackcat 27 дней назад +13

      I'm sure those people who hired him aren't too pleased with quota/diversity how now.

    • @PLT123
      @PLT123 25 дней назад +1

      100%

    • @HunterShows
      @HunterShows 24 дня назад

      He's not. That's in the video.

    • @Evil-La-Poopa
      @Evil-La-Poopa 24 дня назад +2

      usual suspects love to lead every negative statistic

  • @kevinbarry3548
    @kevinbarry3548 21 день назад +8

    This is what murder looks like. The face of a murderer.

  • @sopascat7
    @sopascat7 22 дня назад +1

    Falling asleep ,or looking at his cellphone. Life in Prison w/No chance of parole…Sympathies to the Bikers families 🙏🙏🙏

  • @Takaride
    @Takaride 27 дней назад +17

    Wind doesn't blow you into the other side of a highway

    • @WrenchS13
      @WrenchS13 26 дней назад +1

      in the case of a semi pulling a trailer.. .yes it does... and can easily flip one on its side

    • @Takaride
      @Takaride 26 дней назад +5

      @WrenchS13 no it doesn't. I've driven CMV's for 20 years with over 3 million miles and the worst thing I've experienced is wind gusts slightly push me into the next lane in which you quickly recover.

    • @MAXIMUSMINIMALIST
      @MAXIMUSMINIMALIST 25 дней назад

      @@Takaride OK I'm not defending this guy in anyway in fact I'm blasting him all over the comment section but you're talking out your ass like Joe Biden 😂😂😂😂. In fact for someone to say they have 3,000,000 miles and that a truck can't be blown into another lane I'm going to call bullshit so bad and I'm going to flat out tell everyone that you're not a truck driver at all that's right you're not a truck driver at all and I can say that because I am a real truck driverand nobody that would even be driving for six months would say something so stupid

    • @onemissinglink
      @onemissinglink 24 дня назад

      ​@@Takaridea quick google search of the santa ana winds blowing across i10 would prove you wrong

  • @MrEricmopar
    @MrEricmopar 27 дней назад +12

    You see semi drivers falling asleep all the time, on hwy 93 between Boulder City, NV and Kingman, AZ.... All the time... You see them going from one shoulder, all the way back to the shoulder on the other side of the road. You call 911 on the cell phone and they refuse to send someone out to intercept them. The dispatchers argue with you, it's unreal.

    • @jdrancho1864
      @jdrancho1864 23 дня назад +2

      That's a fact. I used to run into Phoenix overnight for a year, and it seems there wasn't a week that I didn't pass a truck in the ditch between Quartzsite and PHX.
      The oddest sight was when I was westbound and noticed a semi to my right, sitting upright in the dirt, a couple of yards past the wire fence along the freeway, pointing away from it at a ninety degree angle. Normally, the wrecks I encountered are either upright or laid over parallel to the direction of travel. Not this guy.
      It took me a long time figuring out what might have happened. The best explanation I was able to come up with is like this. The driver most likely was travelling eastbound and dozed off. The out-of-control truck must have veered left, crossed the entire dirt median, both lanes of westbound traffic, plowed thru the low ditch alongside the road, and come to a halt pointing in the direction I found it in.
      Looks like other than needing a change of underwear, no further damage is likely to have occurred.

    • @JamesStreet-tp1vb
      @JamesStreet-tp1vb 21 день назад +1

      Is that on Hwy 93? If so, they're likely dodging those knee deep pot holes. I've never seen a road as bad as that. I figured if I fell asleep at the wheel and the ride got smooth I'd better wake up because I've left the road.

  • @RS-cw3oy
    @RS-cw3oy 23 дня назад +1

    The truck drive should never get out of prison

  • @Cokie907
    @Cokie907 19 дней назад +1

    Same thing happened in Mt. Crawford VA on I-81 in Jan 2020. Trucker fell asleep, drove through the median and wiped out a bunch of people going southbound. It shut down 81 for days. These guys are a developing menace. They keep going no matter ice, snow, fatigue or your rear bumper. Enough is enough.

  • @bones9179
    @bones9179 27 дней назад +12

    DUI doesn’t mean alcohol only, medication impairs your driving ability also.

    • @reubensandwich9249
      @reubensandwich9249 24 дня назад

      In some states if you admit to taking Benedryl, you can be charged with DUI. Any medication that has a machinery warning.

  • @bb9480
    @bb9480 27 дней назад +21

    I've been trucking for 26 years and we have way to many foreigners in the last few years getting into trucking and several of these shady companies are not following any of the rules and regulations for safety

    • @greatwhiteshark4931
      @greatwhiteshark4931 24 дня назад

      The trucking schools also make it really easy to acquire. Just got to memorize a script, that’s about it.

    • @douglasfoster6065
      @douglasfoster6065 17 дней назад

      Pretty sad, huh?

  • @mrdave777
    @mrdave777 25 дней назад +3

    That’s what’s in the industry now. They’d fill those trucks with teenagers if they could.

  • @Pazaroni436
    @Pazaroni436 22 дня назад +1

    If he is a licensed driver in our country why does he need translator. The company that hired him needs to be held accountable for his actions as well 🤦🏼‍♂️

  • @neckarsulme
    @neckarsulme 27 дней назад +163

    another one of sloppy joe's "new comers"?

    • @ColAngus
      @ColAngus 27 дней назад +24

      lol...well he came in thru Michigan so that's the Talibs and the other brother effer...whats her name.

    • @tonycruise
      @tonycruise 27 дней назад +32

      he doesnt even speak english, do you think he was able to pass his exams and study the laws of the road ?

    • @theamerican7080
      @theamerican7080 25 дней назад +16

      Straight from the jungle.

    • @tynao2029
      @tynao2029 24 дня назад

      @@tonycruise Doesn't need to in Joe Blow's Amerika. Just gotta be a replacer to get everything handed to you for free

    • @topher174
      @topher174 22 дня назад +1

      @@ColAngus Barack's technically. SomaliGate is Minnesota.

  • @drummer2089
    @drummer2089 27 дней назад +19

    This dude really said the wind was the reason he was in the opposite lanes going the wrong direction.....for real? That's what youre going with? Wow...

    • @chrisd078
      @chrisd078 26 дней назад

      Rage engagement boosts their advertising revenue. Its on purpose they say things so wrongfully. The best thing to do is block them unfollow and unsubscribe. They won't collect any money.

    • @jdrancho1864
      @jdrancho1864 23 дня назад

      His counsel throwing stuff against the wall to see what sticks. I'm sure you'd want your attorney to do the same, or else you'd fire him/her for not trying hard enough.

  • @josephkowalczyk7459
    @josephkowalczyk7459 25 дней назад +1

    As a trucker: this guy is full of it, he was either not paying attention on the phone or falling asleep.

  • @o7rednight198
    @o7rednight198 21 день назад +1

    Tired+cellphone+truck=disaster

  • @eliasmachic6766
    @eliasmachic6766 27 дней назад +9

    Well I’m a truck driver for 21 years so far and no way the wind push the semi to the other side of the road why he don’t slow down and stop. I think you fell asleep or he was drunk

  • @cintroberts6614
    @cintroberts6614 27 дней назад +22

    He only stayed awaked when it was time to get paid. All about the money, he could care less about the people around him.

    • @ThatOpalGuy
      @ThatOpalGuy 27 дней назад +1

      Hey now, he's not a former president.

    • @IndyV72
      @IndyV72 26 дней назад

      @@ThatOpalGuy This wins the internet today!

    • @MAXIMUSMINIMALIST
      @MAXIMUSMINIMALIST 25 дней назад +3

      @@ThatOpalGuyleave Obama out of this.

  • @TheMilford99
    @TheMilford99 24 дня назад +2

    The other vehicles travelling in the same direction didn`t have any problem staying in lane. Not even swaying, the lowlife is talking sheet.

  • @default_user_id
    @default_user_id 26 дней назад +4

    He fell asleep

  • @ericgould9056
    @ericgould9056 27 дней назад +11

    That location is the top of a steep grade coming out of Laughlin. He couldn’t have been going very fast. Certainly not fast enough for wind to push him sideways.

  • @kennardjohnson7875
    @kennardjohnson7875 27 дней назад +156

    This is what you get with open borders, gust of wind did not do that period.

    • @donaldhausenfluck2200
      @donaldhausenfluck2200 27 дней назад +10

      I guess ur talking about the Canadian border since they all live in Minnesota

    • @secondchance6603
      @secondchance6603 27 дней назад

      @@donaldhausenfluck2200 Correct, not one single person has illegally entered America via the southern border, the images are all fake.

    • @StoneCoolds
      @StoneCoolds 25 дней назад +11

      Aham, cuz you can just cross the border illegally and start driving semis, bro, you vant even get a license let a lon a commercial one and a SSN to get employed lol

    • @adammiller9179
      @adammiller9179 25 дней назад +4

      It's the Democrats, right?

    • @Rm9sbG93ZXJz
      @Rm9sbG93ZXJz 25 дней назад

      @@adammiller9179 nope... its the republicans with their corp greed!

  • @420
    @420 21 день назад +1

    That is so so sad. The motorcyclist group is coming around a bend in the road limiting visibility, while also having a truck and trailer in the lane ahead of them further blocking the visibility of the oncoming wrongway driver. Prayers to their families. 😞

  • @markminer7390
    @markminer7390 26 дней назад +2

    If it was the wind...why didn't he slow down and pull back over to the right? Total B.S.! He continued on the wrong side of the road for far too long with tragic consequences and should be found guilty and do his time.

  • @DavidVanHelden1
    @DavidVanHelden1 27 дней назад +7

    Wind my ass .. He corrected his path of travel to stay between the lines AFTER he was in the lanes of oncoming traffic ...!!!

  • @CrispyTurtl3
    @CrispyTurtl3 27 дней назад +6

    Damn. This is why I hardly ride anymore.

    • @japbike736
      @japbike736 27 дней назад +3

      Remember when you couldn't wait to get up and get on the bike? That feeling has left me and I just do bike nights at the local dealerships. 6 miles round trip 7 times a year. Sad.....

    • @BruhMoment-fr4zr
      @BruhMoment-fr4zr 24 дня назад +3

      I sold my bike last year after almost getting t-boned through a red light by some Zoomer on her phone. Honestly in the last 5 years it feels like drivers have become worse, everyone is distracted or zoned out. I just can’t do it anymore.

  • @bobtepedino5661
    @bobtepedino5661 22 дня назад +2

    1:28 - 1:30 He is from The Congo, doesn't understand English (he needed an interpreter in court), his license was not up-to-date, he had "unsatisfactory" results to a field sobriety test and had prescription medication in his system. Being able to speak English, keep a valid license and stay sober when commercially driving in the USA seem reasonable requirements...

  • @Comrade1212
    @Comrade1212 22 дня назад +2

    He steared into the oncoming lanes. It was obvious.

  • @jimmyjimjims7483
    @jimmyjimjims7483 27 дней назад +30

    Not only does he not have the ability to safely operate a truck, Claude Rafiki also appears to not have the ability to close his mouth, its literally just hanging open waiting for flies every time the camera pans to him

    • @masonite1973
      @masonite1973 27 дней назад +15

      Yeah apparently they will give a CDL to any mouth breather with a pulse these days

    • @L.Ron.Hoyabembe
      @L.Ron.Hoyabembe 27 дней назад +17

      It's an evolutionary trait in order to catch flies.

    • @tyronetrump1612
      @tyronetrump1612 27 дней назад +5

      It's what they do in africa to collect flies for food

  • @valerierodger
    @valerierodger 27 дней назад +21

    *Riders take note:* it wasn’t the first two bikes that got hit, it was the second and third. The first bike - the one with the least amount of time to react - easily avoided the truck.
    The second rider did not have sufficient collision avoidance skills. He reacted in time, but his reactions were completely ineffective. You can see the front of the bike wobble as he likely locked up the front brake, and you can see his right foot go down - and in the same amount of time that the lead rider was able to get well out of the path of the truck, the second rider didn’t even change his lane positioning, still being slightly to the right of centre of the lane when the truck hit him.
    As for the third rider, they didn’t seem to react at all. Not paying attention? Or frozen in fear and unsure how to react? Impossible to say.
    I’m not pointing these things out to be critical of those who were killed, I’m pointing them out in the hope that it might save a life.
    If it’s been a long time since you’ve practised collision avoidance for your skills test, or if you don’t actually have your motorcycle license, find yourself an empty parking lot and practice the skills that can save your life. When you’re on the road, never let your guard down, never let yourself get distracted. Don’t ride if you are exhausted or impaired. Ride to live.
    (if it isn’t clear to anyone that it was the third bike and not the first that got hit, take a careful look at the truck’s mirror - you can see the first bike stays well away from the side of the truck and the third bike goes into the side of the truck).

    • @user-xw4hn7lb3x
      @user-xw4hn7lb3x 27 дней назад +6

      Every time I ride, I do a few counter steering crash avoidance drills. I will dodge shadows, tar snakes, rocks, anything on the road that I can use as reference for a hazard. Works really well and keeps my skills sharp.

    • @jdrancho1864
      @jdrancho1864 23 дня назад +1

      So true. Just days ago I watched a helmet cam video on Yt with a very similar scenario. A rider was following a car. When that car slowed down and turned off, the rider was too close to it and it was too late for him to notice a vehicle pulling out of a sidestreet right in front of him.
      Clearly, the vehicle's fault (at least most of it). But that is cold comfort for the biker who T-boned it

    • @brwisn4359
      @brwisn4359 20 дней назад

      Maybe it takes guts to turn into the true oncoming traffic lane but this is so true it could have been avoided. Motorcycle safety training repeatedly teaches you to steer, not brake. You have to practice so you can execute instinctively. I practiced each year in a vacant parking lot. Albeit cruisers are harder to maneuver, I bet I could turn my Ninja faster than any sedan I've owned.
      But I almost had a head on the last day of driver training at 15 and I remember freezing for a sec. I just couldn't process what was going on. What saved me was I saw it early and our closing speed was likely less than 40 mph. I even remembered to use my blinker and did a lane check before moving. Then the instructor saw it and swore and I'm glad the car didn't have dual controls as he stomped the floorboard hard.

    • @jpscharged
      @jpscharged 14 дней назад +1

      Comments like this will draw negative attention from the lynch mobbers.

  • @ElberGalarga22
    @ElberGalarga22 21 день назад +3

    All the semi drivers that I’ve come across driving reckless while on the road always appear to be foreigners no lie.. they should not give them CDLs bc they’re used to driving in their country with terrible/dangerous driving habits.

  • @breckenridgelong7692
    @breckenridgelong7692 21 день назад +1

    As a truck driver I'm amazed by the people they push through those schools who can barely even understand English. I probably could have passed the multiple choice written part of the test on my first day without even reading the textbook, it's that easy.

  • @sonnyburnett8725
    @sonnyburnett8725 27 дней назад +105

    He can’t speak English, which part of the southern border did he cross? And if that’s true how is he holding a commercial license.

    • @brassmule
      @brassmule 24 дня назад

      Probably part of some government resettlement program. He's almost certainly from Rwanda and they like to place them in northern cities for some reason.

    • @diannemc3179
      @diannemc3179 24 дня назад +11

      And why did he let his DOT physical get that far out to the last day.

    • @user-qi8rk5jg1x
      @user-qi8rk5jg1x 24 дня назад +23

      Probably a “newcomer” from Haiti or Somali.

    • @scot6089
      @scot6089 24 дня назад +3

      The last name "Rafiki" has multiple possible origins. Here are a few: 1. Swahili Origin: In Swahili, "Rafiki" means "friend." It is a common word used in East Africa and sometimes adopted as a last name. Swahili is a Bantu language spoken by many people in countries like Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda

    • @rickreese5794
      @rickreese5794 24 дня назад +13

      Welcome to America,
      Please leave now….