You won't believe what this trucker did after two slower trucks blocked his way for several minutes!! After honking his horn, flashing lights to no avail., this is what he did!!!
The most amazing part is the cars closing in behind them, even though there is clearly a "possible situation"brewing. The intelligent thing would have been to fade back, giving themselves plenty of time and distance to observe/react to a bad event rather than begging to be apart of one. Remember people, it being "the other guy's fault" won't help you if you're killed.
@@drjohnleewilliamsiii I will say as a Cali trucker, fuck LA, and also, fuck (most of) Cali. in general. I'd prefer to drive in every other state but california... I regret being born in it but I'm glad that I was because I know exactly what the traffic conditions are like (90 percent of the time through general observation.)
The best driving advice I ever got was from my drivers ed teacher 35 years ago: When people are driving like this, back off. You do not want to become part of their wreck.
Ella and Rusty, you are both right. I was really hoping our sweet couple was going to actually move over and stop on the right shoulder. Every reason to believe any contact between the three semis could block both lanes. Add 5-6 passenger vehicles.....you've got a multi-car injury pileup. I would have pulled over. Observed the craziness from a safe distance. And re-entered traffic after the kamikaze truckers' pass was completed or pileup was over. That frustrated truck should have called the highway patrol to notify them of that "blocking" action by the 2 semis. He can probably read their license plates from his close distance. Let the HP be the heavy.
I drive a truck and never pass unless I can go significantly faster, in order to pass in good time. And if a truck is passing me that's taking too long, I drop speed and let him pass. It's the darned trucks are almost all governed at the same speed that's causing this problem. However, the truck drivers can use some courtesy to overcome this problem.
You're exactly right unfortunately I see this all the time.Another problem is is a trucker will go to pass me and he's really not going fast enough he Stays next to me for miles and then when he barely gets in front of me he cut me off. So on many occasions I just do the same thing I end up slowing down just to accommodate him so I don't get killed runoff the road.
Exactly! If i'm empty and going the same speed as the guy ahead, I'll pass using the hills where they have no chance of keeping up with me. Assuming traffic isn't keeping me from lane changing. Also, 4 wheelers are a huge problem too. They go really slow. The second they realize they are being passed by a semi they have this genius idea to either ride next to you or speed up so you can't pass. Then they slow down again and try and repeat that cycle. For that reason alone I wish my boss would remove the limiter. Only reason he doesn't is cause fuel costs. I'd love to see how far some 4 wheels are willing to go just to not get passed.
As a fellow driver I just want to say thanks because I'll do the same including if I'm passing on a hill and lose ground to the truck I'm passing. Tying up both lanes for miles just leads to stupid and dangerous situations like this.
@@murtag9571 One time I was pulling a trailer with my pickup and I just did not want to go over the limit. There was a truck that obviously wanted to go faster, but the opportunities to pass on the road we were on were not very long. I got on the radio and told him to pull out to pass at the next opportunity, and I would slow down and let him pass. He did, and I did. He thanked me and we chatted for a while until he was out of range. One other time I was going east on the road that goes to Eugene from Bend. I saw a truck going down the hill (west bound) and he was going very slow. A couple of miles further east there was a truck going west that was going way faster. I called him on the radio and informed him about the slow truck. He thanked me profusely. It was a very curvy part of the road, and it could have been dicey if he was going 50MPH and caught the truck going 10 MPH in the middle of a corner.
The guy in the left lane shouldn't try and pass another truck if they're both governed at the same speed the Swift truck should have backed off so the passing truck on the shoulder could had passed on the left double driving beside another truck is legal however if one doesn't advance the guy on the right supposed to back out of it
Jeff Wang with Swift drivers it’s talking about the best flip flops to buy , to worst bridge they have hit , the most hit and run damage they can do in a truck stop ...🙄🧐
As a professional driver myself, I always bump my cruise control down a few mph when someone is trying to pass me and our speed governors are set close to one another. It doesn't cost me much time and it saves situations like these from happening.
@@drewmichael4014 the couple kept a safe distance and they were trying to pass.... if they were wanting to go slower, I am sure they wouldn't have caught up to the situation. Traffic is bottled because of the truck slowly traveling in the left lane.... don't blame this adorable couple because some big rig driver doesn't understand traffic or is purposely messing.
You are actually the moron if you don't realize the swift driver had no obligation to go any faster while in the slow lane. That other truck on the left should have passed or go out of that lane.
had the shoulder lane ended without warning which they do, that truck wd have been dragged into the ditch then caused a huge crash with all close vehicles; he deserves a dangerous idiot award
@@Lauren-vd4qe its pretty likely the guy passing on the shoulder knows that road and would know whether the shoulder ended. for truck drivers who do this for a living everyday, the roads get pretty familiar and he knows how to control his rig
Swift Trucks are Governed at 61 MPH. Those two Swift Trucks had NO BUSINESS blocking the Interstate. The Speed Limit is CLEARLY Marked at 75 MPH. The SWIFT truck in the Left Lane had NO Business being there.
Terry Waters at the time this video was made, they were governed at LESS than 65. Swift company trucks were governed at 60 mph on the pedal and 62 mph on cruise control. cdllife.com/2017/swift-transportation-increase-cruise-speed-65-mph/
A company called Lee Way used to recruit heavier than just about anyone today, they would send out bus tickets to come to one of their terminals & "Learn how to become an OTR driver." I think that "Attitude"....Respect for others & an acknowledgement of courtesy towards what experience brings to the table is what's missing. I see the lack in so very many crafts from young people today.
Mergrew 01 that's to be expected. Most of the swift retards that haul some of our freight either have no teeth & have not showered in a few weeks or they barely speak english. Any company who hires shitbirds like that is going to have a crappy reputation.
So true😬 auto drivers don’t have a concept of how long it takes to stop one of those Big rigs. If they lose it & tip the 🤬is going to come flying right through your windshield☄️💥🔥
“Give him the thumbs up” “Give him the thumbs down” They are so sweet and cute. Their display of “road rage/aggression” is nothing like in Hampton Roads (where someone will curse you out, follow you home, and attempt to swerve you off the road) lol
ItsABriMoment Girl, yesssssss honey....I was stationed in that area and had to go to anger management 3 different times foolin' with folk! I'm that one that would follow a person home cuz they wanna play games with actual CARS🤣😂🙌🏾
I have seen this behavior on I70 through Ohio all the time. Two trucks side by side for mile upon mile and neither giving up. Now I drove 80 just the other week and everyone was courteous. Trucks passed when they needed and no one got trapped in like this video. It was actually pretty surreal.
Oh man! I LOVED the couple who were narrating! They are the salt of this earth! Both so sweet and genuine 🏆 “Give him the thumbs down when we go by” (🤣one of many gems throughout)! With SO much road rage, meanness and deliberate cruelty on the roads nowadays, it was quite refreshing to see the exact opposite in this couple🥇 Bravo folks👏🏼 😘
No joke! Ignorant people don't understand that the driver that passed on the right put everyone on camera in real danger and was totally in the wrong. Self absorbed people like you don't understand that until there's a fatality. You two people in the car deserve a "thumbs down"!
I would have loved the hear the CB traffic. The lady says these truckers behind us are probably wondering what is going on. No lady, I’ll bet you hard money that someone was egging him on... Not thinking the idiot would actually do it!
Nothing more aggravating than a rolling road block bunching up traffic. No common courtesy on the road anymore. The safety gurus create near as many unsafe conditions as they claim to fix. Many states gave got away from split truck and car speed limits finding it unsafe ,while companies like this have governed down their trucks and states have raised interstate speed limits. 29 years on the road and have always felt to slow is just as dangerous as to fast.
Charles Vickers I drive a slow truck but agree 100 percent. The law should step in and overpower these insurance companies that coerce companies to limit their trucks.
As a driver with a governed truck I see this all the time out here. And yes they will try to pass me going one mile an hour faster and hold up traffic for miles. I kick it back and let them pass me for why cause a backup over some stupid driver not caring on anybody else but themselves. But these new breeds of drivers out here could care less on anybody but themselves and this is what you get out here. No common sense.
That's not always true. My truck is governed at 68 mph and with the increase in the top speed for Swift and all the various companies I find it hard to pass these guys now because they are loaded heavy and slow down to 45 mph or slower on a upward grade while me and my fully loaded Peterbilt can do 68 on that same grade. Yet when I start to pass the truck for going so damn slow some owner operator/ungoverned mother fucker comes speeding at 100 mph and gets 3 inches from my rear as I'm quickly passing the Swift truck. Apparently taking five seconds to pass a Swift truck uphill is way too long a wait for of you other drivers out there and it pisses me off. WE'RE ON THE CLOCK TOO.
Driver you’re better than me I got tired of always having to slow down so people can pass me. That doesn’t make me any money. So I quit per mile jobs and only work hourly jobs. Oh life is so much better!
JUST LET THEM BY IF THEYRE GOING 1 MILE FASTER, ITS NOT LIKE YOUR GOING TO GET A BUNCH OF TRUCKS CATCHING UP TO YOU AT 1 MILE FASTER, UNLESS YOURE AN IDIOT YOURSELF THAT KEEPS CHANGING SPEED.
ppl keep commenting about the truck on the left holding out the traffic but in most cases is the vehicle on the right that causes this mess. ppl have no idea how many slow trucks/cars would do 50 on the right and when somebody trying to pass they would accelerate and boxed out the vehicle on the left.
That's also a valid point. The moron in the left lane would get the blame by default, but sometimes it's those idiots on the right playing games. Never understood WHY THE FUCK!!!!
I am a UK trucker and I see this a lot where there are only two lanes ....if truck is trying to overtake me I slow down and let it pass .....and not create a rolling road block.
Charles Rochfort same here. Got 2.5 million long haul miles in the States. If someone has a right to get by I.e lighter load or a bit faster govern then just let em by.
Charles Rochfort I do same but the Swift truck on right probably not even looking at his surrounding or back mirrors to see all the traffic behind them
I did this today. Im not a truck driver, but I saw 2 truckers next to eachother. The one in the right lane didnt want to let the other trucker pass by. So I got infront of the trucker with my car on the right lane and forced him to slow down so the other trucker could finally pass by. The other trucker gave me a thumbs up. Im just like, youre all co workers, just respect eachother and let each other pass by. Sorry for bad english I try my best.
technically it was both lanes, had any truck lost control the one on the left was gonna do as well. Only somewhat smart guys were cammers, but not so much to take even more distance. Then once the right swift backs off they stayed in a bad spot as the left swift went on to pincer the angry trucker along a lane, so now they had to get the f away from 3 truck lenghts of road
BT's are boss mm's lick my balls oh believe me, I paid union dues for the better part of 40 years. When it comes to working for a living, the only thing worse than union corruption is someone that thinks that reality absolves their scab guilt.
At least he wasn't JUST thinking of himself...He slowed the right lane down so traffic could get around...Very noble of him...You don't find many thoughtful truckers nowadays...They used to be the first to help...They've become more selfish like everyone else!!
@@tchevrier I came up with that idea through the fact that he got in front of the truck in the right lane and and slowed him down.. causing him to put on his brakes.. The truck in the left lane went on ahead and got in front of the trucker in question....and the cars sped on by...If he was JUST in a hurry.. he wouldn't have let the left lane truck in front of him...but would have kept on truckin' ...:)
@@Ms.tur.E. Yeah but unfortunately he wasn't thinking about how dangerous it was to pass on the shoulder, or how dangerous it was to tailgate a semi while driving a semi, or how dangerous it was to pull in front of a semi so closely and force him to hit his breaks. We've all seen how dangerous it is to break check a semi. He should have know that. Seriously, can you imagine what would have happened if he put a wheel in the ditch during that pass, or contacted the other semi. That could have been one nasty pile-up with a lot of dead bodies. Yeah, he probably was thinking, but its pretty clear he wasn't thinking it through completely. He had other options available. Flash headlights, get on the CB, call the Swift dispatcher, call the police, or.... And this is a big OR. Chill out and relax. the 5 minutes saved in travel time could spare lives.
@@tchevrier True on the dangerous....I thought the same thing...passing on the right is illegal here.. but if his wheel had gone off... It could have been disastrous... I don't know what options they have OR which ones that were used before he went around.....Seems like the two swift trucks could have communicated with each other and brought an end to the road block..
Heavier Traffic and few drivers return the courtesies, or even NOTICE that someone WAS going out of their way to be courteous. The Pros are tired after fighting traffic all day and night for a week at a time.
You know, Im a trucker out of Ontario Canada. I see this shit happen everyday. Two trucks side by side with speed limiters fighting it out. I've seen cars do What the truck did on the shoulder but thats the first time I see a trucker do it. I was just praying He would make it and not get into an accident. That was very dangerous but He did get his point across, which is the same thing cars are saying. If you cant pass quickly, dont pass at all. Both Swifts are at fault here. The one on the left for even trying to pass and the one on the right for not slowing down a bit to let a coworker pass him more quickly. This is What speed limiters will do across all the USA If they become mandatory. Add ELogs and all hell will break loose. Ah the joys of Trucking today.
I think most larger companies have limiters. With smaller companies it's random. When they buy used trucks they usually don't bother taking the limiter off. I worked for a small company (10 trucks) and most trucks had random limiters. One was 63 (Volvo sleeper), other 73 (International daycab), two others (Volvo and International) were 67. Some had no limiter. Mine (Volvo sleeper) was 65 until they swapped the transmission out, then it had no limiter.
This would NEVER happen to me, a Chevron tanker driver, where our trucks were governed to 56 mph. Sometimes you'd get lucky and get a speedster (57mph).
Yeah what happens is even if the truck trying to pass realizes he's gotta give it up, the cars fill everything in both lanes behind him and give him nowhere to retreat to if he decides to forget about it. He can slow and drop back, but they won't get out of his way and let him over....they'll just keep running around him on his right....
The Swift on the right. Those trucks have governors on them, both Swift drivers knew how fast they could go and did that anyway. All he had to do was let off a little for a few seconds but he didn't bother.
Don't matter whether the other driver should know better or not. I drove a Kenworth t-800 with the cat turned up to 600hp and the governor at 80mph, and it'd do every bit of it fully loaded. If I found myself with some company truck pacing me in the left lane, I let off and let him on by. Cause the cars behind me and him sure wouldn't let him back over. He'd be stuck out there for miles if he let off.
I did something similar in Arkansas several years ago. I had just started an 1,100 mile drive home, and these two idiots in cars decided to block the interstate, driving side by side. I, along with an increasing line of drivers were trapped behind them, and no-one else would do anything. I worked my way to the front of the line, and when we came upon an entrance ramp, I used the acceleration lane to pass the idiot on the right, darted back in front of him and braked hard. The idiot on the left went by, and the entire line of cars weaved through the gap, most giving me a thumbs up as they passed.🤣 That whole line of cars then let me go right on by as I caught up with them. 👍 I was the hero that day. 😎
This is a true story, i know you will laugh. So one day I'm coming up I-65 going north out of Indy and there was a blockage just like this. For about 10 minutes nobody could get past 2 vehicles side by side holding up both lanes going 60 in a 70. So i weave my way through everyone and i finally get up there and it's not 2 trucks, its 2 older shuttle vans with stuff written allover the sides, i get closer and i kid you not! It says, "midget wrestlers from Houston" allover both vans! I died laughing, but neither one of them would move, they were swerving and acting up! So the next chance i got a clear shot, i passed them on the shoulder and yes i know better than that, but it had to be done. I didn't slow either of them down, i just kept it hammered and never saw any of them again on my way to Chicago.
l'm in Canada, l've never seen trucks block the road that way. l've mostly observed truck drivers to be very courteous. l would give a huge thumbs up to the guy who went on the shoulder -- from a safe distance back! Love that he slowed the one truck down tho l know it was the one in the left lane who mostly deserved it. Much love for all the drivers who bring food and other essentials to southern Ontario!!
You are wrong on both counts. Truck on right should have let outside truck go around and the truck who passed on the shoulder is a total idiot and should have been arrested and not allowed to drive commercial vehicles ever again. I have over 18 years and 3 million miles driving a semi truck.
@@pn1457 you totally do not get what I was saying. The guy in the left lane need to put on enough speed to pass the regular Lane which is the right. I was complimenting the guy who managed to get by by doing something unconventional on the shoulder. Although not the safest maneuver! Anyway all trucks were not behaving very responsibly.
@@TraceyMush you made perfect sense. Truck in left lane had zero situational awareness, that's being considerate to not accuse them of deliberately blocking the road for everybody. left lane is for PASSING. for fun, do the math on JackHole pn1457, 7.7 hours a day driving, 7 days a week, 30 days a month, non stop for 18 YEARS to get 3 million. invalidates their "profeshunull opinion" what a JOKE. peace.
Hell yeah! These things happens SO many times. I'm a trucker myself and my company locks our trucks at 60 mph. Whenever I see another trucker trying to pass me and theres a bunch of cars waiting behind i just drop the cruise and let the fellow trucker pass so it can clear the cars behind. But these idiotic situation is always made by the stubborn idiots who think theyre faster and ending up in a sort of "turtle racing" with the people behind stucked and loosing patience. #roadisforeverybody #turtleracing #southpirate
@@gchesterton Well its simply common sense. Clearly this situation in this video was all about the right driver not wanting to be passed by. He clearly wasn't on cruise control then once he notice he was about to be passed by his "rooster" mode kicked in and usually thats why the turtle racing starts. When someone gets on the highway its usually the courtesy to switch lane just to give him space to merge in (if there's no one on the left lane in order to do that) but that wasn't the case here. It doesn't slow you down on the long run just to drop a lil for 10-15 seconds and on the long run it creates much less traffic behind and less accident. #sharetheroad
Patrick Erikson Charette Yup. Totally get all that. All 3 of those drivers were at fault for different reasons. The passing Swift truck probably had a few extra mph over the other swift when he started his passing move 3 states earlier LOL. Then the swift in the rh lane woke up and decided he was going to leave his company mate hanging out in the breeze in the left lane to make him look bad. Now the passing driver looks like he’s camping out in the passing lane when that’s no what happened at all.
@@gchesterton on top of it there's a law in Ontario (I don't know if they applied same in USA but I know it's not everywhere in Canada) that if you stall on left lane you get pulled over for stalling traffic. In this case the one on the right should be pulled over LOL only thing matter is which one of the 3 states gets the ticket 😂😂
And by the way, they’re company traffic. Why don’t they just get on frequency, have a quick agreement, and execute? It’s called a radio. If the slow guy doesn’t agree to back off a few knots then the passer shouldn’t attempt the pass. Simple as that.
HAHAHA I once did the exact same thing with my truck! Only that the slow guy was a sedan that kept speeding up whenever the truck behind was trying to overtake him. I was in front and saw it in the mirror so I slowed down, saw the truck overtake, came by me, gave me a thumbs up, he got back in the right lane in front of me, I overtook him and that was it. Teamwork on the road should happen more often. It was a pleasant experience! :D
You go to a big city you just might get hurt doing that!! You can't block the only passing Lane$$ one stupid act deserves another!! I seen some stuff happened in front of me you think you're tough somebody's going to take all their aggression out on you!!! They're showing you they have no control, right!? If you don't want to follow the rules 😎??
mike wright Well if someone gets mad over that and does something about it then guess who will be spending time in jail and will get get some big consequences for the rest of their life
@@fzv2199 how about we all stop blocking the "passing lane" and live together!! I don't do it😂. What are you standing up for doing that to people who are following the rules??
@@fzv2199 just imagine a Worse situation then blocking passing Lane 😂??!! That's what your causing 😮😊!! If u don't want to deal with passing on a high way, and ur in that lane ?? U see the ignorance their Right? I mean why create a new situation out of Nothing 😂?? Then have to deal with a person just trying to pass!!! In the passing Lane 😂????
My company truck is limited to 62 mph. Whenever another slow truck gets into the left lane to pass me I go down to about 57 mph to help them out. The driver in the right lane is a jerk!
I drove for swift and at that time at least you had 62 on cruise or 64 on the foot so i just pedalled to metalled almost all the time. I had it once started my day in pa at i70 i76 interchange and drove west and shut down at a service plaza on the toll road and that day i had 670 miles and swift was bitching to me for too many miles in one day. Huh. 64 mph times 11 hrs equalls 704 so i had 34 miles possible or 62 x 11= 682. Still 14 left why you bitchin
You're full of shit. It was the trucker who was camping in the passing lane who was causing a dangerous situation. The other trucker was right where he was supposed to be and minding his own business. If you cannot understand this very simple concept then driving a car must be a very complicated endeavor for you and you have no business behind the wheel with that mentality.
@@SV_Z13 Actually, both swift drivers are in the wrong here. Firstly, if you know it'll take you years to pass another truck? You DON"T do it. Now if the passing driver decides to pass like a moron, you drop your speed by a mile or two. Doesn't matter what you drive, it's dangerous to be next to a semi for long periods. Even in heavy traffic / stop and go. I stagger myself so trucks are behind or in front of me. You never know when they need to lane change. If you are on the right there's the possibility they don't see you. As a truck driver I make every attempt to pass on the left and try an make it very clear that the truck riding the middle lane needs to move over and not look like a dumbass. The sensible ones move over but most aren't. That brings me to driver 3. Dumb move, but any person with even half a brain would immediately slow down and avoid the risk of becoming a sandwich to two semi's. Almost happened to me once going through a 3 lane construction zone. Doing the usual 5 over limit and here comes trucker 3 flying, and I mean flying, down lane 3 and couldn't wait 15 more seconds for me to get by. Had i not hit my brakes his trailer would have hit my truck as the lanes barley had the room for 1 truck so i was riding the dotted line to pass safely. Mind you there was no other traffic for miles behind us either.
We had an old CB radio. Dad took it with us on all the long drives. He had a long magnetic antenna he'd attach to the hood or the roof. We'd hear all kinds of crazy conversations. Dad used it to warn the truckers behind him that there was an accident ahead and everything was moving to the right lane so they wouldn't get stuck. We used it the first year we went to Disney world. My dad had his and my papa had his on as well. We'd talk back and forth all the way from Wisconsin down to Orlando. Fun times. Miss that old CB
The couple that videos this are fantastic and pure. Their version of road rage is a thumbs down, and even a thumb down concept seemed foreign to the lady. What beautiful innocent people.
Just saying, all it took was a disabled car on the shoulder for every one to be sitting still for hours... you can't see what's on the shoulder if there's an 18 wheeler in front of you
Even worse, at the time this video was made, they were governed at LESS than 65. Swift company trucks were governed at 60 mph on the pedal and 62 mph on cruise control. Imagine that in a 75MPH posted zone. Especially as you know in a Four-Wheelers mind, 75 MPH zone means you can actually drive about 80 or so cdllife.com/2017/swift-transportation-increase-cruise-speed-65-mph/
Steven Hall , Probably ALL of the above that you listed, ANOTHER Reason why that governed truck had ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESS being in that left hand lane on an Interstate with a speed limit CLEARLY marked of 75. That Swift Driver on the left side should've "Gotten out of it" and gotten behind that driver in the Right Lane, OR, the Swift Driver in the Right lane should've "Gotten off of it" and allowed the Swift Driver in the left lane to pass him. EITHER WAY, they were impeding traffic and disrupting commerce on an Interstate. BOTH of those Swift Drivers were in the wrong.
Hey you all... when you see driving like this happening, drop waaaaay back and lift foot off accelerator. Death and destruction are moments away and you want to be far from it. Do not speed up !!!😳😳😳
christian munoz -yes, and alarmingly, we must deal with extreme idiots every time we get on the road. That is why insurance companies and lawyers are the wealthiest vultures in the land! The average person thinks that he’s too quick to ever get in a car crash- until it happens to him !
As someone who has lived in different parts of Asia, I find this hilarious at best. You guys need to see the world before freaking out over such little things lol.
You sound like a true fool. Because you live in a place where life is meaningless (yes some of us know how deadly the roads are in Asia) you think everyone else is silly for carrying about lives... Sit you barely civilized ass down somewhere and stay out of adult conversations.
It was weird like watch two trucks hogging the hwy then along comes another and the turtle race begins Even more stupid were the tiny cars all excited getting as close as possible in case there is a wreck so they can be part of it too. Looney.
I have seen a real turtle race with trucks on the hwy where they all stopped in a line to block traffic, then slowly started to roll again, like they were staging a drag race during rush hour. insane.
At first, you'd think the 3rd trucker was impatient. He wasn't. He was putting the end to the stubborn stunt the Swift driver was trying to pull on everyone on the road behind him in both lanes. Good job!
Yes he was impatient and broke the law passing on the shoulder. Damn dangerous. Swift on left is the dummy. Shouldn't be there but no excuse for idiot move like that. Swift on left should get ticket. Guy passing on shoulder should lose his license
The most amazing part is the cars closing in behind them, even though there is clearly a "possible situation"brewing.
The intelligent thing would have been to fade back, giving themselves plenty of time and distance to observe/react to a bad event rather than begging to be apart of one.
Remember people, it being "the other guy's fault" won't help you if you're killed.
Thanks for saving me the time. Amazing how common sense and patience is in such short supply.
Yeah! People will drive through anything!
Typical LA drivers. They don't see anything past the end of their own hood.
I would have stayed far away from those crazies.
@@drjohnleewilliamsiii I will say as a Cali trucker, fuck LA, and also, fuck (most of) Cali. in general.
I'd prefer to drive in every other state but california... I regret being born in it but I'm glad that I was because I know exactly what the traffic conditions are like (90 percent of the time through general observation.)
"No honey give him the thumbs down" sweet ol couple
she was so confused, she didnt know what was going on and who was doing what to who! LOL
@Patrick McGraw well maybe but im part owl , so i like to who a bit,,,,lol
Ok I wasn’t alone. They were ADORABLE!
Clueless couple
I was thinking the "birds up" instead, but thumbs down is probably better for those folks
The best driving advice I ever got was from my drivers ed teacher 35 years ago: When people are driving like this, back off. You do not want to become part of their wreck.
I tend to drop back from a bunch of 18s anyway. They weigh a lot more than me
Ella and Rusty, you are both right. I was really hoping our sweet couple was going to actually move over and stop on the right shoulder. Every reason to believe any contact between the three semis could block both lanes. Add 5-6 passenger vehicles.....you've got a multi-car injury pileup. I would have pulled over. Observed the craziness from a safe distance. And re-entered traffic after the kamikaze truckers' pass was completed or pileup was over. That frustrated truck should have called the highway patrol to notify them of that "blocking" action by the 2 semis. He can probably read their license plates from his close distance. Let the HP be the heavy.
yeah but if you back off, the other cars behind might be annoyed, idk...those two truckers were definitely being a holes..
Just curious but what's the deal with SWIFT drivers
Ego gets the best of us on the road
I drive a truck and never pass unless I can go significantly faster, in order to pass in good time. And if a truck is passing me that's taking too long, I drop speed and let him pass. It's the darned trucks are almost all governed at the same speed that's causing this problem. However, the truck drivers can use some courtesy to overcome this problem.
You're exactly right unfortunately I see this all the time.Another problem is is a trucker will go to pass me and he's really not going fast enough he Stays next to me for miles and then when he barely gets in front of me he cut me off. So on many occasions I just do the same thing I end up slowing down just to accommodate him so I don't get killed runoff the road.
Exactly! If i'm empty and going the same speed as the guy ahead, I'll pass using the hills where they have no chance of keeping up with me. Assuming traffic isn't keeping me from lane changing. Also, 4 wheelers are a huge problem too. They go really slow. The second they realize they are being passed by a semi they have this genius idea to either ride next to you or speed up so you can't pass. Then they slow down again and try and repeat that cycle. For that reason alone I wish my boss would remove the limiter. Only reason he doesn't is cause fuel costs. I'd love to see how far some 4 wheels are willing to go just to not get passed.
As a fellow driver I just want to say thanks because I'll do the same including if I'm passing on a hill and lose ground to the truck I'm passing. Tying up both lanes for miles just leads to stupid and dangerous situations like this.
Very well said James
@@murtag9571 One time I was pulling a trailer with my pickup and I just did not want to go over the limit. There was a truck that obviously wanted to go faster, but the opportunities to pass on the road we were on were not very long. I got on the radio and told him to pull out to pass at the next opportunity, and I would slow down and let him pass. He did, and I did. He thanked me and we chatted for a while until he was out of range.
One other time I was going east on the road that goes to Eugene from Bend. I saw a truck going down the hill (west bound) and he was going very slow. A couple of miles further east there was a truck going west that was going way faster. I called him on the radio and informed him about the slow truck. He thanked me profusely. It was a very curvy part of the road, and it could have been dicey if he was going 50MPH and caught the truck going 10 MPH in the middle of a corner.
When a swift driver is passing another swift driver you know it's gonna be a while...
The guy in the left lane shouldn't try and pass another truck if they're both governed at the same speed the Swift truck should have backed off so the passing truck on the shoulder could had passed on the left double driving beside another truck is legal however if one doesn't advance the guy on the right supposed to back out of it
They were too busy having a chat about the wife & kids
Even though it's a "Swift" pass,,,,,, it won't be Swift! I wonder if someone has sent the company "Swift" this video! Dangerous situation!
Jeff Wang with Swift drivers it’s talking about the best flip flops to buy , to worst bridge they have hit , the most hit and run damage they can do in a truck stop ...🙄🧐
Sure
Wish
I had a
Fast
Truck
Possible wreck oncoming so let's get as close as we can to that scenario.
Unbelievable stupidity.
LOL You are funny my man! I laughed out loud.
Exactly
That was the first thought came into my mind. Why ?
My thought exactly. Funny how all the d/a's in cars act as sheeple on the interstate.
The couple is so polite with their thumbs up and thumbs down rather than using the usual gesture.
ltlewis15 Usual gesture can get someone shot
Windex Spray: or in this case, ran off the road
ltlewis15 Lol
+Windex Spray In today's day and age, hell yes! With so many drivers psychotic or on drugs, I'd be afraid to flip someone the bird.
Loooollll best comment
lady: "Give him the thumbs up when you go by!"
I like that lady's attitude lol.
I think Mr. Swift on the right deserved maybe a different finger . . .
Karen and Ken
They gave him a "Thumbs Down"..SAVAGE LEVEL 99999999!
LOL right? haha
C SMITH thumbs down for u . Cop that
Commentary figuring out thumbs up/down etiquette was worth watching this. Love the innocence level these folks reached!
Tim F old people are jewels
More likely maintained.
Dude, who's grandparents are these? "Give him a thumbs up"
😂
Thanks Mrs. Jenson.
They’re mine😂
As a professional driver myself, I always bump my cruise control down a few mph when someone is trying to pass me and our speed governors are set close to one another. It doesn't cost me much time and it saves situations like these from happening.
This couple. .lol! They've been together a lonnng time!
Josh & Billie Fomby Yeah. And they are just hanging back in the left lane instead of the right lane!!!
@@drewmichael4014 the couple kept a safe distance and they were trying to pass.... if they were wanting to go slower, I am sure they wouldn't have caught up to the situation. Traffic is bottled because of the truck slowly traveling in the left lane.... don't blame this adorable couple because some big rig driver doesn't understand traffic or is purposely messing.
Stephanie Smith Blame them for what?
@@mira2987 😂😂😂
I was thinking the same thing. Lol.
The dumbest part is the idiots in the cars don't back way the heck up but close in tight so they could be part of the wreck.
Its like their brain is the size of a walnut
Mook Wolf
When that semi overturns I would rather be back a few hundred yards
Michael Evans No Shit!! You got that right!!
Michael Evans i kno what you saying.Stupid car drivers will try everthing to get in front of a truck or semi.
That's exactly what I thought as I watched that too . That blue Honda was so stupid to pull up and tail gate .
The thumbs-down probably still haunts the driver
😂😂😂
Exactly, do you think these truckers give two poops what the cars around them think? Of Course not
Its a savage burn
@@hd4100 why should we when 80% of wrecks with semis are caused by cars....
Legend says...
I feel his pain. Somebody finally has done what we all think about doing when there's a moron in front of us.
You are actually the moron if you don't realize the swift driver had no obligation to go any faster while in the slow lane. That other truck on the left should have passed or go out of that lane.
The commentary was priceless
Lilly Newsom my favorite was when she said "hunnie give him a thumbs up" 😂
Give this guy the thumbs down lol 👎good stuff
Give him a thumbs up, and subscribe.
Play by play of nerd on a roadtrip
It was pretty funny lol
LOVE THE COUPLE FILMING AND THEN THE REASONABLE DISCUSSION💪 ABOUT WHO GETS THUMBS UP OR DOWN . ✔😁
Darla Fontanes
Ikr? 😂😂😂
The Anonymous ikr ?
Darla Fontanes IKR stands for I Know Right. He was agreeing with you.
Contract92 HEY TANKS ! I APPRECIATE THAT INFO !!! HAVE A GR8 DAY !!
I wish I had the patience and the Laid back attitude of those two people filming.
The wife, innocently: I don't know where the white car's gonna go...
This cracked me up for some reason 😂🤣
The guy passing on the right side deserves all the beers
had the shoulder lane ended without warning which they do, that truck wd have been dragged into the ditch then caused a huge crash with all close vehicles; he deserves a dangerous idiot award
Stupid ass swift drivers
@@Lauren-vd4qe its pretty likely the guy passing on the shoulder knows that road and would know whether the shoulder ended. for truck drivers who do this for a living everyday, the roads get pretty familiar and he knows how to control his rig
all 3 of these drivers deserved a swift kick in the ass.
He drives as though he's already had all the beers
Swift Trucks are Governed at 61 MPH. Those two Swift Trucks had NO BUSINESS blocking the Interstate. The Speed Limit is CLEARLY Marked at 75 MPH. The SWIFT truck in the Left Lane had NO Business being there.
You're full of shit. No trucks are governed at 61. Swift trucks run at least 65.
Terry Waters at the time this video was made, they were governed at LESS than 65. Swift company trucks were governed at 60 mph on the pedal and 62 mph on cruise control.
cdllife.com/2017/swift-transportation-increase-cruise-speed-65-mph/
Terry Waters not first person said this heard this from a couple Truckers .
Terry Waters got rekt lol
Swift trucks here in the state of WASHINGTON do about 64 to 65
Two Swift drivers mad because everyone talks about how bad Swift drivers are..... so they prove everyone right.
THEFAITHFULPALADIN use to be the JB Hunt drivers
I've been a trucker for 6 years now, and swift drivers are straight assholes. It ain't no rumor folks!
TRUE TRUE TRUE,My relative's been truckers for 30+years and always said swift couldn't drive for shit.
A company called Lee Way used to recruit heavier than just about anyone today, they would send out bus tickets to come to one of their terminals & "Learn how to become an OTR driver." I think that "Attitude"....Respect for others & an acknowledgement of courtesy towards what experience brings to the table is what's missing. I see the lack in so very many crafts from young people today.
THEFAITHFULPALADIN how did J B hunt get out of this one just saying
Swift advancing their reputation yet again.
Mergrew 01 that's to be expected. Most of the swift retards that haul some of our freight either have no teeth & have not showered in a few weeks or they barely speak english. Any company who hires shitbirds like that is going to have a crappy reputation.
So
What
I
Failed
Training.
Mergrew 01 I was going to say the same thing. Swift sucks!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Guy Parris 😂😂😂😂
Those cars passing so they can get closer to a potential multiple 18 wheeler wreck! That's the craziest thing on this video. WoW
I can't believe that those cars were so close to those tractor trailers knowing it was a precarious situation........ stupid on their part!
This stretch of road has LOTS of stupid drivers
BMW drivers... What can you say?
So true😬 auto drivers don’t have a concept of how long it takes to stop one of those Big rigs. If they lose it & tip the 🤬is going to come flying right through your windshield☄️💥🔥
its America, what did you expect
Welcome to Ontario.
“Give him the thumbs up” “Give him the thumbs down” They are so sweet and cute. Their display of “road rage/aggression” is nothing like in Hampton Roads (where someone will curse you out, follow you home, and attempt to swerve you off the road) lol
So true! The whole 757 is crazy lol. People take road rage serious down here!!
ItsABriMoment Girl, yesssssss honey....I was stationed in that area and had to go to anger management 3 different times foolin' with folk! I'm that one that would follow a person home cuz they wanna play games with actual CARS🤣😂🙌🏾
LMFAO sounds like Hampton roads only things missings is the shootings on highways like in Detroit. I say it again NEVER cross the Detroit at 4h am.
Lol, I'm from Hampton Roads. I'm from and still live there. Virginia Beach.
I am so happy I got away from there
"Now hold on a second hunny" best commentary ever
Mark Marra hahaha 😂
I have seen this behavior on I70 through Ohio all the time. Two trucks side by side for mile upon mile and neither giving up. Now I drove 80 just the other week and everyone was courteous. Trucks passed when they needed and no one got trapped in like this video. It was actually pretty surreal.
“Hold on honey, let me just give this guy a thumbs down”
Cutest shit ever 😭
😂😂
The best part of this video is the couple's commentary, especially the wife's gentle voice LOL
The commentary is so adorable😂😂😂😂😂
"Give that guy a thumbs up" "Give this guy a thumbs down" LOL love it. Simple, yet effective.
Krissy W 💀💀💀💀frfr
Just when I thought "what in the heck is he doing?"...he became my HERO. God bless that man.12/31/2019 Happy 2020 to all.
And those stupid car drivers can't sense an impending catastrophe and they just kept on tailgating.
Right....I would of pulled over and waited this out!
Yeah, don't do taht lol. People rear end cars on the highway all the time. Just let off the gas and fal back
Sheep
Prius saw what was up though
Me too, I would have waited a bit...
I love the lady, "honey, give him a thumbs up!" So cute!!
JustHoofinit I agree
JustHoofinit you are gay honey, stop being in denial!! :-) :-)
That was classic!
Like she did not have the power to do it or it wasn't her place. Seemed very sweet, passive, meek
This is the most wholesome couple of all time.
GIVE EM THE OL THUMBS DOWN HONEY
Lmao! 😂😂 White people, so frickin polite! Give him the thumbs up, honey. I love it!!
Yes lol, I'm a better person now, i think i love them
And they are from Minnesota.
They may seem wholesome, but they had Rush Limbaugh on the radio.
Yes respectively no filthy language
I wonder what’s going through minds of the car drivers that drive up the ass of an imminent accident?
"iF I taILGatE tHEm maYbE THey'Ll gO fAsteR!"
They are probably on their cell phone.
Wake up hunny! You ain’t never seen a wreck like this! lol
nothing
Was thinking the same thing
Left Lane is for passing only. Pass and get out of the way.
busters channel for cars
Thing is those swift trucks both ca only do 60 lol so.
Rumble Evans Then they can do 60 MPH in the right lane and let the faster traffic go on!!!
@@wallacebell4311 I agree I'm just saying
@@wallacebell4311 quit bitching. You probably shouldve left earlier lmao
lol, the two filming are so soft spoken and polite, but they're still easy for any of us to relate to. We need more pairs like you.
"Give them the thumbs down" -- how effing wholesome and adorable is this couple!!
@Peter Dembowy lmfao
I hope me and my sweet Filipina are like this when we’re old 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Peter Dembowy ... maaawwwww someone is disgruntled online, let us take a moment to give a fuck - you're obviously in need of attention.
@@jenniferalexis8600 it was a hilarious comment. Thumbs up lmfao
Peter Dembowy Then go back to your shithole country.
You have 3 whole minutes to react to a possible wreck. What do you?
These drivers: Get as close as possible!
Oh man! I LOVED the couple who were narrating! They are the salt of this earth! Both so sweet and genuine 🏆
“Give him the thumbs down when we go by” (🤣one of many gems throughout)!
With SO much road rage, meanness and deliberate cruelty on the roads nowadays, it was quite refreshing to see the exact opposite in this couple🥇
Bravo folks👏🏼 😘
Shannon LaCorte You seem to be a remarkably kind person with a refreshing personality. Best wishes to you!
And you two get a thumbs up from me for the amazingly cute commentary! I imagine y'all commentate to one another on RUclips videos the same way.
Would of loved to hear that conversation on the CB Radio!!!
Nobody much uses CB's anymore. Especially the greenhorns.
you could believe they were cussing the Swift truck in the left lane
@@buckmast7732 da swifty do no speek da eglis.
@@buckmast7732 you mean the swift in the none passing lane. right lane
Bet it was wall to wall lol 😂
How adorable!! The thumbs down is probably the most reckless thing they've ever done.
They should have turned the camera around to show how much traffic was backed up behind these two and give an idea how long this was going on.
No joke! Ignorant people don't understand that the driver that passed on the right put everyone on camera in real danger and was totally in the wrong. Self absorbed people like you don't understand that until there's a fatality. You two people in the car deserve a "thumbs down"!
I would have loved the hear the CB traffic. The lady says these truckers behind us are probably wondering what is going on. No lady, I’ll bet you hard money that someone was egging him on... Not thinking the idiot would actually do it!
Nothing more aggravating than a rolling road block bunching up traffic. No common courtesy on the road anymore. The safety gurus create near as many unsafe conditions as they claim to fix. Many states gave got away from split truck and car speed limits finding it unsafe ,while companies like this have governed down their trucks and states have raised interstate speed limits. 29 years on the road and have always felt to slow is just as dangerous as to fast.
Charles Vickers especially when it’s two SWIFT drivers. Fuckin hell
Charles Vickers
I drive a slow truck but agree 100 percent. The law should step in and overpower these insurance companies that coerce companies to limit their trucks.
As a driver with a governed truck I see this all the time out here. And yes they will try to pass me going one mile an hour faster and hold up traffic for miles. I kick it back and let them pass me for why cause a backup over some stupid driver not caring on anybody else but themselves.
But these new breeds of drivers out here could care less on anybody but themselves and this is what you get out here. No common sense.
That's not always true. My truck is governed at 68 mph and with the increase in the top speed for Swift and all the various companies I find it hard to pass these guys now because they are loaded heavy and slow down to 45 mph or slower on a upward grade while me and my fully loaded Peterbilt can do 68 on that same grade. Yet when I start to pass the truck for going so damn slow some owner operator/ungoverned mother fucker comes speeding at 100 mph and gets 3 inches from my rear as I'm quickly passing the Swift truck. Apparently taking five seconds to pass a Swift truck uphill is way too long a wait for of you other drivers out there and it pisses me off. WE'RE ON THE CLOCK TOO.
Driver you’re better than me I got tired of always having to slow down so people can pass me. That doesn’t make me any money. So I quit per mile jobs and only work hourly jobs. Oh life is so much better!
JUST LET THEM BY IF THEYRE GOING 1 MILE FASTER, ITS NOT LIKE YOUR GOING TO GET A BUNCH OF TRUCKS CATCHING UP TO YOU AT 1 MILE FASTER, UNLESS YOURE AN IDIOT YOURSELF THAT KEEPS CHANGING SPEED.
Joe Coltri be careful out there Joe. We appreciate y'all man.
Legend has it, the truck driver has yet to recover from the thumb down he received that day
On the flipside look at how many thumbs-up you got for this comment because of how many thumbs down that guy got for his driving xD, cheers!
I bet he quit.
@@luishirschlieb6083 true 😎
@@boathead22000 I'm afraid so.
I heard that even his therapist committed suicide. Poor man!!!
ppl keep commenting about the truck on the left holding out the traffic but in most cases is the vehicle on the right that causes this mess. ppl have no idea how many slow trucks/cars would do 50 on the right and when somebody trying to pass they would accelerate and boxed out the vehicle on the left.
That's when I drop back behind. If he does it again, I pass and gun it until I'm a 1/4 mile ahead. The only time I may excessively speed.
That's also a valid point. The moron in the left lane would get the blame by default, but sometimes it's those idiots on the right playing games. Never understood WHY THE FUCK!!!!
Common sense rule to follow:
If there is a line of vehicles behind you and no one in front of you, then speed up or get out of the way.
Ai Hi stupid they cannot speed up the swift truck max speed is 62 mph
Not for most people anymore. Most have removed that from there head. It's all about emotions and being politically correct.
Then why do I see them going over 70 all the time?
@@chuasmare22 65 actually
They couldn't speed up , the one on the right had to slow down.
those small car drivers should keep distance..
Natural selection.
That would involve thinking. Something people dont so very much of these days lol
You've never driven in AZ lol.
Nah you should be keeping your distance away from me after I fucking deck you pussy
Yeah, car drivers were the stupidest ones here.
I am a UK trucker and I see this a lot where there are only two lanes ....if truck is trying to overtake me I slow down and let it pass .....and not create a rolling road block.
Charles Rochfort same here. Got 2.5 million long haul miles in the States. If someone has a right to get by I.e lighter load or a bit faster govern then just let em by.
That’s nice of you. Usually I just keep the same speed but I won’t speed up if someone’s trying to pass.
Charles Rochfort I do same but the Swift truck on right probably not even looking at his surrounding or back mirrors to see all the traffic behind them
Thanks truck drivers! I'm not a truck driver myself but I got a lot a respect for ya and your job. Glad to hear y'all call it like you see it.
You, sir, are truly a professional driver. As a former driver, I give you my respect.
I did this today. Im not a truck driver, but I saw 2 truckers next to eachother. The one in the right lane didnt want to let the other trucker pass by. So I got infront of the trucker with my car on the right lane and forced him to slow down so the other trucker could finally pass by. The other trucker gave me a thumbs up. Im just like, youre all co workers, just respect eachother and let each other pass by. Sorry for bad english I try my best.
How they negotiated who to give the thumbs up and downs to.. omg, gotta love life and being a couples experiencing it
They were not too swift lol
driver in the blue car got smart enough to realize trouble was brewing in the right lane
technically it was both lanes, had any truck lost control the one on the left was gonna do as well. Only somewhat smart guys were cammers, but not so much to take even more distance. Then once the right swift backs off they stayed in a bad spot as the left swift went on to pincer the angry trucker along a lane, so now they had to get the f away from 3 truck lenghts of road
Driver in that Prius was also stupid enough to break check a guy rather than switch lanes or stay back
Prius is stupid! Priss!
@@gia257 "well, acktuallly..."
As a former trucker, I would probably spent a full minute or so stopped on the shoulder before continuing on.
Swift drivers. Nuff said.
NON-UNION SCABS?
YankeeinSC1 as a former union member myself, fuck the union.
BT's are boss mm's lick my balls oh believe me, I paid union dues for the better part of 40 years. When it comes to working for a living, the only thing worse than union corruption is someone that thinks that reality absolves their scab guilt.
S top W hining I 'm F ucking T rying
tulzscha agreed
At least he wasn't JUST thinking of himself...He slowed the right lane down so traffic could get around...Very noble of him...You don't find many thoughtful truckers nowadays...They used to be the first to help...They've become more selfish like everyone else!!
I'm not sure he was doing a whole lot of thinking at all.
@@tchevrier I came up with that idea through the fact that he got in front of the truck in the right lane and and slowed him down.. causing him to put on his brakes.. The truck in the left lane went on ahead and got in front of the trucker in question....and the cars sped on by...If he was JUST in a hurry.. he wouldn't have let the left lane truck in front of him...but would have kept on truckin' ...:)
@@Ms.tur.E. Yeah but unfortunately he wasn't thinking about how dangerous it was to pass on the shoulder, or how dangerous it was to tailgate a semi while driving a semi, or how dangerous it was to pull in front of a semi so closely and force him to hit his breaks. We've all seen how dangerous it is to break check a semi. He should have know that.
Seriously, can you imagine what would have happened if he put a wheel in the ditch during that pass, or contacted the other semi. That could have been one nasty pile-up with a lot of dead bodies. Yeah, he probably was thinking, but its pretty clear he wasn't thinking it through completely.
He had other options available. Flash headlights, get on the CB, call the Swift dispatcher, call the police, or.... And this is a big OR. Chill out and relax. the 5 minutes saved in travel time could spare lives.
@@tchevrier True on the dangerous....I thought the same thing...passing on the right is illegal here.. but if his wheel had gone off... It could have been disastrous...
I don't know what options they have OR which ones that were used before he went around.....Seems like the two swift trucks could have communicated with each other and brought an end to the road block..
Heavier Traffic and few drivers return the courtesies, or even NOTICE that someone WAS going out of their way to be courteous. The Pros are tired after fighting traffic all day and night for a week at a time.
"Give him a thumbs up once you go by" Amazing 😂👌🏻
Miss Edith they’re probably in Canada
Swift trucks are limited to 65mph
And drivers to 65IQ
Agreed and not limited to 55 mph. Which was what he could have done to have cleared the way
They are limited to an IQ of 65 also.
SWIFT...Sure Wish I Finished Training...
@@jujubee463 This IS how they are trained.
Samir Knight Templar 🤣
You know, Im a trucker out of Ontario Canada. I see this shit happen everyday. Two trucks side by side with speed limiters fighting it out. I've seen cars do What the truck did on the shoulder but thats the first time I see a trucker do it. I was just praying He would make it and not get into an accident. That was very dangerous but He did get his point across, which is the same thing cars are saying. If you cant pass quickly, dont pass at all. Both Swifts are at fault here. The one on the left for even trying to pass and the one on the right for not slowing down a bit to let a coworker pass him more quickly.
This is What speed limiters will do across all the USA If they become mandatory. Add ELogs and all hell will break loose.
Ah the joys of Trucking today.
Paul Beauregard are speed limitors like Govenors?!
zdoginterprise yes
Paul Beauregard ah damn well that's sucks! Do certain companies have that or the larger companies?
I think most larger companies have limiters. With smaller companies it's random. When they buy used trucks they usually don't bother taking the limiter off. I worked for a small company (10 trucks) and most trucks had random limiters. One was 63 (Volvo sleeper), other 73 (International daycab), two others (Volvo and International) were 67. Some had no limiter. Mine (Volvo sleeper) was 65 until they swapped the transmission out, then it had no limiter.
noname damn because I've noticed the bigger companies also go like 90 i lived in Texas and they flew by! lol
Ok you see a trailer passing from a shoulder and you get closer that’s really smart small car drivers
And they wonder how those multi car pile ups happen
its a beamer they have low expectations
Anyone else notice the stupid Prius and BMW getting all up in the action? Lol that's why we see priuses and bmws in the ditch all the time
How is the Prius 'getting all up in the action?' It just moved out of the way....
@@eve1176 he break checked the bimmer
Schlykn Fivem no he didn't. And what's a bimmer.
Generalizations are bad, you should be more situational. The Prius and BMW in this video don’t appear to be in a ditch.
No doubt, Fucking idiots! Especially the driver of the Bim.
This would NEVER happen to me, a Chevron tanker driver, where our trucks were governed to 56 mph.
Sometimes you'd get lucky and get a speedster (57mph).
1Hour OfLove LMBO
and you break up these turtle races
They did. San Jose, CA. I went into a deep funk after that.
1hourOfLove can I join you? What crimes are best to get started? Did you steal enough to get around and retire in a third world country?
This should be a movie! The action, the suspense! Omg, the ending was absolutely incredible! I sure hope a Part 2 comes out for this amazing thriller!
Imagine that, two Swift drivers blockin' the boulevard...
The Prius "hurried" to get in between the three truckers - like s/he couldn't wait. Common sense is indeed uncommon.
Whoever drives a Prius has some issues..
Ya and the bmw driver decides to tailgate them like it’s gonna make any difference
Yeah what happens is even if the truck trying to pass realizes he's gotta give it up, the cars fill everything in both lanes behind him and give him nowhere to retreat to if he decides to forget about it. He can slow and drop back, but they won't get out of his way and let him over....they'll just keep running around him on his right....
@Soylent GoogleCuck **yawn** Feel better now?
I'm pretty sure that Swift driver retired in shame after getting that thumbs down. RIP
HAHAHAHAHA, nope, they were just being Swift drivers. I see this on I-5 all the time.
Bwahahahahahaa
😂😂😂😂😂
@@bobbysolo5411 brainless illiterate fucks
Lmao 😅
Not all heroes wear capes some wear trucker hats
darthrib 12 💯 except for that one moron
The Lady Lotus, whose the moron ?
The Swift on the right. Those trucks have governors on them, both Swift drivers knew how fast they could go and did that anyway. All he had to do was let off a little for a few seconds but he didn't bother.
The swift driver on the left should know better than to pass when he's only able to go 1/2 a mph faster. He could have just followed.
Don't matter whether the other driver should know better or not. I drove a Kenworth t-800 with the cat turned up to 600hp and the governor at 80mph, and it'd do every bit of it fully loaded. If I found myself with some company truck pacing me in the left lane, I let off and let him on by. Cause the cars behind me and him sure wouldn't let him back over. He'd be stuck out there for miles if he let off.
I did something similar in Arkansas several years ago.
I had just started an 1,100 mile drive home, and these two idiots in cars decided to block the interstate, driving side by side.
I, along with an increasing line of drivers were trapped behind them, and no-one else would do anything.
I worked my way to the front of the line, and when we came upon an entrance ramp, I used the acceleration lane to pass the idiot on the right, darted back in front of him and braked hard.
The idiot on the left went by, and the entire line of cars weaved through the gap, most giving me a thumbs up as they passed.🤣
That whole line of cars then let me go right on by as I caught up with them. 👍
I was the hero that day. 😎
This is a true story, i know you will laugh. So one day I'm coming up I-65 going north out of Indy and there was a blockage just like this. For about 10 minutes nobody could get past 2 vehicles side by side holding up both lanes going 60 in a 70. So i weave my way through everyone and i finally get up there and it's not 2 trucks, its 2 older shuttle vans with stuff written allover the sides, i get closer and i kid you not! It says, "midget wrestlers from Houston" allover both vans! I died laughing, but neither one of them would move, they were swerving and acting up! So the next chance i got a clear shot, i passed them on the shoulder and yes i know better than that, but it had to be done. I didn't slow either of them down, i just kept it hammered and never saw any of them again on my way to Chicago.
I'd stay way back if I saw this.
That's smart thinking
That’s because you’re a bitch bot
@@Gerald-of-Riviera They want to die
Way way back
Pussy
Fascinating commentary! This couple stepped right out of "Leave it to Beaver"
Brian Merkey LMAO "Hold on honey let me give this guy the thumbs down"
Haha yea they did " give them the thumbs down" lol
ha ha
Side splitting funny
Dying
I'm dead
I love this couple. Im glad youtube recommended this. From now on instead of flipping the bird at people im gonna give them thumbs down.
Hi beautiful!
It's so wholesome.
👎🏻
Anahi xo you and me both.
A thumbs down may be too nice for how stupid drivers are these days... Am starting to want a speaker so I can just yell at people.
l'm in Canada, l've never seen trucks block the road that way. l've mostly observed truck drivers to be very courteous. l would give a huge thumbs up to the guy who went on the shoulder -- from a safe distance back! Love that he slowed the one truck down tho l know it was the one in the left lane who mostly deserved it. Much love for all the drivers who bring food and other essentials to southern Ontario!!
If only everyone was as polite as canadians
You are wrong on both counts. Truck on right should have let outside truck go around and the truck who passed on the shoulder is a total idiot and should have been arrested and not allowed to drive commercial vehicles ever again. I have over 18 years and 3 million miles driving a semi truck.
@@pn1457 you totally do not get what I was saying. The guy in the left lane need to put on enough speed to pass the regular Lane which is the right. I was complimenting the guy who managed to get by by doing something unconventional on the shoulder. Although not the safest maneuver! Anyway all trucks were not behaving very responsibly.
@@TraceyMush you made perfect sense. Truck in left lane had zero situational awareness, that's being considerate to not accuse them of deliberately blocking the road for everybody. left lane is for PASSING.
for fun, do the math on JackHole pn1457, 7.7 hours a day driving, 7 days a week, 30 days a month, non stop for 18 YEARS to get 3 million. invalidates their "profeshunull opinion" what a JOKE.
peace.
Hell yeah! These things happens SO many times. I'm a trucker myself and my company locks our trucks at 60 mph. Whenever I see another trucker trying to pass me and theres a bunch of cars waiting behind i just drop the cruise and let the fellow trucker pass so it can clear the cars behind. But these idiotic situation is always made by the stubborn idiots who think theyre faster and ending up in a sort of "turtle racing" with the people behind stucked and loosing patience. #roadisforeverybody #turtleracing #southpirate
Patrick Erikson Charette exactly. Tell your friends who are giving you all a bad name and causing road rage.
@@gchesterton Well its simply common sense. Clearly this situation in this video was all about the right driver not wanting to be passed by. He clearly wasn't on cruise control then once he notice he was about to be passed by his "rooster" mode kicked in and usually thats why the turtle racing starts. When someone gets on the highway its usually the courtesy to switch lane just to give him space to merge in (if there's no one on the left lane in order to do that) but that wasn't the case here. It doesn't slow you down on the long run just to drop a lil for 10-15 seconds and on the long run it creates much less traffic behind and less accident. #sharetheroad
Patrick Erikson Charette Yup. Totally get all that. All 3 of those drivers were at fault for different reasons. The passing Swift truck probably had a few extra mph over the other swift when he started his passing move 3 states earlier LOL. Then the swift in the rh lane woke up and decided he was going to leave his company mate hanging out in the breeze in the left lane to make him look bad. Now the passing driver looks like he’s camping out in the passing lane when that’s no what happened at all.
@@gchesterton on top of it there's a law in Ontario (I don't know if they applied same in USA but I know it's not everywhere in Canada) that if you stall on left lane you get pulled over for stalling traffic. In this case the one on the right should be pulled over LOL only thing matter is which one of the 3 states gets the ticket 😂😂
And by the way, they’re company traffic. Why don’t they just get on frequency, have a quick agreement, and execute? It’s called a radio. If the slow guy doesn’t agree to back off a few knots then the passer shouldn’t attempt the pass. Simple as that.
STAY OUT OF THE FAST/LEFT LANE IF YOUR GOING SLOW!!!
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Nopey nope is right. Go back to second grade English!
@@loster959 I'm glad you have time to correct dumb shit like your and you're on youtube instead of doing something productive 😂
The Man X0 stfu soy boy.
@@loster959 "bloop! bloop! Grammar police! Pull over to the curb, and turn off your vehicle!" "Let me see your poetic licence and insurance."
HAHAHA I once did the exact same thing with my truck! Only that the slow guy was a sedan that kept speeding up whenever the truck behind was trying to overtake him.
I was in front and saw it in the mirror so I slowed down, saw the truck overtake, came by me, gave me a thumbs up, he got back in the right lane in front of me, I overtook him and that was it.
Teamwork on the road should happen more often. It was a pleasant experience! :D
Yup, agreed,
You go to a big city you just might get hurt doing that!! You can't block the only passing Lane$$ one stupid act deserves another!! I seen some stuff happened in front of me you think you're tough somebody's going to take all their aggression out on you!!! They're showing you they have no control, right!? If you don't want to follow the rules 😎??
mike wright Well if someone gets mad over that and does something about it then guess who will be spending time in jail and will get get some big consequences for the rest of their life
@@fzv2199 how about we all stop blocking the "passing lane" and live together!! I don't do it😂. What are you standing up for doing that to people who are following the rules??
@@fzv2199 just imagine a Worse situation then blocking passing Lane 😂??!! That's what your causing 😮😊!! If u don't want to deal with passing on a high way, and ur in that lane ?? U see the ignorance their Right? I mean why create a new situation out of Nothing 😂?? Then have to deal with a person just trying to pass!!! In the passing Lane 😂????
Plz for the love of God!!! Stop this Swift on Swift violence!
Lol
Swift says fuck you! JK
My company truck is limited to 62 mph. Whenever another slow truck gets into the left lane to pass me I go down to about 57 mph to help them out. The driver in the right lane is a jerk!
John VW That's because you're an intelligent and reasonable person and a safe operator. Hopefully others will learn from your example.
why not to drive in the left lane? the State live in left lane is the passing Lane. so if you go slow! you're going to get cut off.
Swift drivers are dumbasses
The trucker on the right was not the one in the wrong. If you are going to pass you need to make sure you can back it up.
I drove for swift and at that time at least you had 62 on cruise or 64 on the foot so i just pedalled to metalled almost all the time. I had it once started my day in pa at i70 i76 interchange and drove west and shut down at a service plaza on the toll road and that day i had 670 miles and swift was bitching to me for too many miles in one day. Huh. 64 mph times 11 hrs equalls 704 so i had 34 miles possible or 62 x 11= 682. Still 14 left why you bitchin
lol driver not mad, he just tired of bs and wants to go home, the 2 others just cause serious dangerous situation,
You're full of shit. It was the trucker who was camping in the passing lane who was causing a dangerous situation. The other trucker was right where he was supposed to be and minding his own business. If you cannot understand this very simple concept then driving a car must be a very complicated endeavor for you and you have no business behind the wheel with that mentality.
The only truck in the wrong is the one holding up the passing lane , the other swift driver is doing as he should
@@SV_Z13 Exactly.
@@TheGozalus that's what he said...
@@SV_Z13 Actually, both swift drivers are in the wrong here. Firstly, if you know it'll take you years to pass another truck? You DON"T do it. Now if the passing driver decides to pass like a moron, you drop your speed by a mile or two. Doesn't matter what you drive, it's dangerous to be next to a semi for long periods. Even in heavy traffic / stop and go. I stagger myself so trucks are behind or in front of me. You never know when they need to lane change. If you are on the right there's the possibility they don't see you. As a truck driver I make every attempt to pass on the left and try an make it very clear that the truck riding the middle lane needs to move over and not look like a dumbass. The sensible ones move over but most aren't. That brings me to driver 3. Dumb move, but any person with even half a brain would immediately slow down and avoid the risk of becoming a sandwich to two semi's. Almost happened to me once going through a 3 lane construction zone. Doing the usual 5 over limit and here comes trucker 3 flying, and I mean flying, down lane 3 and couldn't wait 15 more seconds for me to get by. Had i not hit my brakes his trailer would have hit my truck as the lanes barley had the room for 1 truck so i was riding the dotted line to pass safely. Mind you there was no other traffic for miles behind us either.
“Honey, should we give him the thumbs down or the whistle of disapproval?”😂😂😂
Man what I would do to be able to hear that cb radio conversation that went down between them. Lol!
You wouldn't hear much. Cb's are 20. century. Not many drivers use them anymore.
Strayhound Truckers still use them all the time. I have a cb in my car and when I turn it on while on the highway I always pick up a conversation.
Some do and some always will but it is not like it use to be.
We had an old CB radio. Dad took it with us on all the long drives. He had a long magnetic antenna he'd attach to the hood or the roof. We'd hear all kinds of crazy conversations. Dad used it to warn the truckers behind him that there was an accident ahead and everything was moving to the right lane so they wouldn't get stuck. We used it the first year we went to Disney world. My dad had his and my papa had his on as well. We'd talk back and forth all the way from Wisconsin down to Orlando. Fun times. Miss that old CB
CB's have more than one channel, moron.
2 Swifts equals Road Rage. I've seen this so many times with evenly matched rigs blocking progress @ governed speed.
Love the wife "Give him a thumbs up..." 👍👍
Forget the the thumb
That calls for the bird
@@phillipstuart3318 I know I was thinking these are really good people to just "thumbs down" and not let the "the bird" fly up... 😆
love the wife also
🤙thumbs down! Ok now 🖕thumbs up again!🤣
The couple that videos this are fantastic and pure. Their version of road rage is a thumbs down, and even a thumb down concept seemed foreign to the lady. What beautiful innocent people.
Thank you for your kind comments, Tony.
That trucker is a god damned hero in my book
Why? because he hasn't the brains of a flea? Impatient and putting others lives in danger? That's no hero.
@@forrestgump7553 stupid is as stupid does
These 2 guys ^^^ are democrat Prius drivers.
@@number7oneone call me anything you want just please do not call me a Democrat who drives a god damned Prius!!
Just saying, all it took was a disabled car on the shoulder for every one to be sitting still for hours... you can't see what's on the shoulder if there's an 18 wheeler in front of you
I would pay ten bucks to hear the CB conversation
you probably couldn't understand the swift drivers without a translator
777 pop What conversation? Swift don't have no CB. What a joke 😂
Good luck with that. It's cell phone crap these days.
The truckers behind this were probably cussing swift, just a lot louder than they already do.
That Freymiller dude is the person everyone asked for and deserved. 👏👏👏
I concur. Grinds my gears whenever you're the faster semi, & for whatever reason the slower semi insists on racing you.
Swift trucks are all "governed" usually at 65 mph. But to hog the left lane because you can not pass is just rude.
Even worse, at the time this video was made, they were governed at LESS than 65. Swift company trucks were governed at 60 mph on the pedal and 62 mph on cruise control. Imagine that in a 75MPH posted zone. Especially as you know in a Four-Wheelers mind, 75 MPH zone means you can actually drive about 80 or so
cdllife.com/2017/swift-transportation-increase-cruise-speed-65-mph/
It was 62 for me
Tom Nadeau, do you know what’s in front of the left lane truck? Might be a cop, a RV, or a texting distracted driver.
Steven Hall , Probably ALL of the above that you listed, ANOTHER Reason why that governed truck had ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESS being in that left hand lane on an Interstate with a speed limit CLEARLY marked of 75. That Swift Driver on the left side should've "Gotten out of it" and gotten behind that driver in the Right Lane, OR, the Swift Driver in the Right lane should've "Gotten off of it" and allowed the Swift Driver in the left lane to pass him. EITHER WAY, they were impeding traffic and disrupting commerce on an Interstate. BOTH of those Swift Drivers were in the wrong.
Siri Emerald, how bad would the freeway had be jammed up if the third truck passing on the shoulder crashed and blocked it all up?
Hey you all... when you see driving like this happening, drop waaaaay back and lift foot off accelerator. Death and destruction are moments away and you want to be far from it. Do not speed up !!!😳😳😳
Anna Lisa good advice for road safety.
Wacky Wombat 👍🏽 we all need reminders of how to keep from being forced to deal with insurance companies... ugh.
Anna Lisa exactly I was actually thinking that while watching the video
christian munoz -yes, and alarmingly, we must deal with extreme idiots every time we get on the road. That is why insurance companies and lawyers are the wealthiest vultures in the land!
The average person thinks that he’s too quick to ever get in a car crash- until it happens to him !
Anna Lisa
Agreed
SWIFT= Stevie Wonder Institute For Truckers
ron oneal LMBO LMBO.. thanks I needed that laugh!!!!!!
ron oneal oooh man you deserve some sort of award for that.
Actually Stevie would probably drive a truck much better than any Swift Driver!
Damn Swift drivers have a bad rep every where
Swift, sure wish I had a fast truck
As someone who has lived in different parts of Asia, I find this hilarious at best.
You guys need to see the world before freaking out over such little things lol.
Agree 100%! Many North Americans freak out over the most minor things and want to mind everyone else's business
You sound like a true fool. Because you live in a place where life is meaningless (yes some of us know how deadly the roads are in Asia) you think everyone else is silly for carrying about lives... Sit you barely civilized ass down somewhere and stay out of adult conversations.
What's worse than one swift truck driver, two not so swift want to be truck drivers...
It was weird like watch two trucks hogging the hwy then along comes another and the turtle race begins Even more stupid were the tiny cars all excited getting as close as possible in case there is a wreck so they can be part of it too. Looney.
Yep agreed. So many bad drivers. I thought it was just my general vicinity.
Americans 🤷🏻♂️
I have seen a real turtle race with trucks on the hwy where they all stopped in a line to block traffic, then slowly started to roll again, like they were staging a drag race during rush hour. insane.
That right there is why SWIFT stands for Sure Wish I Finished Training. Fight me.
😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
Lol well I'll be dipped in shit
Stevie Wonders institute for trucking
S.tudents W.ith I.diots F.or T.rainers!!!!!!!!!
See What I Fu*ked up Today.
Can anyone tell me the bumper stickers on the blue Prius? I see those same stickers on a lot of cars on the west coast
The truckers behind you know whats going on, lady!
MikeS91712 it's Swift
At first, you'd think the 3rd trucker was impatient. He wasn't. He was putting the end to the stubborn stunt the Swift driver was trying to pull on everyone on the road behind him in both lanes.
Good job!
Yes he was impatient and broke the law passing on the shoulder. Damn dangerous. Swift on left is the dummy. Shouldn't be there but no excuse for idiot move like that. Swift on left should get ticket. Guy passing on shoulder should lose his license
The only to end this stupid situation is to call the cops. Self enforcement is dangerous and illegal
And of course there's a Prius & BMW right in the middle of it, what a surprise.....
What a combo 😂😂
2 Swift trucks, 1 Prius and a BMW
The Prius driver is oblivious. You know this because he's driving a Prius.
That makes a lot of sense in,
1 Your rehab room
2 Your mental institution WC
3 Your bedroom , where all this weird comes out
I drive a 5 series when I'm not driving a truck and my CDL turned 22 yesterday lol
"Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads"
If the truck says Swift, it's not.
They BOTH said 'Swift'!!
You know the saying "swift, best in crash"
Bob Hulsey there always seem to be first to the scene of the accident so they are swift that way.
Swift is an acronym, for sure wish I finished training
Swift is Sure Wish I had A Fast Truck.. Old as dirt I know..