A truck driver gives a shout out to motorists who use their “common sense” around truck drivers in this video.    In the clip, a driver films himself switching lanes for a slow moving tractor trailer up ahead, and gives a special thanks to the motorists that realize truckers drive very intentionally, and that they know what they’re doing.  “When a semi truck randomly switches lanes with no one in front of us 99.9% of the time there’s a...

A semi truck was thrown into the water during the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse in Maryland early on Tuesday morning.    The incident occurred just before 1:30 a.m. on March 26th, when a container ship from Singapore struck the bridge over the Patapsco River, causing it to collapse. The four-lane bridge is 1.6 miles long and connects to the Baltimore harbor, as well as Interstate 695.  Construction workers working with the state transportation agency were working on...

A major bridge in Baltimore in the US state of Maryland has snapped and collapsed after a container ship collided with it early on Tuesday, sending a number of vehicles into the water. The Baltimore fire department said it was searching for at least seven people believed to be in the water, after reports that a 948ft Singapore-flagged container ship had crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The shipping company Maersk that it chartered the container ship in Baltimore....

A one-armed trucker says that the retirement of his long-time physician has prevented him from getting the evaluation he needs to maintain his CDL and keep working. Collyn Metzger of Wichita, Kansas was born without half of his left arm. He learned to drive trucks and machinery without it, and has had a farm permit since the age of 14. He currently works as a field diesel technician, where he operates work vehicles and commercial trucks.  “Whenever a young kid would ask what...

Jeep drives into semi truck’s lane, risking it all just to pass an SUV they don’t want to drive behind.  In the video, a tractor trailer is pulling up to an intersection and moving into the left turn lane when an oncoming baby blue Jeep suddenly decides they can’t stand driving behind another car for another second. The Jeep then leaves its lane, crosses the double yellow, and drives into the left turn lane, right in front of the oncoming semi truck.    The...

A Utah police officer is suggesting that motorists ‘don’t get in the way’ of commercial vehicles in response to a video of a serious wreck between a double trailer dump truck and a tractor trailer on icy roadways.  The video was filmed on Redwood Road in Lehi, Utah on Tuesday, January 16th.  According to KSL TV 5, the dump truck was slowing down and was turning into a job site when a semi truck came up behind it and “negotiated the speed incorrectly...

Security cameras captured the alarming moment of semi truck jackknifing down a hill and coming uncomfortably close to striking a building in Pennsylvania. The video was captured amid winter weather conditions on Friday, January 19, in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. The Shenandoah Sentinel reports that a truck driver from a company out of Philadelphia was operating a Freightliner hauling an empty trailer on Route 924 when the driver lost control on the hill and jackknifed. The truck...

On Wednesday, Memphis police shared dash cam video of a cargo theft in progress in hopes of identifying the suspects involved. The Memphis Police Department (MPD) says that the theft occurred at 7:30 a.m. on January 2 at 3292 Holmes Road in Memphis, Tennessee. Through dash cam video obtained from a second nearby semi truck, MPD determined that a black Infiniti SUV backed up to a trailer. “A Black male subject wearing an orange hoodie, tan jacket, and black...

The California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Truckee Division shared video of a semi truck sliding down I-80 near Donner Summit. CHP-Truckee shared the video on Thursday, January 11. “The brakes lines on this big rig froze up, causing it to lock up, but we were able to get the driver to a safer location. Props to the big rig driver for his driving skills!” CHP said. A similar video was shared by CHP-Truckee in 2017, which you can view below. “So the Story, the driver...

New Mexico State Police (NMSP) have provided new details on a fatal 43 vehicle pileup on I-40 that occurred during winter weather conditions earlier this week. According to an NMSP report released on Thursday, the pileup occurred on I-40 around mile marker 291, east of Santa Rosa, just before 10 a.m. on January 8, 2024. “The initial investigation indicated that a semi-tractor trailer driven by a 21-year-old from Indianapolis, IN, was traveling west on Interstate 40 when, for reasons...

Officials are investigating a 35 vehicle pileup that killed two people in Kern County, California, over the weekend. The crash occurred around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 6, amid dense fog west of Bakersfield. Police say that 17 passenger vehicles and 18 semi trucks collided on southbound I-5. Thirty-five total vehicles were involved. Two people died in the crash. Nine others suffered minor to moderate injuries. “All the witnesses have fog visibility at approximately 100...

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) released dash cam video that shows the moments leading up to a fatal officer-involved shooting on the Turner Turnpike in September 2023. OHP released the dash cam video on Friday, January 5. The video was captured during a traffic stop that began around 8:20 a.m. on September 20, 2023, on the eastbound Turner Turnpike at mile marker 183 in Creek County near Stroud, Oklahoma. An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper conducted a traffic stop on a semi truck driven...