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Truck Narrowly Misses School Bus After Brakes Fail
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- Published on May 12, 2025
- ‘No, no, no, get away!’ - A truck driver’s quick thinking helped avoid a disaster when his brakes failed as he approached a school bus full of children and a line of cars waiting for the bus to pull away.
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Let's Go Brandon!!
no thanks
@@thedailyembarassment let’s go sneaking government documents out of the White House!
no thanks lets go brandon!
@@2clickdeath1 no let's go brandon
The driver of the car that drove off the road as soon as he heard the horn is the dude who survives all the way to the end of the horror movie.
And the dude in the other truck not moving is the one that dies in the first 10 minutes
@@theabstable9589no he was moving he was driving in reverse💀💀 I would’ve went over to the grass
@@theabstable9589he was reversing. There was a car behind him you can tell was being pushed back. They were probably thinking the truck was crazy and not paying attention. Because the 3rd vehicle was backed way up when it happened
He did leave a school bus in danger. So he's definately not the hero.
If this was close as it could be to a tragedy same thing is a mayhem on winter ice on the road..
Oh man, you can hear the pain in that truck driver's voice when he realizes his brakes failed in front of a stopped school bus. He's thinking of the children there.
* behind
If only he knew there was only a couple kids in there
It really hurt my heart to hear how scared he was; I hope he's doing okay now and realizes he did everything just right.
@@Australian-c8fwhy would that make a difference? Even if there was only one kid or one person he would never be able to forgive himself for accidentally hurting or killing them
@@duskwolf8635 better then a whole bus of kids
As a truck driver who has lost his air brakes before, I assure you that terror in his voice is REAL
Soy camionero pero que poca agilidad los demás coche para apartarse, viene un camión directo a ti y no te quitas..
oh ok thanks i thought it was fake
(yes, this was sarcasm, so you can stop replying lol)
@@Stickmon_ Yeah nah this happens more than you think
@@lol69970I think they were being sarcastic 😂
@@shantikite oh💀 I'm bad at detecting sarcasm lol
I love how the pickup truck on the other side of the road decided to sit and watch the truck coming strait at him like a movie. Instead of just going off the road to give space.
Right? I'm practically screaming at my phone "MOVE!".
Fight, flight, or freeze. You never know which one is gonna happen until that moment. I've had all 3 happen on different occasions.
There where two cars behind him and the suv was already kissing his bumper basically.
@@krotahk Tru bruh moment he had enough time to pull aside to the grass if he acted fast enough but real
There were cars behind him . He was trapped
I hope that truck driver is okay. He sounded so terrified of hurting anyone.
From what I heard, he eventually got his truck to stop but he was very shaken up about almost hitting the bus
But he’s ok
(He most likely got PTSD from this, but he’s alive)
I mean imagine even as an accident you hit and killed someone in the process that was horrifying
Well yea
@@silencedcreatornot just someone, he had no idea how many little children were in that bus, in his mind he was probably seeing their little faces and backpacks and the woman driving the bus. For him, it wasn’t just someone, but a whole bunch of little people not yet set in their own directions.
Poor man, I know he’s gotta still suffer from that near death incident
What would you choose. Go off and potentially kill yourself. The school bus or the adults?
That driver deserves an award that was top notch driving skill right there.. hope he knows that.
Too bad they're treated like villains for allowing their breaks to go bad.
@@appletherapyfr.
As a truck mechanic this stuff can literally happen on a whim, especially if the wagon isn’t maintained well by the workshop
The drivers are really not responsible for stuff like that
Hate that they get blamed
@ I Hate they get blamed too!!!!
um he also was driving an unsafe vehicle that could not stop? think that at least negates the "award" for good driving....
@@borumiryou realise he’s not a mechanic right?
Sure you have your safety checks before you drive off, but these faults can pop up randomly. No machine is perfect
This isn’t the drivers fault.
The sheer terror in his voice brought tears to my eyes. His compassionate soul and excellent driving skills saved so many lives just then
Excellent driving skills would be after lowering gear… he should move like 5 km/h or even slower (I’m not sure about top speed at the lowest gear in trucks with ~16 gears but it should be really slow)
@@Przemo12344321 Do you know that after you miss a gear on a truck there is no possible to get back in gear? It's not like a small car .
No truck driver wants to kill somebody unfortunately sometimes there’s no other option guy did all he could and it saved the day.
@@luiseduardovaldivia3510 thats why you have know how to drive a truck with too much weight, especially the weight in those type of trailers, to go down in a slope you have to chose a gear where the engine brake holds you without using the air brakes too much, if you feel that you are using the air brakes too much, you hit the brake pedal until the rpm’s go about 1000 to 1100 change to a two lower gears, sometimes when you do that, if you don’t stop the truck enough to make that change of gear you can miss the gear an the truck will neutralize and because you are in a slope the truck will be accelerating, so, what you have to do when that happens is hit the whole brake pedal, try to stop the truck as much a you can and try to put a gear in the engine and use the engine brake
Now of course, always take your distance from the vehicle in front of you, if you see the stop lights of the vehicle and it looks like is going to be a complete stop, take your distance and time to stop the truck
@@davidcruz56 With all due respect, I don't think that you are a truck driver, I might be wrong
That poor truck driver. I can’t imagine the helplessness that he felt. The fact he managed to do everything in his ability to avoid hurting anyone, and succeeding, is amazing
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate this man's stellar driving skills
Stellar? Really in a semi you down shift before you break. Also you have 3 break systems you have a service break an air break and an engine break then if and when all 3 of the breaks do fail after having slowed down significantly by down shifting you put it in reverse and gently tap tap tap the gass if you are at full speed and still on a run away you have already messed up your first 4 methods to stop in time. That said this guy may be able to steer well and was lucky enough to have a large opening and no kid walking around the front of the bus however you can see that from his level of panic he was not clear headed this is why truck schools with obstacle tracks exist. Even though many drivers are still buddy tought and may know enough to pass the driving exam but not enought to truly know the basics by any means. It's very unfortunate that this driver was able to get in to this position in the first place when a proper DoT required pre-trip inspection would have found and identified the unserviceable nature of his rig and prevented this in the first place.
@@rembliekain7643thank you!!!
@@rembliekain7643 you in too Deep fam, just be grateful nobody died zz
@@rembliekain7643ngl nobody’s reading that nor cares
@@kaedenwheeler6967I read it and do care. He's being more logical than the guy who complimented the drivers skills when he could've done differently to avoid this
"You don't want to know", the sheer horror of this situation. Thank god everyone ended up alright.
That truck was going fast too, if he was less skilled, he probably would've hit that bus or truck, which would've been horrible either way
What happens to the truck driver
I’m confused on what was happening in this video
@@DarkNugget39 the truck's brakes failed, or just couldn't stop in time. Look up "truck runaway ramp" and you'll see lots of examples of big trucks having to go off the road because their brakes failed. They make runaway ramps for these situations on highways, so that less people get hurt. In this video the driver was terrified because he couldn't stop in time and there was an entire school bus full of children in front of him
@@DarkNugget39 also I have a feeling that the reason all the cars were stopped is bc when the bus has the stop signs it’s the law that all cars stop to keep the kids getting of the bus safe. If all the cars had been moving whilst the bus was parked that would have been catastrophic
The horror in the truck driver's voice is heartbreaking, the man doesn't want to hurt anyone, true hero.
and what did he do heroic? if he was so afraid of hurting others why didn't he turn off the road?
@@LoseManIKI1Because there's peoples' homes on either side of the road??? Staying on the road when your brakes fail is ideal if there isn't a runaway truck ramp or a wide shoulder. He goes off the road, he quickly loses like 50% steering control of the vehicle, which means he can crash into trees, houses, guardrails, or ditches. He likely came to a slow rolling stop without much damage to anything by staying on the road.
@@breezieb3297 do you have vision problems? Is it a street in Chinatown? does he run not a truck, but an aircraft carrier?
he does not have high speed - even if he goes into a ditch, crashes into a fence - this is better than if he crashes into cars collecting scrap metal and meat on the way...
Did he see that gap between the pickup truck and the bus? And if he wasn't there? Would it have crashed into a pickup truck - is it better than if it had veered down the slide to the green on the left and put the truck on its side in the worst case?
It is obvious to me if the truck has failed brakes and the road is not free and there is an opportunity to go into a ditch - the truck driver must turn into a ditch so as not to collect metal and meat on the way
@LoseManIKI1 it doesn’t matter how he did it, the most important thing was that he avoided an accident that could’ve been fatal
🤔 Tem um bocado de especialista em direção. Vcs nem imaginam o que é ficar sem freios em um caminhão.💓💓💓💓🇧🇷
The "stop!! No!!" Broke my heart. He must have been terrified
Dude, imagine being helpless and barreling up at an active school bus stop downhill with no brakes, carrying a 60k lbs load. Dude thought he was about to kill children. Did literally everything he possibly could within his power to avoid it and I gotta give him props for handling it.
As someone who's lost their brakes before. Give that man a raise its hard to not crash when youre doin that
I'd say darn near impossible! In that tight of a space. Wow!
Give your mother a lollypop
@@luboradev3755 I would buy she's no longer with us I'm afraid
@@WillowwoodVAI’m sorry for your loss
@@ishioshime too
That man's got some insane driving ability, I'm impressed
especially under thst much pressure too!!
God showed up
Karabeth Mechtly oh sure give all the credit to your “god” when the man has above average driving skills I swear all great things accomplished by humans get labeled as the workings of a god
@@ledpinkdefsabbathwhokinksd9733 let them do what they want I mean still he was under pressure
You fit a cargo plane there
He did his best. The fear in his voice made me cry. So happy everyone was safe.
The truck actually moved and Backed into the white car behind him and People were saying he was charged for backing into the white car
glad to know i'm not the only one that cried.
@@Ayianna_Fluxyou little girls are so soft lmao grow some balls . Oh wait
And they want to put A.I driven cars and diesels..... NO! BAD IDEA. This FEMALE trucker saved lives. You go girl!!!!!❤❤❤❤
@@Moon-is1isthat’s what happens when you go with Liberty Mutual.
I love how the bus driver knew exactly the situation the Truck Driver was in and empathized with him.
Thats the teacher………….
that truck driver is a legend. He knew there were kids on that bus and did everything in his power to protect them. What a great man!
My mother was a trucker and one of her coworkers brakes failed on a highway during a traffic jam and to avoid a bunch of deaths he made the difficult decision to drive off the side of the bridge and died on impact what a legend
… or didn’t have the knowledge how to set his breaks properly. Being a dump truck… highly probable.
The brakes failing could have been anything from poor maintenance to poorly made brakes.
Except servicing his brakes
@@doblingamez1731 brakes are pretty standard across the industry. I suspect they hadn’t been set in awhile.
Poor driver, he was so scared to hurt someone. I'm proud of him for doing his best
Of course he would be in dept for the rest of his life
Thankfully, his best was enough!
Pre start your vehicle...safety checks done. The brakes failed because someone failed
@@countmontecristo7066 this comment is so stupid….. you can do all the pre checks you want and equipment will still fail when you least expect it.
@@mitchelschultz858 exactly what I was thinking!!
The fact that we have both sides of the perspective is what makes this more chilling. The fact this truck driver thought about how many children would have been on this bus and he literally couldnt stop or control the situation must have been truly terrifying!
The fact is so chilling for real
Horrifying
Well he could control the situation and he did
Только ДВА чёрных авто сообразили, что надо что то делать, чтоб уйти с дороги....
Один - в кювет, второй - задом пятился....
@@MaxPopp-ej7fx he could have co trolled it better if his brakes didn't fail?? So technically he didn't have control, but at the same time he did.
I drive a 44 ft box truck every day, thankfully not on rural roads. I felt this man's panic to the core. To nearly wreck with that much weight and save it. This is a truckers worst nightmare especially involving young children. Great job sir.
Nobody understands the fear you get while driving with a heavy load down hill and your brakes give out. I had chills watching this.
Y brakes failed on my car going down a hill , in front of hospital and E. R. WHILE AT THE VERY SAME TIME ACTLROSS THE STREET , THE WLEMWNTARY KIDS WERE LETTING OUT OF SCHOOL VROASING TJE ROAD. TERROR IS REAL AND IT FELT LIKE MY JEry just balled up in a fist and said no no stop nove
@@jeanieyoung2023 it is scary no matter what you drive.
Very chilling!! 😢
@@jeanieyoung2023tf?
@@jeanieyoung2023 did you find out why they failed?
The way he said “Stop No” really breaks my heart.
What breaks my heart is that she didn’t tell him to pull over… It’s not their problem, so they can just stay in the way 🤡
Wow, this has me in tears. So scary to watch, I pray the truck driver is safe.
@@nickfiorenza5930 thank god, I’m not alone 😪
That’s what I’m saying amazing driving skills but I pray he was able to stop safely!
Poor guy didn’t want to kill somebody’s baby. Good man!
The terror in his voice is heartbreaking. He’s a good human, I’m sorry this happened to him
A good man. Bless him.
All did good.
@@VikingOlberg-NymoenOfNorway Good man ? Not paying attention or not maintaining his truck properly ?
@fredbugden3511 he obviously had brake failure. You know nothing of air brake systems? I would say he did an outstanding job of controlling his truck and saving the bus, kids and that other vehicle!.
@@fredbugden3511 I don’t know who maintained his truck but a break failure is a thing and can’t always be prevented with decent maintenance.
@@fredbugden3511shit happens. It’s called an accident. You’re ignorant asf
I have tears for that truck driver... you can feel it in his voice how scared he was... awesome warning with the horn. He gave loads of warning. Many blessings to him for trying his best not to harm anyone... blessings, many blessings. 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️
The panic in his voice tells me he couldn’t live with himself if he hit that school bus or a killed a kid. Great driving skills Sir.
*she
Only a psychopath could.
@@leelambeth106 Sounds like a man. But anyway what happened after? Is the driver okay?
@@leelambeth106 how
@@leelambeth106 wtf You mean. It’s he
The pure terror in his voice. This man wasn’t scared for HIS life, but everyone else.
Lost air brakes with a friggin school bus ahead on a hill... doesn't get worse then that. Dude is pro for handling it
Да обочина с права от него свободна сехал бы и остановил трак ... Как правила на траки идут люди с пониженным интеллектом IQ ..
Absolute truth! I watched it, over and over, but when I just read your comment - I cried. God bless that driver.
tenia miedo q un niño se cruzara la calle , porq justo el bus escolar estaba detenido y es señal q los del carril contrario tambien se detengan por ley. porq algún niño va a cruzar. gracias a DIOS nadie cruzo en ese momento
Well duh, there wasnt a slim chance he would die. Plus there was a lot of grass ans threes in front of him.
The fear in that man’s voice brought tears to my eyes. He would not have been able to live with himself. You can tell.
You're both too dramatic. He could've pulled off the road.
@@sunetvardsky8685 I don't know man I think pulling off the road could have been potentially fatal for the driver...ground dips immediately and going downhill... tough call no matter how you look at it
@@michaelchipman1832 there are no cliffs or hills. Driver is going like 35. No one in history has died from driving on a field at 35.
@@sunetvardsky8685 power poles, trees on both sides, ditch on either side. no field in site. doesn't take much to roll a truck pulling off the hard shoulder onto grass/dirt. especially if the ground is soft. trucks are super heavy and will sink first chance they get.
Thank God no child was crossing!
A tough situation. The truck driver was 100% fortunate. I found it interesting that he received so much praise in the comments..!!?? As soon as he crusted that hill and saw the situation, he should have taken action to ensure his rig never made it the other vehicles. He should have taken action to either flip that rig, or get off the road in a ditch somehow. He wasn’t thinking at all… This is a situation that truck drivers need to be aware of and know what to do.
A friend of mine was carrying a stone loaded dump through the city and upon turning onto a road that was going down hill, he lost his brakes, and at the bottom of the hill after stopping you could only go left or right. His 22 year old daughter happened to be in the truck with him.. as soon as he checked his brakes, he told his daughter, “hold on, we going over!” He turned the wheel and the truck flipped over.. Probably saved someone’s life… When it happened he knew exactly what he had to do, and did it.. He and his daughter had a few bumps and bruises, stiff for a while, but they were ok…
The pure terror in his voice actually brought me to tears. He was so worried about the children.
Bless his heart
Me too!!!!!
Same!
Yes!!!
He was worried for everyone. Not just the children
🤣he's worried coz of the break not the Children
The sound of his voice. You can tell how scared he was. He did such a good job avoiding the other vehicles. Thank goodness no one was harmed. This could have been a lot worse.
@Royal Exodus it says break failure
@Royal Exodus bro what are u waffling about his breaks clearly failed 😭
@Royal Exodus def would’ve either way his brakes were broken
He did a bad job ensuring that old beater rustbucket dumptruck had functioning brakes though.
@@isaacwest maybe he did, and they broke just after...
The driver sounds terrified and I don’t blame him, trucks are already scary when involved in a collision but not having control of it just makes it x100 worse
yeah anyone should know how terrific 9 tons of speeding steel are
Knowing that they might crash into a school bus that is full of children makes it 1000x Scarier
i feel like thats putting it too lightly
Yeah
Yeah we have trucks going up and down our roads all day but its even more dangerous because they are climbing a mountain and then going back down at like 90mph
Next time a school bus abruptly stops and throws that flashing stop sign in my face I’m gonna act like my brakes went out too 😂😂😂
Bless his heart, he was terrified of hurting those children. Excellent driving skills.
Lol if that's the point he can drive offroad where gross have
Yes!! I absolutely agree!
Why are you insulting this person they literally did everything right?
@@darkfire3062 look closely what he did was the best decision he could take in that situation. He couldn't go offroad because there was no space and no way a truck could fit in that tight space.
@@darkfire3062 it will cause more problem i think
Dang, the genuine fear in his voice of hurting those kids almost made me shed a tear… obviously I didn’t because nothing happened, but ya know.
respect, making sure you kept your megachad status by assuring us you didnt shed that tear
Pull yourself together John your an emotional wreck of a man
Me too. I felt that hard.
You cried. You know you did.........I did I mean
Thank God he was going slow already in the first place
just like everyone else that commented, the “stop no” absolutely broke my heart to hear. you could hear the fear and helplessness he felt. and that squeeze was an amazing and skillful act.
It made me start crying. I’m so thankful there were no children crossing and the fact that he handled his truck the way he did.
@Niranjan especially when your that full of adrenaline and the images of what could go from start flashing by, thank god he made it massive respect
Honestly was pure luck and god taking the wheel 😮💨
Put a lump in my throat.
Eh not that skillfull
As a trucker this is your worst nightmare in perfect conditions. To have it happen while approaching a school bus is straight up terror inducing
This is the type of stuff that causes PTSD in everyday people. Prayers for the truck driver.
Maybe if he kept up on repairs he could avoid PTSD and killing others. Prayers won’t fix your brakes.
@@KBosch-xp2uthow is that his fault anything can happen
@@oofman1911
Probably is his fault. Breaks in good condition don’t just fail.
Also, he could have ditched the truck right away rather than putting children in harm’s way.
@@KBosch-xp2ut There is absolutely no way for you to know the status of his brakes beforehand. You are just making assumptions. Unfortunately prayers won't fix your arrogant ignorance either.
@@KBosch-xp2utliberal
“NO GET AWAY” dude i feel for him frl the panic in his voice that is a terrible feeling.
No replies? Let's fix that
I would've shat myself knowing what that bus carries.....
It’s tough mad respect for them I always wish them a safe travels and that they may be protected and be safe. Lots of crazy drivers and lots of careless drivers drive around. Be cautious
Well after that guy got sentenced for the same thing recently
Same!
That truck driver deserves something for his great concern, that “stop, no” was said with the dread of crashing into the buss and hurting the children.
How you know if he was scared for himself or kids and also how u get 1.7 k one this comment in 17 hrd
@@agdjdjdj9842 dude he knew there were kids on the bus
@@agdjdjdj9842 himself? That truck wouldnt even scratch... Schoolbuses are made of paper
Like I said how do you know if it was him or not and also busses have pretty tint windows and it's kinda hard to see 3th graders behind seats
Bruh school buses are made for kids wdym?
God bless this trucker!! He is obviously a skilled driver.
It’s so heart warming to see how much the truck driver cared, he was screaming and he sounds like he’s on the verge of tears
I mean his breaks are out I would be scared asf too
@@TheMaxbattle yeah but it sounded like he was more scared about the children than himself.
True to that, he knows he’ll live but he also knows whoever he hits might die cause of it. No one wants to live with that for the rest of their live.
That Man Is Truly A Hero 💙🙏 God Bless Him
If he hits the bus, they die, busses are like giant soda cans unfortunately
Lord, the skill this driver showed off, despite sounding so _terrified_ the whole time. I'm just a beginning driver, but I can tell this is a NARROW miss. Bless his heart, this must have been so scary.
Edit: Can you guys go on the Internet without arguing, or acting like couch experts? Just for five minutes.
I'd be terrified too of possibly killing children or even yourself. Anybody, really..
That gap was like 20 feet, not very impressive.
@@Oilbag wow I’m sure your a master at driving a truck in a panic
I’d also like honorable mention for the SUV behind the bus being super aware of their surroundings.
I also thought the truck wasn't that fast, until I saw the vid footage from the bus. Fck man
That poor truck driver, he brought me to tears. You can hear the fear in his pleas. God bless him for his excellent driving and concern.
Этот водитель испортил свои тормоза. Этот водитель мог съехать с дороги. Этот водитель выбрал риск чужими жизнями. Очень плохой водитель
Gosh seriously me too!!! Once I heard him say oh no my whole body started trembling and tears followed! What a terrifying moment. I truly hope the truck driver is okay.
Me too! I drive a bus so I realize her helplessness as well
Yes! Like he’s thinking “Omg please don’t let any of these kids get off this bus before I get past it…. That’s so scary. What timing to lose control of your brakes.
Bro cried over a truck
Good on that man for doing everything he could to keep everyone safe. It’s amazing how many people freeze under that kind of pressure
I like how only one guy realizes and moves out the way. He’ll live long
Bro swerved to the side away so he wouldn’t get hit if the bus got it
The truck moved back actually it hit the car behind it
Along with the rearmost vehicle on the oncoming lane
well the two cars on the opposite side couldn't move until the car at the back moved which it did .
now as for the car behind the bus ? idk
@@clareselashaythis is what I was thinking, the last car only moved after the truck passes
Heart breaks a little for the trucker. Poor dude probably thought he was about to really hurt some kids. You can really hear it in his voice. Handled like a pro
Wondering if that truck driver made safely!
Nah he knew rhe kids would be fine he handled that he was worried about the dudes in the other lane
@@goreobsessed2308 my guy i don't think them kids will be fine seeing a 40,000ib truck obliterate a family of 4 right next to them on their way back from school
@@raw1465i think he was saying he wasnt going to hit the schoolbus at alll worse case scenario would be hit the truck also if hes fully loaded its more like 90-100k pounds most the time those dump trailers are overloaded
I mean in that scenario, you may not be thinking straight, but wouldn't going off road and hitting something that didn't have people in it be better (if there hadn't been a gap) than hitting any of the vehicles? And jump out before collision and hope you make it?
The awareness of the black car behind the school bus is next level. That’s what we call competency
Ok! Idc if I had to crush someone’s mailbox, damage their grass, trees, fence, I would be off that road! And if it were My mailbox, grass, fence that had to get crushed? I’d applaud them for their instincts and send them on their way with a thankful prayer for their safety ! All that stuff is replaceable
Cmon he could have jumped out and let the car be used as a buffer for the bus.
@@DenverRacingSocialhello
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@@DenverRacingSocialwhat if he had someone with him? Not risking it, just move away.
His voice brought tears to my eyes. The sound of panic and fear of hurting anybody.
You can hear the absolute fear in this guy's heart, I'm positive he would've crashed before letting those kids get hurt. You see so many reckless drivers these days, I'm glad to see someone cares out there.
My dad owns a logistics company and this is so true, he has some workers that care for others safety on the road, and others not so much..
Obviously theres always gonna be truckers who care, you dont need internet to know that
@@daetoiza bro I work at one and the daily dumb stuff I hear about boggles my brain. Some company loaded a driver all on one side he was tipping to that side and their company had to call a crane because he was already 30 miles from their company. Like it's so dumb what I hear. Surprisingly brakes failing happens more than what I would've liked to know.
They should be concerned because if they crash even one car, they will be charged with multiple homicide and the company's reputation will suffer
Ah yes, pure terrifies of hooman, so deli...
I meant, so happy that he saved their lives
The fear in his voice breaks my heart. So glad this ended up ok and I hope everyone is doing well.
I know broke my heart 🙏🙇♀️🕊🕊🕊
Wait what happened
@@prince_of_weebs5836 trucks breaks went out.
Ah that makes more sense now thank you
Oh my gosh you so are so right on that I bet the woman was praying hard and also I wander how he stopped being his brakes failed
I have NEVER seen a truck driver SO in control!!! You could hear the devastation in his voice. He saved kids by applying quick thinking! Well done.
Well done sir! So scary
Since when is not hurting someone by negligence the same as saving them?
@@plishplashnot negligence. the brakes went out, this happens often. the driver is trained to respond in this scenario, you aren’t.
@@helens.7699 Why do you consider "brakes going out" a normal thing to happen?
@@plishplashbecause it’s actually a known phenomenon for trucks air breaks to go out. It’s not the same as a personal vehicle like an F150, this is a commercial vehicle and they don’t exactly operate the same. There are reasons why those brakes could fail that may not be related at all to driver error. Don’t assume he made some mistake just to be cynical, and maybe don’t comment if you got nothing interesting to add
Bro navigating the trolley problem in real time and won. Bravo. Every time I see this, i wonder if the pickup truck driver has no sense of self-preservation or a hero complex not flinching,thus providing some protection for those behind em.
The man’s voice of fear almost brought tears to my eyes, he was so afraid of hurting someone poor guy :(
Almost brought tears to your eyes? Wtf lol i cant imagine being that sensitive
@@jersey8650 Bro you just got a toxic life style.
Nothing wrong with being sensitive, if you don't have nothing nice to say then don't say nothing at all
@@jersey8650 it’s called having empathy
Exactly he was afraid because he sw school bus ND he thinks might be he will hurt innocent kids or innocent people.
This man just proves everything every trucker ive met ever told me. “If its me or a school bus then its gonna be me.” Good driving and a good man saved a lot of lives.
You said it brother!!!
Why didn’t she start backing up when he got next to her… she’s bad.
@@courtneybarbin3587 only like 2% of people can’t think under pressure like that.
@@courtneybarbin3587 that’s what I’m sayin
Speechless
The fact ONLY ONE driver reacted to the blaring horn of a big truck is really concerning.
What else could have been done? The bus driver had no time to really move and the oncoming cars didn’t really have time to move too far either. Had that pickup moved forward to try and maneuver out of the way the truck would have hit it. In reality this played out the best it could have and no one was hurt.
@@jeffreye4537 Idk, guy in the pickup could've moved to his right, just like the car behind the bus did. I've seen this video several times before and thankfully nobody got hurt, well the truck driver might've lost a couple years off his life, but he did a dang good job driving that rig
@@jeffreye4537 Just drive off the road? Tf? The one car that responded did exactly that.
@@jeffreye4537 I think the oncoming traffic could have pulled to the side and left a bit more room on the road for the truck to swerve, but the bus driver not panicking and also not listening to the lady who kept telling them to drive did exactly what they should have done: not panic.
The bus doing just about anything could have made this so much worse. I'm glad they had the sense to wait a sec and see that the truck had started trying to go around them.
The bus driver is smart. The four wheelers had to move at that position
Thanks for sharing this, it's so easy to be in your own little world on the roads
Oh that poor driver, you can hear the emotion in his voice. Hope he’s doing ok.
It's a her
@@Nympheau are you sure...?
@@Nympheau that’s a woman?…. Wait…. You’re not allowed to ask that…
The truck driver was a male and the bus drivers i believe were both female.
@@Joemamahoeee For one, the female doesn’t seem like she’s a bus driver, but maybe a teacher/principal riding with bus driver, second the trucks breaks went out downhill and was unable to decelerate safely before reaching the vehicles…
This truck driver did an excellent job. He saved lives. I am proud of him!!
Yes he did! That black truck was paralyzed but should have gone up to that next little drive there and get out of the way lol 😅
What happened?
@@ControversyCupcakeI think the truck drivers brakes got stuck, so they were unable to stop.
Thank you
He could have gone in the grass instead of risking that.
Bless this truck driver!
I feel bad for him. You could hear the fear in his voice and breathing. He sounded like a young guy too. That was probably traumatizing. Bless him ❤️
:(
@Mr.Caster He didn't even want to hurt them. It wasn't his fault the brakes malfunctioned
Ngl I would need therapy.
@Mr.Caster ?
@Mr.Caster Maybe in some countries yes, but in like 90% of countries you wouldn't if it's not the drivers fault.
Now thats the voice of a Trucker dedicated to others safety
He didn't do his pre trip and put everyone's lives in danger. He's a man that's regretted his poor decisions
@@TruckerReviewedwhat if it’s not in his control
@@L-VA21it was in his control, he failed to complete his safety check before driving the truck which resulted in this dangerous scenario
@L-VA21 As a CDL holder he is 100% responsible for everything on his vehicle. Part of a pre trip is making sure your brakes work.
@@jmancody94 is there any way his brakes could've gone out mid trip?
The truck driver did everything right the moment he realized his brakes failed. His reaction time by blaring his horn and outstanding driving kept everyone safe. God bless him!!
I had it happen going down the Main Street of a town and you can only hope the horn is enough to prevent people crossing or pulling their vehicle out in front of you. Time appears to slow right down as you attempt to control the situation.
@@ricklediard5014 Thankfully the brain is well made for these situations. Just the idea of facing this situation terrifies me though
Hero, everyone else just sat there
Yup, Allah was looking after him.
@@dgk42 no, he just acted accordingly
God had a hand this! He blessed the truck driver for his concern and skill. Truly amazing!
lol, maybe "god's" hand should shave been on the brakes and made them work again.
Massive respect to the driver, it's extremely hard to drive with a brake failure and he managed to do so wonderfully.
He straight up threaded a needle in a semi. I honestly can say he’s probably better than most drivers in general and he deserves massive respect.
Why can't we stop it using gears? I mean by lowering the gear and not throttling up?
Negative he should've went in the ditch
@@Theover4000 fcc
@@Theover4000 most drivers are just incompetent and too egoistic to drive around
He avoided any injury. He controlled his rig the best that he could. I have been a trucker for 48 years and I will tell you that you are going to have mechanical failures. I’m glad that he handled it as well as he did. Good job Driver
Yeah, only other option would have to pull the parking brakes. He could still steer and hope they got him shut down in time...........38 years here. Be safe Sriver
@@firefighterpk2440 Things happen fast. He probably didn’t even think about that.
My husband's an OTR driver. The fact that he made that turn around the bus that smoothly in a panic without coming too close to that front car that didntnwantnto move was incredible.
But he had to stop somewhere
Why didn't he turn the key off without locking up the steering wheel it would turn the motor off or he could have started downshifting..
The genuine fear in his voice made me tear up for some reason
Me too. For some reason.😢
I almost sobbed. Poor guy..
Me too! He sounds terrified
Empathy
That real man life that why
Major kudos to this driver.. kept it calm in an extremely stressful situation.
You can hear the absolute pain and terror in his voice…I hope he’s doing well..
I think it’s because he thought he was about to hurt a lot of children. This man is a nice man.
Almost made me cry, all those kids! What a horrible moment 😓
Y'all slow dude is fine we wouldn't see this vid if he wasn't
I am 😅
@@TiffanyBrown-hj4my its a dash cam and the school bus has one so yeah, you have an incorrect statement
I pray he’s ok. It was probably so traumatizing for him while everyone is just so chill
What can they do? Stress too? I am sure they were also shocked and sad.
I'm a truck driver as well. He was more terrified because HE KNEW it was his fault. He overheated his brakes. When air brakes fail, they LOCK UP. Immediately!
@@Katmandu2 accidentally did that in my moms car exiting the freeway, i crashed into a tree and had 3 broken ribs. “why were you driving her car?!” she can’t drive and i’m 18 with a license but yes. terrifying
@@avril881 you dummy.... do you do drugss???
@@avril881 you overheated the airbrakes in your moms car? 😂😂
I hope this truck driver is okay. What a good man he was more worried about hurting someone else than himself.
If that was the case he would’ve gone left into the tree. He obviously has some concern for his own safety
@@howie6666ah yes drive in the direction that a child exiting the school bus may decide to run 🤦 great idea
If he was a good man he would have checked his equipment properly that day to make sure it was all functional. He was not doing his job properly and his inattention and inability to do his job properly almost cost the lives of a bunch of children. He's not a good man.
@@thefurryteacher1120 so miss the bus by a matter of inches? Stop talking you’re embarrassing yourself
@@robertvogel9849Even if he did take notice of any faults on the truck, I'm pretty sure it's the responsibility of the company that owns the truck to make sure it actually gets fixed. Don't think you can own a dumptruck the same way you can own a rig, if at all.
Truck drivers BRAKES FAILED, he was trying to warn them❤❤❤
The genuine fear in this man’s voice, I’m sure he was even more terrified that a child was going to run out across that road. So glad everyone is okay 💙
And even worse, if he also hit the school bus what probably would've killed the kids at the back or even all of them
That would have horrified me
@@Ai_dayooooo I doubt much if anything, I don't think there was any contact. He handled it amazing
To everyone asking what happened and if he’s okay, he was downshifting when he realized the brakes failed, flashing his lights and brights and obviously honking the horn. He was able to stop about a quarter mile down the road and police showed up to make a report. The trucking company is being investigated for how they conduct their inspections and maintenance. He is okay, thankfully everyone is okay 💙
Edit: it does not seem that he is being held responsible thankfully as it’s not his job to do the maintenance, rather praised for how he handled the situation by police.
@@catalina1867 oh, I thought the busses brakes failed and the truck could not stop in time.
The way he said “NO, NO, NO…! GET AWAY!!” You can hear the absolute terror in his voice. Breaks my heart…❤
Same
*BRAKES my heart.
It must have been horrifying for him!
@@Guyontheinternet164dawg😭😭😭
God bless him, just the tone of his voice is chilling.
The car that drove off the road is the most sensible car driver here.
Именно!
They probably didn't have enough time to react also the one in the middle couldn't move before the others did.
@@trecyspencer4543they had 3/4 business days to react
@@guy165-qg8gf lolol.... remember everyone reacts differently under stress and while the front and back vehicles were free to maneuver the one in the middle of them both was not.
@@trecyspencer4543 Therefore the one who reacted quickest is the sensible one
Edit: I forgot to mention that I am only talking about the car drivers
😮I'm very grateful for this trucker's skill set, and humanity 🎉
This poor guy was so scared he was going to hurt those kids. This brought tears to my eyes after the second time i watched it and heard it in his voice.
It’s not that deep
@@User12002 yea not that deep when people could have died🤦♂️
@@User12002 some people are more sympathetic and deeper than others. I guess your comment shows, doesn't it?
@@kgam6799dawg the truck wasnt even goin that fast 🤦
@@Zenin2tuff WHAT????? You must be a very young inexperienced child to think a semi going the speed this one was, would not cause life threatening damage!!!!!!
I feel bad for that poor man. You can hear the sheer terror in his voice. This is the kind of person you can care about.
Those 2 cars could have gotten him killed all the truck had to do was turn off the road instead making him squeeze through
Fr fr
@@sandywentworth4249 maybe he didn’t know the brakes didn’t work
@@sandywentworth4249 it doesnt work like that lmfao
@@sandywentworth4249 mate, just say you've never owned a vehicle and stfu
Driver needs a medal for his skill driving to avoid a massive injury or death happening.
I don't I don't know how he lost his brakes but he definitely made the right choice. It was easier for oncoming to pull off the road than the school bus. And, he chose not to hit the school bus. If you hear a truck blasting his horn and driving erratically, get the heck out of their way. Something is terribly wrong!
@gailpeterson2154 he threaded the needle, should have ditched it
No he should have slowed down. He needs his license taken away.
@@Kevin-hi5uwyoure the slowest person on earth
@@OntarioBearHunter exactly that was reckless. Kid coulda stepped out. Lucky there was gap too. best option was right or left off the road into the grass. He gambled huge and was soooo lucky.
My heart breaks for this truck driver every time I see this. What a feeling of helplessness. God bless that guy.
Aw poor guy. He needs a hug
Pretty sure he need brakes not hugs
He needs something a little stronger than a hug...like perhaps an entire quart mason jar of moonshine!
@@khalid731 he needs both
nah he needs a rise and new truck
and a clean pair of shorts
Poor man. I just want to hug him, he sounds more terrified of hitting someone else than his own wellbeing.
Probably that and also, often times you'd end up in jail for something that maybe even wasn't your fault
A sensible person would avoid hitting other cars and crash into a tree or a pole.
@@jlee8611 Can you provide and example? I'm a visual learner. Thank you!
he could hit that car at 80 and his truck would look untouched and they would be scatter everywhere hes not worried about himself at all he knows hes fine
Any man with a functioning conscience should be horrified if they have the potential to wipe out a school bus full of children
The thing that got me here was the frickin driver man, his voice.
It should be in one of those Quandale dingle spotting videos the “ no! Get away!”
Omg i almost started crying when he was saying stop no.. you can hear in his voice just begging that a child doesn't run out!!!
@@motherofpuppies544
Started to, nothing, that got me bigtime. That was the voice of a man wondering how he's gonna live with himself if he hurts a kid or anyone else.
@deviloxy You find this funny?
@@juombe failed brakes are far from funny
OMG 😱. Great driver preventing a horrible accident. 🙏😱👏
The way the trucker sounded, you could tell he valued everyone's life in that incident and only wanted the best. So glad he managed to miss them and save lives. God Bless them. ❤️
mf didn’t wanna go to jail 💀
I work at a truck stop, and there are some very soulful truckers out there. I give them good mornings and sometimes free coffee.
Is that surprising
God bless
Now, that’s a Great truck driver, in more than 1 way!! His #1 goal was to Not kill anyone!!!! I admire him!! That some great driving & quick thinking he did!!
Having your brakes fail on a vehicle that big must be extremely terrifying.
I've never had my breaks fail but it takes over 400 feet to stop a truck. Thats a lot of time to think i have had to make emergency stops before
@user-jv3yt5en7s legend says he's still driving to this day trapped inside the truck
It is
@JohnJKelly-of4dc they say in point Nemo, you are closer to this guy orbiting the earth that you are from land with life
@@Dante.-. Reminds me of Spielberg's first film "DUEL"!!!!!!!
Driving skill!! Driver took that runaway tru k to a while new level. All the children were saved!
Omg the fear in this man’s voice!! Breaks my heart. He did an amazing job missing the bus and I hope he’s okay
He’s a hero for what he did. Respect to him!
Yea the first he think, save my life, take a child or 2🤦🏻♂️
Or an abysmal job at correctly checking the vehicle before driving it.
He's in jail forever, sadly
@@enchilada7765 okeee
Every ounce of props for the Mack driver. No injuries. No accidents. No damages. With no room for mistakes.
Im pretty sure one of the cars backed into the one behind them to get out of the way but still massive props to the truck driver
What a beautiful comment
God is good !
"No room for mistakes"..... amen
How did the guy stop though 😳
He was more concerned the fact there would be children walking across. He’s the man.
Good awareness by bus lady, checking before the door.
The man? He could have pulled off the road and put no one but perhaps himself in danger. Instead he goes straight toward a school bus and multiple cars that couldn’t move out the way.
What makes him the man? That he luckily didn’t kill people because he didn’t want to flip the truck?
@@sicksabrestyle4357ppl like you just need smth to be mad at. Take a deep breath and go live your life. Maybe stay outta comment sections if you're this easily riled up
@@sicksabrestyle4357 the fact hat in the moment of being scared shirtless he actually used his head blew the horn and drove between the bus. I would say he did everything right . the bus driver is also to be commended for paying attention and noticing . Thank god you aren`t my parent ! what you thought is he should have injured his own life when as you see everything was a OKAY
@@sicksabrestyle4357not when they are power line everywhere
The guy that paid attention and quickly left the road! Respect
That man deserves a raise, he handled that absolutely perfectly, I’d be using that as a training video
I dunno about that. Choosing to squeeze between the 2 vehicles was definitely one of the most dangerous things to try there. Although he was successful, he did endanger everybody else around him there.
Wouldn't it have been better to get off of the road? Even if that did directly result in him crashing, he would have at least stopped being a direct danger to the other drivers.
Honestly, it was just too risky imo.
@@chasemcfarland2851 first of all you're basically telling him to k himself, secondly you know debris would fly everywhere with a crash at that speed and would most certainly endanger everyone even more. God gave you a brain. Please use it sometimes
@@chasemcfarland2851 "just get off the road" did you see that children are exiting the bus? He made a split second decision to drive between two stopped cars and ended up doing it wonderfully.
@@OrangeSheep14 There was plenty of...off road he could take. The most dangerous thing he could done was drive at a high speed while kids are exiting a bus.
He wouldn't seen if some kid decided to run in front of the bus to the other side of the road...
Alls well that ends well, but that doesn't mean that the decision which lead to a one in a thousand "ended well" was the right decision.
There were no deep ditches so he'd probably had a bumpy ride, but he could taken either the left or the right and had more sight of the kids than he did by driving as he did.
Having been in his position I'd probably done the exact same thing. You don't calculate for the thousand scenarios that can happen. You don't imagine the worst scenario, you calculate the likelihood of you succeeding and if you believe you'll make it, then you take it!
Were there better choices to be made? Yes, but those choices are rarely available while in a spicy situation and while panicked. Luckily he didn't just shutdown and drive right into the bus.
@@chasemcfarland2851 glad someone said it. The number of people praising the driver for doing this nonsense demonstrates the cognitive impairment of most of the population
As a truck driver this is one of my biggest fears. Especially when loaded. I don’t think he was or maybe just not a big load because I’ve seen trucks tip over for less. That being said he handled that like a pro
Yup 100% agree, I've lost my breaks before with 44t on weight on board (64.5t all up) not pretty and one of the scariest moments I've had
That is terrifying I've only lost trailer brakes and that was sketchy as all frig coming to a stop
How did he stop the truck?
@@madisnzz I haven’t seen anything else on it and I haven’t had this problem myself (hopefully never). I’d probably pop it in neutral and try to slow down enough to hit the parking brake. I’ve only been driving for 5 years so I don’t have a whole bunch experience yet.
@@madisnzz it went uphill
Even being terrified he handled it like a pro
@@We-Climb not exactly. A pro would have been in a lower gear. Slower than you'd like but. Your brake's and dispatcher will thank you for it
A pro whould not endanger lives of children on a bus. You downshift and then go off road if you have to not smash cars not one of our kids.
A pro whould not endanger lives of children on a bus. You downshift and then go off road if you have to not smash cars not one of our kids.
The driver of the car that drove off the road demonstrates excellent situational awareness skills.
God bless this man, genuinely afraid to hurt anyone. He threaded that needle perfectly. Well done.
Instead of chanting imaginary ghosts just thank him.
Thank you unknown truck driver. See ? That easy. Doesn't cost u anything.
@@quigonjinn3567 That makes no sense, it doesn’t cost them anything either way.
@@quigonjinn3567 I'm not gonna change what I said to please you. God bless that man and thank God Almighty, Maker of Heaven & Earth, that nothing worse happened in that scenario.
@@quigonjinn3567 how about you just keep to your own angry existence rather than try to ruin other peoples as well
@@jdk127 Ramen
That driver is a bloody hero. Fantastic driving mate.
I feel like negligence is a definite possible factor
@@joshuaharrison8113 The only way it could even be considered as negligence is if he drove this route daily and knew the exact stops of that bus. On average stopping distances of trucks that are fully loaded is around 400 feet, the bus at the start of the video which is slightly after you see the brakes of the car in front of him come on is 250 feet max (and thats being very generous) Not to mention its downhill.
pretty sure he lost his brakes if im not mistaken i dont think it matters how far it is, its gonna keep going for a while could be wrong tho @@ImThatCatYT
@@joshuaharrison8113likely His breaks have out. It can happen with those big Riggs.
Had me sweating bullets
Oh my God his voice makes me cry. Just hearing the desperation in his voice 😭😭
@Pugna ikr
@Pugna develop some empathy before u tell ppl to grow up
@Pugna you grow up.
@Pugna 😭😭
@Pugna rude much, would you have rather him not care and hit the school bus??? Like God...
Nobody will realise that this right here is amazing driving! Not only has his brakes failed there's a school bus and traffic on the other side! I take my hat of to this man he saved alot of lives
Truck blearing it's horns and swerving to avoid a bus.
Trucks on other side of the road : 👁️👄👁️
Watching it again, he reversed and might've hit the car behind him.
He could just have done like the white car, get the f off the road and step on the grass.. @@_JustJoe
@@Victorgp2 It did kind of irritate me, but realized in these sudden danger moments, most people cannot think that quick.
Can ypu imagine the fool
@@RunFool he had ages to think, issue is he didnt