Video shows truck driver using cell phone seconds before flipping box truck off I-75 overpass
Video shows truck driver using cell phone seconds before flipping box truck off I-75 overpass
A semi truck drove off of the northbound lanes of I-75 and crashed onto Fowler Avenue early Wednesday morning, causing a lot of damage and a small fuel spill.
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Smdh them company text n blow your phone up n DNT b wanting shit cause you to have one
Just show the damn video. We aren’t babies. You don’t need to explain it to us.
Hahahahaha dum ass
Being a driver for the last 17yrs no he shouldn’t be on the phone but you cars cant always cut us short either from 3lanes and exit on or off at the last minute we can’t stop the way all yall do 😐
Cologne isnt smelling good anymore
He survived and is gonna get charged 🤦🏽♂️😂😂
He didn’t let go of the phone even after realizing he was going to crash.
That the reason you hit the other car not swerve ever
Still, for every one Truck Driver using a phone, there’s 1200 Car Drivers using a phone while driving.
Major L
10 years in jail for using phone while driving.👍
How dare he text and drive?! Just cause 99% of people do it doesnt mean he should too! lol
He was a very Stupid, stupid 😑 man. Who should Thank God 🙏 he’s Alive and didn’t kill! someone because he couldn’t put his dang 😬😣 phone 📱 down and drive more safely!
The truck drivers shouldn’t allow to carry the cell phones while driving.
Person that CUT him off is also LIABLE!! He reacted- no way to
“predict” what if’s, that other driver is responsible. And KNOWS it, someone has that car on dash cam probably doesn’t even know it.
the driver that cut him off should pay as well
wow…guess we are just gonna ignore that fact that he was cut off abruptly. The fact he was messing with the phone is a moot point. An the argument is..he could have reacted faster if he wasnt texting…but the truth is he wouldnt have had to if the person driving the car the cut him off wasnt a complete waste of sperm. Truth be told they should be the one responsible for the crash. If it was the other way around people would break their necks to sue a trucking outfit!!
Why wasn’t he in jail?
After THREE citations the fine jumps to $11,000??????? Wtf is anyone still doing with a license after three citations?? Two should be it. License gone for two years. Anyone ever hear of someone still having a license after three DUIs? Cellphone crashes can be way more deadly than a drunk driver.
Nine times? All I think of is Ed Rooney saying, "NINE times."
okay so bitchs this is a whole lie bitchs;)
#shut the fuck up
#lmao
Stop where it is safe
Common sense will save you thousands of dollars
Bruh
Although he shouldn’t of been on his phone us truck drivers are constantly cut off by any and everyone the motoring public is full of idiotic bastards that doesn’t understand how dangerous and difficult it is to drive a semi I hope the driver learned his lesson and will cut or even stop his phone use all together while he’s behind the wheel
Where is the law making it impossible to drive and receiving a signal inside a cabin
U can not blame a company because some of there drivers are stupid
My company has banned cell phone use while driving period. Automatic termination. Cant even use Bluetooth because of dummies like this.
Is your cellphone really that important people?
Idiot
Lots of people drive with their phone in their face.
And I just think we were getting over walking and chewing bubble gum at same time.
Dude kept his phone in his hand throughout all that….legend !
The truck driver doesn’t belong behind the wheel of a pedal car…. Let alone a semi! 🚛 😠
Even while out of control, crashing into the guard rail ready to go flying over the ramp ,
"He’s not letting that phone go" !
Wow, but he didn’t let go of the cell, that really shows we rather die before let go of our phones lol!!
Lucky no car was passing by underneath the bridge. Would have gotten smashed .
That company is going to get sued big time
Nothing new here. Most truckers are incompetent.
can’t kill evil people he’s that stupid to be using a phone while driving he’s not a professional driver he’s suppose to be he could have killed other people with his stupidity
What kind of idiots don’t wear their seatbelt and text and drive or user phone while knowing the truck has a camera in it.
They’re going to have to put some kind of phone disabled feature in vehicles to get people to stop. Especially dangerous with big trucks. This one trucker was looking at porn on phone( probably jerking off at the same time!) ran into police emergency vehicles stopped by the side of the road killed an officer now he’s facing murder charges
Cell phone company’s can disable cells phones if it detects movement above 5 mph like they can so for trucking companies tablets.
This is why, when driving a truck, you should just run over the car that cuts you off. Don’t steer to avoid the bastard. I’ve seen countless similar videos where the car driver gets away without a scratch whatsoever, and the truck driver crashing into the water or thumbling off a bridge. That should not be the result of these situations
Congress need to pass laws Driving while texting is a felony,if kill someone charges should be upgraded to manslaughter
*LoL*
nobody care!!!! A trucker that could not read, speak or understand English, was driving in Colorado, illegally, with a conditional CDL for Texas, sped down a hill at 85mph and crashed killing 4 people. He got 125 years. EVERYBODY except the DEAD, want him to be released.
AI will eliminate this very soon.
Even if they knew who the driver was unless there was a dash cam it wouldn’t make a difference end of the day the truck driver is always at fault no matter what! Every one is always on there phone in whatever they drive cops on the phone and laptops we have so many regulations as drivers its ridiculous this guy losing his life is sad at the end of the day!
They need to sue these cell phone companies and makers out of business. Cell phones are responsible for more vehicle fatalities and damage than drunk driving. BAN all cellphones! If it could just save one life it would be worth it.
I have rocks smarter then that man in my front yard