You can clearly see the middle of the hood of the semi lined up with the turtle before it went over it so the wheels didnt touch the turtle TNDE tortoise near death experience
It was not in middle of road. He was in inside slow lane breaking before he got there. Your never suppose to be going so fast you cant stop and get around person in front ifcyou. What if it was a car problem and a person was stopped?
Lmao, he was getting out to MOVE the turtle. Please think just a little bit before commenting Edit: it is kinda irresponsible but if u guys were driving down the road, your first reaction also brake for the turtle. Even if he did pull over to the side to move it over, people would still swerve and brake for it. (Grey car) Edit2: I dont remember writing this comment, wtf was my thought processing 3 months ago 💀anyways stop replying to me cause i see now 3 months late
@@askpwnsall6747 so what was he gonna do other then that? Just wait until it moves off the road? Also your most creative comeback is using my words against me lol
The first thing I taught my kids when they where learning to drive is not to swerve around animals in the road way as that creates more accidents. But these clowns are stopping on the freeway? I think there is a law stating that you should pull over to the side of the road way for emergencies, not on the roadway. .
U should maintain a safe distance and not tail gate did u teach them this too none of this would have happened if people just maintained a safe distance
Gotta teach them to only swerve when able to because animals actually cause people to die when struck by vehicles, some are very hard hits. Alot of people who hit mooses actually die and the moose lives, tough animals.
@@WannabecopAdamHolenwell with the way the world is getting now, If I had the choice between saving a rabbit or a human being, let's just say 'Ol Peter Cottontail would be safely at home chomping on some carrots.
Cause a driver should maintain proper stopping distance/ they were following to close for speed and probably travelling to fast for conditions. Breaking the speed limit allowed. 😲Hope the turtle didn't get hurt.. always stop for pedestrian's.. people don't think life matters .we need to protect those who are slower than the average cat. God bless your heart.
@@voniasellek9394 ever try to stop a semi truck that weighs 80k lbs ? You can be 10 seconds away from a car at highways speeds and still hit the car if it comes to a stop
It the law, maintain proper following distance, if the vehicle in front of you stops you can stop before hitting the vehicle your following, period...Be safe❤
@@jestonxi2667if he was that big he won't merge back to the left lane that close, and if they're that heavy like you claim, they should be in the right lane anyway.
@@jestonxi2667actually they do, truck drivers are trained to keep a larger following distance exactly for the reason that they are heavier and won’t stop in time. How do you think it would work if it was a person who jumped out in the middle of the road and a car had to brake, and the semi truck plowed through the car and person on the road, is the car that stopped at fault , NO, it the semis fualt for following to closely, especially on a highway like this that isn’t crowded at all, easy to create more distance.
Two things can be true at the same time: 1) don't stop on the freeway for a turtle, 2) every drive SHOULD be aware and maintain a safe following distance to come to a complete stop without accident. The turtle driver is an idiot for stopping, and the rest need to be paying attention.
It costs you 3 seconds to stay a safe distance from car ahead of you 🙄 even if they're braking for a stupid reason, you should always have enough room to stop.
Can’t believe no one pointed out that the grey sedan caused this entire accident by changing lanes out of nowhere. He was in no danger of rear ending the car in front of him. He slowed to a near stop the. Suddenly attempted to sped around the car in front of him, cutting of the trucker.
He was doing a brake and avoid for extra safety of not locking brakes and skidding.. it wasn't no reason but I agree it would've been better to hard stop.. otherwise to swerve into the divider side..
@@anthonyramos9841 when I had a similar situation, I pulled off to the side, waved traffic to slow and chase the frozen scared squirrel off in 5 seconds. Then traffic resumes.
@@baloog8 You lost me at squirrel bro 😂 REALLY?! For a damn squirrel???? You’re insane and i bet all of the people you caused to slow were cussing you out in their cars as they drove by 😂
As unfortunate and heart breaking as it is, just dont stop for animals in the roadway. And dont ever swerve for animals too, thats how you go snaking off the road into a tree
Nope, just dont be too close to the car infront of you. If i see an animal im stopping, if your too close to stop thats in you. The animal is more important than your car is.
@@californiacitizenswatchthe semi would've hit the white car ahead anyway (notice how he still did). You're too focused on the symptoms rather than looking at the root cause of all of this- the idiot who stopped on a highway
It actually does matter and coming to a complete stop for an animal is not just stupid but dangerous and because the truck driver had a dash cam it will save his him.
I agree. I could see in the video everyone was stopping. It’s called looking ahead and keeping safe distance. This guy didn’t do any of that. Just kept speeding. Doesn’t matter why someone is stopped you have to be a defensive driver.
@@brocollibandit504 it’s sad but also equally scary how many people don’t realize that fact. It makes sense now why those same drivers ignore stop signs/red lights but will gladly stop in the middle of a highway where there is no stop sign/red light.
@@sens1fanthe reason for the stop only matters to a certain extent. Sure, in this case you deem stopping to avoid killing a turtle to be an invalid reason to stop, but that fact that valid reasons exist at all means that everyone should be ready to come to a sudden stop. What if it were a kid? That’s a valid reason to stop, but everyone would have been equally unprepared. Sure, the accident could have been avoided if they hadn’t stopped for the turtle, but everyone should have been ready to stop anyways.
As someone who rescuses turtles a lot, NEVER STOP IN THE ROAD!!! no one should have to say this to drivers, but here we are. Pull off to the side and wait for a break in traffic to run out, grab, and go. Never put others in danger like this. The turtle has now likely been run over and killed. Also the grey sedan is very much also at fault for quick lane change, not checking their sides, and no signal.
He wasn't in the middle of the road He was inside the slow lane breaking before he got there, the grey car is the only one in fault. The turtle survived as it went under the truck avoiding the semi truck's tires.
Funny isn't it? How animals didn't invent cars, generally accepted that they aren't smart like people, yet we expect them to know better. Matter of fact it's part of the plan, roadkill. Unless you know it involves a hairless bipedal ape. We're fools in this respect and would gain a great amount of wisdom in realizing this as a species.
@@blondie4512unfortunately big rigs are so heavy that if a car pulls out in front of it at high speed and hits the brakes, they can’t do anything besides watch in horror. This Truck had a good distance behind the car in front of it. Nobody in their right mind would cut in front of a truck at 65 mph and slam the brakes. Have you seen a train hit a car trying to cross the tracks?
@@ayrohn5490 listen I totally understand what you’re saying but that truck wasn’t even trying to slow down when he could see there was some issues up ahead. He just kept his foot on the gas. It is his responsibility to be a defensive driver, and he didn’t even know where the brake pedal was.
You all are missing the white car ahead. Notice the semi hit the silver truck first, and kept rolling into the white car that had slowed down abruptly with little warning for a semi otherwise giving lots of space. An accident was going to happen one way or another, and you all are hell bent on blaming symptoms that all have the same root cause- the idiot who stopped in the first place The point of dealing out blame is so you can mitigate future occurrences. Which will save more lives? Outlaw lane changing, or outlaw stopping on a highway
If you are unable to stop your car at the free space between the one in front of you and your car , you are driving to fast and to close. In my country it is a rather
i feel like it's also a bit of the car that cut to the other lane's fault because even if you turn on the signal, theres a truck behind you so just wait until the truck passes then you go, and never stop on a freeway, thats how accidents occur.
Keep plenty of space between you and cars in front. If a car squeezes in front of you just stay calm and slowly ease yourself down to give the cars in front of you distance away from them. Keep this in mind nest time you are on the road driving. ❤
I say that the car crash was a plan to frame the guy in the black truck, Who may I remind you was the guy trying to help Mr turtle off the road, It was all planned by Mr turtle.
Yeah I mean how hard is it to maintain a safe stopping distance so they can stop in time safely when people stop on the highway?!?! All these people have nobody to blame but themselves.
This makes me so angry and reminds me of that person who stopped for a baby deer on the freeway and caused a motorcyclist, 3 cars and a truck smash into each other.
As a truck driver is very important to keep you eyes up a head at all time maybe the truck driver could've at least had chance to slow down and take the shoulder to the right side
That driver in the Gray ford focus is equally as wrong as the driver of the pickup who got out of their vehicle to save a turtle. The driver in the focus has ABS on that vehicle it's an early 2000 model. It would be better for him just to slam on the brakes and coast to the left onto the shoulder however , the driver decided to cut off I believe it was a semi truck and then continue to slow down Possibly to get a look at what was going on which is called rubber necking. If the driver would have proceeded to stop in his current lane the semi truck would not have to swerve in return causing a major accident
@@FollowingtheCliffNotesI think he meant the car who caused the accident could’ve pulled over and since the highway didn’t seem very crowded he could’ve gotten out of his car that was on the side and gotten the turtle
First off don’t stop in the middle of the road. Second be aware, the driver of the grey car didn’t start breaking for 5 seconds after the car infront started and then didn’t check before swerving infront of a truck rather than going onto the median. Bad driving all round in this video.
i would never drive on america's highways we know that continuous traffic all lanes across is more dangerous than serious speeding. and with the amount of entitled road ragers that hog the left pane is too wide spread
Care about your fellow humans more than you care about animals period. You can go volunteer at a wildlife centre, just don’t do it when you are on a highway!!
@@12alldayeveryday You aren't talking about braking for no reason, you're talking about running people over for no reason. Braking for no reason is when you brake without a reason to brake. Like what you saw in the video.
Well technically it was the gray car that thought it could all of a sudden weave that caused the crash, also I'm pretty sure turtles can cause crashes when hit or run over at high speeds, so I'd say it was a worthy reason to stop
There should be no reason to have to explain to drivers that stopping in a live lane is dangerous. This happened in Quebec a few years ago and it resulted in the driver who stopped being charged with criminal negligence causing death
@@carolkenyon5063U Just Care about The Turtle , But U Don’t Care About The People Who Might Had Injuries During This , I’m Not Saying The Turtle Is Not Worth It , But …
Stopping a loaded truck quickly and safely requires it to be travelling in a roughly straight line. If that car hadn't have pulled out to avoid the one in front, the truck would have been able to slow enough. Once you start having to avoid other cars while braking heavily in a truck, you've got no chance. Anyway, did the turtle live?
The driver in the black truck should never have stopped in the first place. Then the grey car abruptly swerved into the right lane cutting off the semi...And then the trucker made the last mistake of turning into traffic instead of away off to the right hand side off into the grass...all 3 drivers are idiots...the poor semi driver had a split second to react so we should cut him some slack at the very least
No. People not looking ahead and not paying attention led to the accident. You need to be aware of what's going on ahead of you. These folks clearly haven't driven much in big city traffic. This happens all the time. Not for turtles, but for pedestrians, accidents, stop signs, balls rolling out in the street..you name it. That's why you should leave one car length for every ten miles per hour between you and the car in front of you. There was plenty of time for cars to stop, but no one knows what a brake pedal is anymore! If someone is stopped all they want to do is swerve around without having a clue what might be in the road. This could just as easily been a kid in the road.
This almost happened to me when a person swerved for an already dead dog on the highway. I also hate when drivers think it’s a great idea to just swerve into the next lane like there isn’t someone driving. That also happens on city streets when there’s an obstruction in their lane.
What if there was a car accident, you're just supposed to cause more car accidents? The blame is on the people, especially the one with the camera, driving full speed into cars that are obviously at a complete stop.
Ah yes let's stop presumably a loaded semi in less than 100 feet seems about right first hit looks like it was right on steer tire yanking the wheel from the drivers control
The person shouldn't have stopped for the turtle on what looks like an expressway but the accident was largely caused by impatient people carelessly changing lanes and dangerously passing. The driver of the gray car caused most of the problem.
Deceptive video title. The crash was caused by people tailgating and not giving themselves enough room to stop, not by a driver stopping for an animal. All of you people getting mad at the driver for stopping for an animal are immoral people.
@@coreyspies6215 Legally, if a car hits another car in the rear end, the car in the rear is considered "at fault" for the auto accident almost all the time. You are literally wrong.
@coreyspies6215 great description of the situation. Brake checking someone is illegal, and if you have a dash cam and can prove you were brake checked you can win in court but you will still get a following to closely ticket, you just won't always be liable for damages. I know from experience. I rear ended a lady who was an insurance scammer. She waited at a wye at the bottom of hill on an off ramp(i65n in Birmingham AL. Southside exit) pretending to not know which direction she was going.
The only crashed 'Multi' cars, that are referenced in this short's title or captioning is this one car. This car that spun out in the end, Actually, lightly tapped the car that was bringing up the rear. THEN ATTEMPTED TO FLEE. During this attempt of hit and run, it also appears that the car then lightly 'clips' the car in front, before spinning out. Also appears the car goes over some bump, or lump (Oophf) in the road (
That car needs Mrs. Cox's defensive driving class from high school. ALWAYS have a 3 second cusion and plan to bail out! He should have headed to the grass on the right!!!
Doesnt matter if it was a turtle or a child in the highway That unattentive driver braking late and ending up lane switching causing the truck crash lol Glue your eyes on the road
@@everydaydose7779 Mm, but it does matter. One situation is a good reason for abruptly stopping at the head of a long line of traffic at highway speed. The other situation is a bad reason. This is where having a working brain comes into the picture. Without that somebody will do something stupid and create a problem that did not need to be created. You see, the turtle lover was inattentive. He acted without considering the consequences and caused an accident. If the turtle lover had had his wits about him he (and was also actually attentive) he would have seen the turtle with plenty of time to steer around the animal, and give drivers behind a chance to do the same. This is what it really means to be attentive and thoughtful, which is what makes stopping for the turtle as he did a brain dead move. He should have put more thought into his decision.
Nah, its entirely the fault of the grey car. The truck could have been stopped for ANY reason, it just so happened to be a turtle(which if run over at the right angle could cause another accident), but it could have been a car crash, or a lost child, or their car could have completely broken down in the middle of the road. The hazard lights were on, its entirely up to the drivers behind them to navigate around them safely.
Not saying the truck driver is absolved. But the white car slammed on their brakes with plenty of room causing the grey car to swerve. Now if the grey car was paying attention and had swerved to the left, everyone would’ve been fine. But we have 3 geniuses on the road in the video. 3 people at fault.
Quote from the main article: “P.S. The turtle survived and is now living happily ever after in a pond where he will (hopefully) spend the rest of his days avoiding pavement of any kind,” deputies wrote.
People it doesn't have to be a turtle for you to stop. A person or a large deer can be crossing, or a broken down vehicle. It happens all the time in big cities. you are supposed to stop or slow down. the point is people are way too close to people from behind and are not looking far ahead on the road. Also are also inconsiderate of other drivers so they would rather swervs off lane or in another lane because they are wrecklessly speeding. You guys would not survive on busy unpredectible freeway. Where wrecks can stop a bunch of cars in seconds notice. Don't speed and look miles ahead pay attention to the cars breaking ahead of you and always leave enough space for you to urgently brake. You don't know who is in the vehicle ahead of you and beyond there could be children in the vehicles that could be fatally injured because you did not brake in time.
Correction. The driver who stopped in traffic to save a turtle caused the accident. My kids just got their driver license. I warned them about this scenario. You can't stop or slow down in moving traffic for these situations or you will risk your in life and the life of others.
He was wrong for stopping, but all the other drivers are wrong too. Not paying attention, not keeping a safe stopping distance between the car in front of you.
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And the turtle died anyway...
it survived
You can clearly see the middle of the hood of the semi lined up with the turtle before it went over it so the wheels didnt touch the turtle TNDE tortoise near death experience
It survived
@evader5960it actually did but whatever helps you sleep at night 😊
No
Truck owner is like: I LIKE TURTLES 🐢.
delete ts rn
@@AA-xm5zv the turtle survived
@@AA-xm5zvwhy should he delete it?
Lmfaooo
@@Carter_Is_Him cuz ta is not funny😭
Don’t ever stop in the middle of the freeway. If you are going to stop pull to the side of the road
It was not in middle of road. He was in inside slow lane breaking before he got there. Your never suppose to be going so fast you cant stop and get around person in front ifcyou. What if it was a car problem and a person was stopped?
If the gray car didnt swerve to his right this would not have happened
I CANNOT Believe the amount of people that disagree with this. They do not deserve licenses.
Grey car is more responsible here
@@daylehudson6810As you clearly missed out, the grey car cut in front of the truck, which was impossible for him to stop anymore
Mayb driver was gonna record himself saving the turtle and add a sweet melody to his video and upload online for hits
Guaranteed he was going to do that.
Exactly. Look at me everyone. Social media is for insecure attention seeking people. Sad
He became viral anyways but for different reason now, not in his camera though 😂
"sweet melody" 😆🤣😂😹
😂😂😂 spot on
Not only did he stop his car for a turtle but he got out of his vehicle! Darwin of the year award
Lmao, he was getting out to MOVE the turtle. Please think just a little bit before commenting
Edit: it is kinda irresponsible but if u guys were driving down the road, your first reaction also brake for the turtle. Even if he did pull over to the side to move it over, people would still swerve and brake for it. (Grey car)
Edit2: I dont remember writing this comment, wtf was my thought processing 3 months ago 💀anyways stop replying to me cause i see now 3 months late
@green88108 getting out of his car was an idiotic thing to do, no matter what he was doing it for. You should take your own advice.
@@askpwnsall6747 so what was he gonna do other then that? Just wait until it moves off the road? Also your most creative comeback is using my words against me lol
@@green29373 he shouldn't have stopped in the first place
@@green29373totally irresponsible.
The first thing I taught my kids when they where learning to drive is not to swerve around animals in the road way as that creates more accidents. But these clowns are stopping on the freeway? I think there is a law stating that you should pull over to the side of the road way for emergencies, not on the roadway. .
And I think there is a law that allows me to turn your kids into roadkill oh here they are now annnd splat they went
U should maintain a safe distance and not tail gate did u teach them this too none of this would have happened if people just maintained a safe distance
A total lack of situational awareness.
Gotta teach them to only swerve when able to because animals actually cause people to die when struck by vehicles, some are very hard hits. Alot of people who hit mooses actually die and the moose lives, tough animals.
@@WannabecopAdamHolenwell with the way the world is getting now, If I had the choice between saving a rabbit or a human being, let's just say 'Ol Peter Cottontail would be safely at home chomping on some carrots.
I’m sure the judge will side with the turtle
I would.
Cause a driver should maintain proper stopping distance/ they were following to close for speed and probably travelling to fast for conditions. Breaking the speed limit allowed. 😲Hope the turtle didn't get hurt.. always stop for pedestrian's.. people don't think life matters .we need to protect those who are slower than the average cat. God bless your heart.
@@voniasellek9394 ever try to stop a semi truck that weighs 80k lbs ? You can be 10 seconds away from a car at highways speeds and still hit the car if it comes to a stop
@@freda2758 @voniasellek9394 you’re not supposed to stop for wildlife while driving at high speeds and potential drivers behind you
@@jaidanchuquillangui3797 should be the same for people than to
It the law, maintain proper following distance, if the vehicle in front of you stops you can stop before hitting the vehicle your following, period...Be safe❤
yeah 80,000lb trucks dont work that way
Exactly he was too close and not paying attention period and could of went in grass also
@@jestonxi2667if he was that big he won't merge back to the left lane that close, and if they're that heavy like you claim, they should be in the right lane anyway.
Being the only car stopped in the road is not a good example of the law you are trying to put with this video
@@jestonxi2667actually they do, truck drivers are trained to keep a larger following distance exactly for the reason that they are heavier and won’t stop in time. How do you think it would work if it was a person who jumped out in the middle of the road and a car had to brake, and the semi truck plowed through the car and person on the road, is the car that stopped at fault , NO, it the semis fualt for following to closely, especially on a highway like this that isn’t crowded at all, easy to create more distance.
Two things can be true at the same time: 1) don't stop on the freeway for a turtle, 2) every drive SHOULD be aware and maintain a safe following distance to come to a complete stop without accident. The turtle driver is an idiot for stopping, and the rest need to be paying attention.
It costs you 3 seconds to stay a safe distance from car ahead of you 🙄 even if they're braking for a stupid reason, you should always have enough room to stop.
It’s called keeping a safe distance and looking ahead for stopping traffic. I swear people are tunnel vision.
Can’t believe no one pointed out that the grey sedan caused this entire accident by changing lanes out of nowhere. He was in no danger of rear ending the car in front of him. He slowed to a near stop the. Suddenly attempted to sped around the car in front of him, cutting of the trucker.
He was doing a brake and avoid for extra safety of not locking brakes and skidding.. it wasn't no reason but I agree it would've been better to hard stop.. otherwise to swerve into the divider side..
Yep pretty much it's their fault they we're not paying attention and not slowing down at time.
Still, nobody should be stopping in the middle of a damn road that probably has the speed limit of 50 by the looks of it
@@anthonyramos9841 when I had a similar situation, I pulled off to the side, waved traffic to slow and chase the frozen scared squirrel off in 5 seconds. Then traffic resumes.
@@baloog8 You lost me at squirrel bro 😂 REALLY?! For a damn squirrel???? You’re insane and i bet all of the people you caused to slow were cussing you out in their cars as they drove by 😂
The turtle caused nothing
The video: am I a joke to you?
Agreed. A lack of attention while deiving caused this problem...
The turtle is liable for all the damages that happened
@@juanitoganir17his hearing in turtle court is next July
True
The turtle survived. I googled this accident.
Thanks 😊
Good
Worth it
That good to hear😊
Good! Then it was worth it.
As unfortunate and heart breaking as it is, just dont stop for animals in the roadway. And dont ever swerve for animals too, thats how you go snaking off the road into a tree
@@mentalhobo9074 Speed up so they don’t know what hit them.
instructipns clear. Now these damn kids in the road will learn
instructions unclear, i’m facing a death penalty
Or flip
Nope, just dont be too close to the car infront of you.
If i see an animal im stopping, if your too close to stop thats in you. The animal is more important than your car is.
learn to drive 15 seconds down the road and not 3 seconds off the hood
@tripplefives1402
Truck was professional, it was the little Grey car that messed everything up
@@californiacitizenswatchthe semi would've hit the white car ahead anyway (notice how he still did). You're too focused on the symptoms rather than looking at the root cause of all of this- the idiot who stopped on a highway
@alclay8689
No ... I'm focused on that fact NO ONE is taught how to drive properly in America.
@@californiacitizenswatch no it was the freak who stopped his car in middle of a fast lane highway
@jestonxi2667
Doesn't matter who or what. No one is properly trained to drive.
It actually doesn't matter over what he's stopping for, you must keep distance, in this case no one did that
It actually does matter and coming to a complete stop for an animal is not just stupid but dangerous and because the truck driver had a dash cam it will save his him.
I agree. I could see in the video everyone was stopping. It’s called looking ahead and keeping safe distance. This guy didn’t do any of that. Just kept speeding. Doesn’t matter why someone is stopped you have to be a defensive driver.
@@brocollibandit504 it’s sad but also equally scary how many people don’t realize that fact. It makes sense now why those same drivers ignore stop signs/red lights but will gladly stop in the middle of a highway where there is no stop sign/red light.
@@sens1fanthe reason for the stop only matters to a certain extent. Sure, in this case you deem stopping to avoid killing a turtle to be an invalid reason to stop, but that fact that valid reasons exist at all means that everyone should be ready to come to a sudden stop. What if it were a kid? That’s a valid reason to stop, but everyone would have been equally unprepared. Sure, the accident could have been avoided if they hadn’t stopped for the turtle, but everyone should have been ready to stop anyways.
As someone who rescuses turtles a lot, NEVER STOP IN THE ROAD!!! no one should have to say this to drivers, but here we are. Pull off to the side and wait for a break in traffic to run out, grab, and go. Never put others in danger like this. The turtle has now likely been run over and killed. Also the grey sedan is very much also at fault for quick lane change, not checking their sides, and no signal.
He wasn't in the middle of the road He was inside the slow lane breaking before he got there, the grey car is the only one in fault. The turtle survived as it went under the truck avoiding the semi truck's tires.
@@SalvatoreFromNYC The grey car:
Stop the car and risk for a minor crash on the front: ❌
Change lanes without checking and cause a multi-car crash: ✅
So.. just to be clear, this is 100% the grey sedans fault. Too many people don't pay attention. This could have been EASILY avoided.
Only wrong person is the grey car here.
That driver has no situational awareness…
Glad that turtle was okay.
He dead
@@White_16955no it survived it was small and didn’t get run over
Keeping a safe distance between cars could have prevented this as well! If everybody here was a good driver, nothing had to die, even the turtle.
I'm guessing you don't drive often. There are idiots on the road!
Yes depending on location and speed limits
@@take_yo_hoe-_-3757 theres no "depending." Keeping a safe distance between cars is what everybody should do everywhere at any speed limit.
That's impossible
Funny isn't it? How animals didn't invent cars, generally accepted that they aren't smart like people, yet we expect them to know better. Matter of fact it's part of the plan, roadkill. Unless you know it involves a hairless bipedal ape. We're fools in this respect and would gain a great amount of wisdom in realizing this as a species.
The silver car caused the wreck , changing lanes in front of the big rig…then hitting his brakes.
Contributed is a better word
Truck driver could see way ahead issues and did t even try to slow down.
@@blondie4512unfortunately big rigs are so heavy that if a car pulls out in front of it at high speed and hits the brakes, they can’t do anything besides watch in horror. This Truck had a good distance behind the car in front of it. Nobody in their right mind would cut in front of a truck at 65 mph and slam the brakes. Have you seen a train hit a car trying to cross the tracks?
@@ayrohn5490 listen I totally understand what you’re saying but that truck wasn’t even trying to slow down when he could see there was some issues up ahead. He just kept his foot on the gas. It is his responsibility to be a defensive driver, and he didn’t even know where the brake pedal was.
You all are missing the white car ahead. Notice the semi hit the silver truck first, and kept rolling into the white car that had slowed down abruptly with little warning for a semi otherwise giving lots of space.
An accident was going to happen one way or another, and you all are hell bent on blaming symptoms that all have the same root cause- the idiot who stopped in the first place
The point of dealing out blame is so you can mitigate future occurrences. Which will save more lives? Outlaw lane changing, or outlaw stopping on a highway
CBS NEWS, stop blaming the turtle. The turtle did nothing wrong. It was the man of the year award who cause the situation.
It was the idiots following too close actually. Assured Clear Distance, look it up. It's not illegal to stop for animals.
@@faithlessfurry7816it is as it costs lives see waman in Quebec jailed for many years after costing lives stopping for ducks
If you are unable to stop your car at the free space between the one in front of you and your car , you are driving to fast and to close. In my country it is a rather
heavy penalty for driving to close.
i feel like it's also a bit of the car that cut to the other lane's fault because even if you turn on the signal, theres a truck behind you so just wait until the truck passes then you go, and never stop on a freeway, thats how accidents occur.
Wtf, its a turtle not a little kid...
Keep plenty of space between you and cars in front. If a car squeezes in front of you just stay calm and slowly ease yourself down to give the cars in front of you distance away from them.
Keep this in mind nest time you are on the road driving. ❤
Was it a turtle off Mario kart. Missed a power up if it was.
😭😭😂
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The turtle’s family should sue all suspects involved in the incident for emotional damage. Also for the tragic lost of Mr.Turtle
I recommend Mr Crocodile, a good lawyer.
Some one said the turtle lived
@@daylehudson6810 Dun dun dunn!!
I say that the car crash was a plan to frame the guy in the black truck, Who may I remind you was the guy trying to help Mr turtle off the road, It was all planned by Mr turtle.
These foolz putting people's lives at risk!
Yeah I mean how hard is it to maintain a safe stopping distance so they can stop in time safely when people stop on the highway?!?! All these people have nobody to blame but themselves.
Right its not hard to keep a distance where you can stop
@@Toyotacorollaaltis-cn9fd stopping in a hiway is totally foolish for nearly ANY REASON much Less a conscienceless animal!
@calebconklin6547 There's a reason why these people end up in prison so much.
Pets> humans ,i m sorry my instinct is to save the innocent and unprotected if i see you not stopping for a pet you re never stoping home either 😘
This makes me so angry and reminds me of that person who stopped for a baby deer on the freeway and caused a motorcyclist, 3 cars and a truck smash into each other.
Damn
I hope they got prison time, though I know they didn’t.
What if you were on the road instead of that baby deer?? Would you still be complaining?
@@ashishrajora5322that’s a different story.
Not the fault of the deer. The fault of the drivers. It's his road too
As a truck driver is very important to keep you eyes up a head at all time maybe the truck driver could've at least had chance to slow down and take the shoulder to the right side
That driver in the Gray ford focus is equally as wrong as the driver of the pickup who got out of their vehicle to save a turtle. The driver in the focus has ABS on that vehicle it's an early 2000 model. It would be better for him just to slam on the brakes and coast to the left onto the shoulder however , the driver decided to cut off I believe it was a semi truck and then continue to slow down Possibly to get a look at what was going on which is called rubber necking. If the driver would have proceeded to stop in his current lane the semi truck would not have to swerve in return causing a major accident
He had plenty of room to pull over on the side of the road
Exactly
Y’all clearly don’t understand big rigs
Yeah then someone else would’ve flattened the turtle
@@FollowingtheCliffNotesI think he meant the car who caused the accident could’ve pulled over and since the highway didn’t seem very crowded he could’ve gotten out of his car that was on the side and gotten the turtle
But then the turtle would have been killed.
Bro what is the car doing not knowing there’s a truck made him crash
The turtle: *trollface emoji not found*
First off don’t stop in the middle of the road. Second be aware, the driver of the grey car didn’t start breaking for 5 seconds after the car infront started and then didn’t check before swerving infront of a truck rather than going onto the median. Bad driving all round in this video.
i would never drive on america's highways we know that continuous traffic all lanes across is more dangerous than serious speeding.
and with the amount of entitled road ragers that hog the left pane is too wide spread
Blud was probably filming a heartwarming tik tok 💀
Care about your fellow humans more than you care about animals period. You can go volunteer at a wildlife centre, just don’t do it when you are on a highway!!
Too many humans are garbage though.. So idk
Sad to have to say but most animals are much more deserving of care, concern, than a high percentage of people are.
@@diannesquyres4493thats only because you dont care about others
@@coreyspies6215
Try reading my comment again. Please concentrate this time.
Maybe then you will grasp what I was actually saying.
@@diannesquyres4493 *animals deserve more care and concern than most people*
Why did the trucker swerve left in the end?
Maybe the truck jackknifed while braking too hard. Part of it might be trying to avoid the white car too.
That’s why you have to pay attention. Don’t assume people are breaking for no reason!
But he WAS breaking for no reason.
She caused a an accident because of a turtle it was 100000% for no reason and if she doesn’t get legal repercussions I’d be surprised
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@@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 breaking for no reason is when a person walk across the street... Hit them and move on... 🤷♂️🤷♂️
@@12alldayeveryday You aren't talking about braking for no reason, you're talking about running people over for no reason. Braking for no reason is when you brake without a reason to brake. Like what you saw in the video.
Master oogway you shall not cross..
And this is why speeding is dangerous for everyone.
Well technically it was the gray car that thought it could all of a sudden weave that caused the crash, also I'm pretty sure turtles can cause crashes when hit or run over at high speeds, so I'd say it was a worthy reason to stop
No, technically it was the person's fault who stopped to let a turtle cross the highway
It was the gray car also. Both of them were at fault.
Dude in the truck that stopped should be liable for it all
The Ravens watching all this, looks like turtle soup is back on the menu boys.
“Half quoth the Raven nevermore!”
There should be no reason to have to explain to drivers that stopping in a live lane is dangerous. This happened in Quebec a few years ago and it resulted in the driver who stopped being charged with criminal negligence causing death
That is why people need to drive within the speed limit, be alert, and keep a safe distance from the car in front of you.
Turtle lives matter, turtle yells New York accent “I’m walking here”
Hey, Dad? Yeah, I'm okay. But you're never going to guess what just happened.... (as the sound of Cha-Chinggg echoes in the background.)
No, if you actually watch the video the driver that darted over in front of the semi is the driver that caused the accident.
They shouldnt have stopped for the turtle.
Senny , would you have wanted them to stop for you ? I would have wanted them to stop for me. Do unto others as you would want them to do to you.
@@carolkenyon5063you need to go take your medicine Carol because you're talkin crazy now and u sound off..
@@carolkenyon5063this is a turtle not a person😢🤦♂️
@@carolkenyon5063U Just Care about The Turtle , But U Don’t Care About The People Who Might Had Injuries During This , I’m Not Saying The Turtle Is Not Worth It , But …
@waynerichbourg1838 a turtle is a living creature. You racist.
Stopping a loaded truck quickly and safely requires it to be travelling in a roughly straight line. If that car hadn't have pulled out to avoid the one in front, the truck would have been able to slow enough. Once you start having to avoid other cars while braking heavily in a truck, you've got no chance.
Anyway, did the turtle live?
good job of saying it
Guess he should have had a bumper sticker that said "I break for turtles" to warn others.... lol
The driver in the black truck should never have stopped in the first place. Then the grey car abruptly swerved into the right lane cutting off the semi...And then the trucker made the last mistake of turning into traffic instead of away off to the right hand side off into the grass...all 3 drivers are idiots...the poor semi driver had a split second to react so we should cut him some slack at the very least
Ppl like this should get their license revoked.
Yeah, all those idiots following too close should get their licenses revoked.
Truck driver said I’m taking as many as I can with me 😂
Truck driver drove his truck into traffic
Should have drove straight didn’t want a tow out etc
His fault didn’t save it and crashed
I didn’t see any cars crashed. Everyone stopped. Except you who ran off the road like a idiot. AND ALMOST HIT THE TURTTLE! Poor turtle…😢
Yes you need to be able to stop if the car in front of you stops😡ya big what they joke
I mean honestly it's the gray car that's at fault. Though the semi was probably going too fast to
You would think people would know what a brake pedal is or what brake lights warn you of, slow down geez
The turtle didnt cause the crash, that grey car did
😂😂damn you have one smooth brain
No. People not looking ahead and not paying attention led to the accident. You need to be aware of what's going on ahead of you. These folks clearly haven't driven much in big city traffic. This happens all the time. Not for turtles, but for pedestrians, accidents, stop signs, balls rolling out in the street..you name it. That's why you should leave one car length for every ten miles per hour between you and the car in front of you. There was plenty of time for cars to stop, but no one knows what a brake pedal is anymore! If someone is stopped all they want to do is swerve around without having a clue what might be in the road. This could just as easily been a kid in the road.
Truck wasn’t in the wrong. It was the gray car that cut off a semi.
no it was the black truck who stopped for a stupid turtle
@@joetousley8024nope it was the grey car and speeding truck driver. In terms of right of way, turtle was 100% in the clear.
And no @DumbAMATUER it was the Silverado.. always the pickup truck drivers. You must be one of those too of course always biased
@@joetousley8024that is allowed. It doesn’t matter why the black pickup stopped. It could have been for any reason. The reason is irrelevant.
@@xEvan117x the car cut the semi truck off.
All of those vehicles on the left had no reason to be in the left lane.
This almost happened to me when a person swerved for an already dead dog on the highway.
I also hate when drivers think it’s a great idea to just swerve into the next lane like there isn’t someone driving.
That also happens on city streets when there’s an obstruction in their lane.
These are the people who shouldn’t be out in public. Especially shouldn’t be driving.
The turtle be like 👁👄👁
What if there was a car accident, you're just supposed to cause more car accidents? The blame is on the people, especially the one with the camera, driving full speed into cars that are obviously at a complete stop.
You obviously never lost control of a big truck
@@BrownPureealmost like all them years of driving should have payed off
Semis take hundreds of yards to come to a stop when they are at speed.
Ah yes let's stop presumably a loaded semi in less than 100 feet seems about right first hit looks like it was right on steer tire yanking the wheel from the drivers control
@@cabubl2564 you and npip clearly dont drive and shouldnt be allowed too.
The person shouldn't have stopped for the turtle on what looks like an expressway but the accident was largely caused by impatient people carelessly changing lanes and dangerously passing. The driver of the gray car caused most of the problem.
Folĺowing drivers liable for not stopping.
Right 👍 absolutely correct
The two GTA npcs trying to block me from doing a cargo
It's both the guy who stopped his car and that idiot who decided to pull over to the next lane WITHOUT checking to see who's behind them
Everyone else was stopped except for the silver car and the semi. The silver car and the semi are at fault.
@@B345T1N355Official Semis are big. They take alot of time to stop so thats why the did not stop. because he can't.
@@kathyg6976 The semis are professional drivers and they have a higher duty of care in comparison to the average driver.
Turtle: I’m going to live !!!
Truck driver : NOPE
And they all lost in the end + turtle 🐢 lost his life
They said it lived so not sure where people are seeing that it died
No it lived. So it was all worth it.
Turtle hired an attorney and was awarded a million bucks.
Deceptive video title. The crash was caused by people tailgating and not giving themselves enough room to stop, not by a driver stopping for an animal.
All of you people getting mad at the driver for stopping for an animal are immoral people.
The cause:stopping for a turtle. The effect: bad drivers swerving into oncoming lanes
@@coreyspies6215
Legally, if a car hits another car in the rear end, the car in the rear is considered "at fault" for the auto accident almost all the time.
You are literally wrong.
@@nervaproject lol not all the time. You must live in delusionville
@coreyspies6215 great description of the situation. Brake checking someone is illegal, and if you have a dash cam and can prove you were brake checked you can win in court but you will still get a following to closely ticket, you just won't always be liable for damages.
I know from experience. I rear ended a lady who was an insurance scammer. She waited at a wye at the bottom of hill on an off ramp(i65n in Birmingham AL. Southside exit) pretending to not know which direction she was going.
@@fightfanian Stopping for an animal in the road is not the same as brake-checking.
That turtle must be traumatized after the accident
The only crashed 'Multi' cars, that are referenced in this short's title or captioning is this one car. This car that spun out in the end, Actually, lightly tapped the car that was bringing up the rear. THEN ATTEMPTED TO FLEE. During this attempt of hit and run, it also appears that the car then lightly 'clips' the car in front, before spinning out. Also appears the car goes over some bump, or lump (Oophf) in the road (
He didn't have his stopping distance and killed the pedestrian
That car needs Mrs. Cox's defensive driving class from high school. ALWAYS have a 3 second cusion and plan to bail out! He should have headed to the grass on the right!!!
New title. Stupid and emotional driver causes multiple wrecks.
New title heres your kid and splat it goes Thats all folks
@@Toyotacorollaaltis-cn9fdnot talking about a kid talking bout an infant turtle let’s be real you an “animal lover”
@@stevenleemoney40 who said I wasn’t
No wreaks. Two lane road. Not a freway
@@Toyotacorollaaltis-cn9fdif my kid ended up crossing this highway then I failed as a parent
Is this The News Drone Again?
That was a brain dead move. Turtle lover is liable for the whole accident.
Your wife divorced you & now you are a loser who hates nature 😂
Your just heartless.
Florida's people follow to close.
Doesnt matter if it was a turtle or a child in the highway
That unattentive driver braking late and ending up lane switching causing the truck crash lol
Glue your eyes on the road
@@everydaydose7779 Mm, but it does matter. One situation is a good reason for abruptly stopping at the head of a long line of traffic at highway speed. The other situation is a bad reason. This is where having a working brain comes into the picture. Without that somebody will do something stupid and create a problem that did not need to be created.
You see, the turtle lover was inattentive. He acted without considering the consequences and caused an accident. If the turtle lover had had his wits about him he (and was also actually attentive) he would have seen the turtle with plenty of time to steer around the animal, and give drivers behind a chance to do the same.
This is what it really means to be attentive and thoughtful, which is what makes stopping for the turtle as he did a brain dead move. He should have put more thought into his decision.
@@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394also notifications are off I ain't going to see anything you say
Can you imagine explaining this to your car insurance.
people are so stupid putting animals over others
Espically while on a busy road.
Nah, its entirely the fault of the grey car. The truck could have been stopped for ANY reason, it just so happened to be a turtle(which if run over at the right angle could cause another accident), but it could have been a car crash, or a lost child, or their car could have completely broken down in the middle of the road. The hazard lights were on, its entirely up to the drivers behind them to navigate around them safely.
Not saying the truck driver is absolved. But the white car slammed on their brakes with plenty of room causing the grey car to swerve. Now if the grey car was paying attention and had swerved to the left, everyone would’ve been fine. But we have 3 geniuses on the road in the video. 3 people at fault.
Quote from the main article:
“P.S. The turtle survived and is now living happily ever after in a pond where he will (hopefully) spend the rest of his days avoiding pavement of any kind,” deputies wrote.
People it doesn't have to be a turtle for you to stop. A person or a large deer can be crossing, or a broken down vehicle. It happens all the time in big cities. you are supposed to stop or slow down. the point is people are way too close to people from behind and are not looking far ahead on the road. Also are also inconsiderate of other drivers so they would rather swervs off lane or in another lane because they are wrecklessly speeding. You guys would not survive on busy unpredectible freeway. Where wrecks can stop a bunch of cars in seconds notice.
Don't speed and look miles ahead pay attention to the cars breaking ahead of you and always leave enough space for you to urgently brake. You don't know who is in the vehicle ahead of you and beyond there could be children in the vehicles that could be fatally injured because you did not brake in time.
Glad the guy who thought it was okay to put his truck in the middle of traffic likes turtles cause now they all have turtle soup! 🙃🔩⚾️💩
Now everybody’s insurance rates went up and the turtle got ran over by an 18 wheeler😂😂😂😂
Correction. The driver who stopped in traffic to save a turtle caused the accident. My kids just got their driver license. I warned them about this scenario. You can't stop or slow down in moving traffic for these situations or you will risk your in life and the life of others.
But looking deeper, I'm sure you'd agree others did not distance their speed situation enough..
Ahem, that driver didn't cause the incident. It was that DAMN grey car that swerved to the right lane
The turtle: 🗿🍷
Safe breaking distance has left the chat
This is more due to following together closely and slow reaction time. The turtle triggered a sudden stop, bad driving happens created the accidents.
Driver: this will look so good on my PETA virtual board application
Common sense is leaving this world at a record pace.
Btw guys the turtle did end up getting to the other side safely!
God bless all those people. I hope none of them were hurt.
That driver should be held accountable!
Dude's bumper sticker said I Brake For Turtles.
He was wrong for stopping, but all the other drivers are wrong too. Not paying attention, not keeping a safe stopping distance between the car in front of you.