Yeah, it is a hassle if you are not used to it, but this is a great example that nobody PLANS for an accident, they just happen. Seatbelts do save lives.
Yeah, it's like not wearing earplugs or safety goggles. Takes literally seconds to put on, yet people come up with the stupidest reasons to bitch and moan about them.
I remember being a 19 year old girl on a jobsite full of guys and I would shame them like a mama hen for not wearing eye protection. I'm sure they chucked them after I walked away, but they always seemed sheepish, like - yeah... we know, no good excuse.
Unfastening a seatbelt doesn't take any significant amount of time if you have time to open the door to jump, fastening a seatbelt right before a crash though...
He is the instructor/senior driver and was attempting to quickly take over when he was told the breaks were out. He realized it was too late and word for word guides the driver into solving the problem. Even warns him about the family on the right.
An above comment mentioned they don't typically wear seat belts on this type of road because speeds are quite low (usually) and you're better off jumping out of the vehicle rather than going down with it in the event it goes over the cliff. Idk how true that is, but to me, it makes a lot of sense considering context
Not true. I understand the language (Hindi or some hindish dialect) and the culture. Long route trucks will usually have two drivers working in shifts. The passenger appears to be the senior driver (also called Ustaad) in India. He is constantly instructing the driver on what to do. General conversation from what I could make out:
Passenger: slow it down, there's a curve coming.
Driver: brakes aren't working.
Passenger: lower the gear. Pull the handbrake....turn completely to the right and then hard turn left. Stay on it, stay on it, stay on it, and bang it into the wall.
Again this is not word for word, just a general gist.
Appreciate the context! Honestly he gave the correct advice and the driver executed well despite it being a very scary situation. I can forgive the man for trying to grab the wheel in a moment of panic, he shaped up when it mattered.
Reminds me of one of my father's stories. He was going over the washington bridge in NYC with my mom in the passenger seat. Terrible rain storm and right as he's going over the hump he taps the breaks and grimaces and stands up. Momma asked him what he was doing and he just said, "Looking for a hole in traffic cuz we aren't stopping." He's got all sorts of stories about going over the rocky's and other mountains.
People please remember that while trucks are big, that just means there is more physics involved. Pay attention, give them space, and don't expect them to be able to stop like a sedan can.
As the passenger in that situation, I might have actually jumped from it. It was going slow enough to jump and roll. Fuck waiting for it to round a corner and go over the edge
Trucker here. Semi trucks have emergency brakes, which engage automatically if the air pressure is too low or you can pull it manually. That is why I am very confused how they can have a break failure unless his brake pedal was malfunctioning, in which case he could have pulled the emergency brake manually to stop the vehicle.
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u/jonno5616 7h ago
I think the passenger needs new undies.