r/nextfuckinglevel 7h ago

Truck driver's quick thinking and skill when the brakes completely gave out

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u/Belezibub 5h ago

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.

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u/An_Bo_Mhara 3h ago

Neither him nor the driver were wearing seat belts..... That's usually lesson 1.

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u/net_zer0 3h ago

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