Close call on Hwy 11 (NF)

[Jds63]

Talk about messed up !!!

 

http://cottagelife.com/84400/blogs/driver-survives-a-gut-wrenching-close-call-on-ontarios-highway-11?utm_source=Cottage+Life+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e5ec3a75e7-CL_Dockside_Feb_6_20142_5_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2a4b4abf7b-e5ec3a75e7-230177209

[lew]

Really scary stuff, I've seen that on a couple different websites & emails but never realized it was in Ontario.

[Fisherman]

Ya, that's been around, but the one coming up the hill should have his head examined, one of rules of not passing. He should get a daily beating.

[BillM]

That's not uncommon for 11 between TBay and the Sault. I've experienced that on more then one occasion when pulling the 5th wheel. Come over a hill and you've got two set of headlights in front of you. Talk about scary.

[woodenboater]

saw that on FB, other trucker should have his license pulled forever and have to volunteer at the coroner's office.

 

passing a snowplow. on a grade. on a 2 laner. absolutely baffling.

Edited February 6, 2014 by woodenboater

[Jds63]

Yeah too many rules being broken there ... that guy is lucky to be alive, amazing it was caught on video.

[fishindevil]

on the news they said it was near nipigon ontario !!! ya very close call for sure.....the driver of the other truck is an

[bass_man]

What's the chances that we ever get any follow up information after they catch the guy. This is the kind of stuff that makes me almost ashamed to admit to being a truck driver. These idiots really believe that you cant afford to lose even a few K on a hill, and god forbid that you have to downshift. It's a sad comment on what passes for a real truck driver these days.

 

Jim

[mukluk]

The numbskull risked anothers life and property in passing the plow and more than likely pull into the rest stop 10 miles down the road to have a coffee. (Or maybe change his underwear.)

[SirCranksalot]

What gets me is that he seems to continue passing(rather than drop back) even when the other truck comes into view. I'm not a truck driver but I thought the guy coming uphill would have dropped back real fast as soon as he let off the gas, .

[irishfield]

He tried to tuck in... well he did a bit or it would have been a real mess.

[SirCranksalot]

He did, but I thought it was a bit belated.

[BillM]

The last thing you want to do is slam on the brakes on a truck like that in those conditions.. These aren't NASCARs on dry pavement, let's be realistic.

[206]

I still don't know how the other rig(bad passer) didn't sustain any damage at least to its trailer??

 

I got this video paused at 13sec mark and there is no way in my eyes an 18 wheeler could fit through there??

 

Either way they got the guy!!

 

http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1301523/motor-vehicle-collision-driver-identified

[BillM]

Awesome!

[SirCranksalot]

The last thing you want to do is slam on the brakes on a truck like that in those conditions.. These aren't NASCARs on dry pavement, let's be realistic.

 

I guess you misunderstood. I wasn't talking about anyone hitting the brakes. I was suggesting that the guy coming uphill seemed to be a bit tardy in letting off on the accelerator.

[BillM]

 

I guess you misunderstood. I wasn't talking about anyone hitting the brakes. I was suggesting that the guy coming uphill seemed to be a bit tardy in letting off on the accelerator.

 

Perhaps he thought there was enough room, lol.

[mike rousseau]

That happened to me once.... Luckily there wasn't a steep ditch on the side on the highway... I had to put my truck in the rubarb to avoid a transport head on...

 

And he have me the finger.... I coulda killed him

[Fisherman]

 

I still don't know how the other rig(bad passer) didn't sustain any damage at least to its trailer??

 

I got this video paused at 13sec mark and there is no way in my eyes an 18 wheeler could fit through there??

 

Either way they got the guy!!

 

http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1301523/motor-vehicle-collision-driver-identified

That is excellent!

[Locnar]

My ass was clenched just watching that.

Edited February 6, 2014 by Locnar

[danc]

I drive these very hwys for several hundreds of km's every week. 800 km's since Monday in fact. I feel like I am taking my life in my hands every time I hit the road. Clearly many of the big rig drivers haven't got a clue how to drive up here. Just a few weeks ago I counted 7, yes 7 rigs in the ditch on the 350 k drive from Dryden to Thunder Bay. Not one passenger vehicle or 1/2 ton. All 18+ wheelers. I see them in the ditches on straight stretches on sunny summer days as well. I see their loads scattered across the hwy on curves. I see them passing near curves in the road, often to barely get back in line before an oncoming vehicle arrives. They drive 5 feet off my rear bumper at 100 kmph. I've really had enough of these guys. Obviously they are not all maniacs, but way too many of them are.

 

[Old Man]

Agreed Dan. It's a crap shoot on many of the NW Ontario highways at anytime of the year with some of these so called truckers, but especially bad with the drop in the quality of road maintenance we've experienced these past 2 winters.

[moxie]

Scary situation and a definite steam clean for that drivers' seat.

[BillM]

Dan, anytime I stop to get fuel for the truck and see some of those drivers, I'm really not surprised why they are ending up in the ditches.

[irishfield]

We had one go across the Temagami Shores front yard (North bound) a few Falls ago.... down the lane to the boat ramp.... flip the truck on it's side amongst the stored iced huts and have it catch on fire... while leaking Diesel into the lake and he was already on the highway hitchhiking back South before the police even had a chance to talk to him.