Trucker since 030595. What you're seeing their are all the guys and gals that failed to listen to their inner intuition and that is to stop the truck somewhere safe and wait out the storm.😮😮😮😮

@frankblangeard8865

6 ай бұрын

I guess they also failed to listen to their weather radios.

@capricorn-73

6 ай бұрын

Agreed 👍,

@leslie594

6 ай бұрын

Another class of 95 here!

@dannydaw59

6 ай бұрын

They had to keep working because they need the money.

@dannydaw59

6 ай бұрын

@papasmurf1904 I'm not choosing the side of the police. I'm just saying that's what they will do. Dude I'm not your punching bag so just stop.

My daughter is out there. Her company has her parked at Truck stop until Monday. I hate the winter months. It's not her I worry about. It's the driver's on the rd. I'm glad she's safe. She just bought groceries, so she waits.

@dwjoseph59

6 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍

@iraeaglemind

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Trucker Mom for your Trucker daughter!Stay safe.

@TindoBeanz

6 ай бұрын

My dispatcher tried to play me mentally into picking up a load when I said I'm going to park till Monday when it's better. He said it's actually not gonna be better so its better to pick up today....i told him I'll get out of the truck if i have to then.

@jennxed1974

6 ай бұрын

Good company. Most don't get it and we end up watching the results here and on the news.

@dionst.michael1482

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like a decent company for the most part.

My husband is a trucker, 34 years in the seat. When I tell him he is going to run into bad weather, he parks it. I run a Facebook group for truckers and I let them know what roads are impassable etc. There are many times drivers get caught in this kind of weather because they were looking for a place to park. There is a severe shortage of parking for truckers and when roads are bad they head for the nearest place to park. There have been many times my husband had to drive 100 miles out of his way just to find a place to park. All rest areas are full, all truck stops are full, they can't park in shopping center parking lots or they will get towed. So it's not that they could care less about the roads or others around them, they are just looking for a place to park.

@olayiwola198080

6 ай бұрын

Thank you

@richcook2007

6 ай бұрын

Ma'am you are indispensable! God bless you

@geraldcarriere1475

6 ай бұрын

She’s right! I’m a trucker long haul from Canada 29 years and there’s NOT ENOUGH TRUCK PARKING!!!

@ayotee3321

6 ай бұрын

Can you share the Facebook group if you don’t mind

@johnware6272

6 ай бұрын

My dad got in a lot of trouble and got fired from an "Orange Trucking Company" for driving WAAAyyyyy over his allowed time because there was no place to park during a storm.

As someone who drove for 36 years, you are the only one that can say no, and stay off the road no matter what your company or the shipper says you have that right and that authority Why would you put yourself in harms way that load is not worth your life?

@geraldcarriere1475

6 ай бұрын

Yes I’m #1 truck/trailer/load #2 customer #3!!

@patrickcummins976

6 ай бұрын

I've been saying that for years and always get blow back from those who insist that earning a dollar is more important than protecting your life and the lives of others.

@Voltomess

6 ай бұрын

@@patrickcummins976 Money are not important for most drivers in situations like this but if you say NO your greedy company will probably fire you? I'm not a trucker just thinking about CDL.

@sandyg9228

6 ай бұрын

No load worth risking your life and the lives of others. Remember a load upside in a ditch is worthless!

Thank you Truckers for your dedication to your profession of keeping our country moving and keeping us supplied with the goods and services we can not live without.

Over 40 years before I retired in 2014. the pictures send chills down my spine.

@iraeaglemind

6 ай бұрын

If it weren't for tTruckers this world of ours would be in serious trouble!Thanks for being a Trucker.

@peterdavis8471

6 ай бұрын

Glad I got off the road after 15yrs just couldn't take it anymore

@patriot9455

6 ай бұрын

@@peterdavis8471 I used the truck to recover from ADD. I was losing my ability to function in the local world. Getting on the truck gave me control of my environment. I wished many times I had been able to break that cycle. I am happy you were, or are able to do that. I still have good and bad days. My wife has been a big help. if you have a wife, or someone else who can stand by you, you are blessed in a multiplicity of ways. Treasure them.

@matthewschiebout7384

6 ай бұрын

happens every year on I35 in Iowa, usually several times.

always the flip flop mafia crashing in winter

As a 30 yr wife of long haul trucker I kept close track of weather channel once we had cell phones. Tornadoes and blizzards.I would call him and every call always started with "where are you?" anyway. And then I would say either "pull over now" or "next exit get off and park it"! I kept my Rand McNally Truckers Road Atlas under my living room chair and always knew exactly what he was dealing with in his difficult, challenging job. Safety First for everyone! Continue Resting In Peace Mr. Lesueur.

@Charmander009

6 ай бұрын

What a good wife u r . So ur single now 😘

No one does it better than @Live Storms Media 👌🏻

@dwjoseph59

6 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

Be careful on the road, drivers 🙏 !

I wish Iowa DOT would learn to close the interstates when the driving conditions are atrocious

@user-jc8rz2jj9r

6 ай бұрын

Right because most people haven’t the brains to just stay off them. Always let the government think for you……not!

@chevtrukman

6 ай бұрын

It's a free world. People are free to make stupid decisions. We can't ban or shut down fast food, vape, alcohol, or cigarettes either. Rather, we need to focus on teaching folks to make smart decisions. Government isn't the solution. Government is often the cause of the issues. The best control we can ever have resides in the mushy substance slightly above and behind the nose, between the ears and within the hairline (if you're lucky to still have hair). If we ever focused on making common sense great again, what a wonderful world it would be! Meanwhile, Darwin will continue to weed them out.

@dmk1529

6 ай бұрын

Apparently you aren't smart enough. Somebody has to think for you.​@@user-jc8rz2jj9r

@jordan2735

6 ай бұрын

As a trucker I agree to at least shutting it down for trucks. Trucks are the usually the ones that go down first in weather like this dude to the high winds blowing the trailers around on icy roads. Unfortunately a lot of rookie drivers will just keep driving in this shit completely oblivious to how dangerous it actually is. Hence what you see in this video.

@kennethmatthew3453

6 ай бұрын

@@jordan2735 I'm a trucker who has driven though worse. It's those who lack ice driving skills which ruins it for those who are actually good at driving on the untreated ice. Only problem I've ever had on any icy road was avoiding those who can't drive on ice for sh*t.

The snowiest winters were always my favorite winters ever since I was a kid. The snow is pretty and exciting. After February I’m done though.

@dwjoseph59

6 ай бұрын

Crazy how in some places they get snow & ice into the month of may too

Oh look, people driving in low-visibility conditions without their lights on.

@robynperdieu3434

6 ай бұрын

The worst are those with gray cars! Invisible.

I have to drive through there tomorrow from MO to MN. I heard the roads were full of Black Ice, high winds and Whiteout conditions in various places. Mother Nature will win that battle every time. A professional driver knows to get off the road. Sad to see this.

@PriMoNYC2Florida

6 ай бұрын

Park it driver not worth the risks involved or fall out from a lawsuit should God forbid you're in a multiple vehicles road accident 😳 stay at whatever truck 🚚 stop you're at stock up on food items water and if possible top off on diesel ⛽️ fuel be safe out there and all my fellow truckers on these wintry snow covered roads as well everyone else ... 4 wheelers RVs campers and State Police local police 🚔 and Fire rescue EMS 1st responders ... Be Safe 😊

@dwjoseph59

6 ай бұрын

The real problem comes when it remains at 20 to -30 degrees; snow & ice just won't melt away at those bitter temps!!! And if the snowstorm clears & the sun does eventually come out for many hours at it may warm up to 40 to 50 degrees afterwards, it'll just refreezes when the overnight temps drop down 30 to 10 degrees. I've had many a slip & fall in wintertime conditions in the over 17 years i've been driving (also from being hard headed and trying to walk too fast, not duck walking 😮😮😑😑😔😔)!! You'll walk across the parking lot fine for the most part, hit a patch of ice, then those legs will come out from under you so fast & you're on the ground before you know it!! Slips & falls hurt a lot worse in bitter, cold temps!! STAY SAFE, WARM & DRY Y'ALL!!

I have been across the interstate many times in blizzards and not missing it here in the Philippines. Stay safe out there.

@alphaomega17

6 ай бұрын

Stay safe with the stds and remember God is watching you. Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

I don't even live there & I knew this storm was coming. You'd think people who drive trucks professionally would know.

@whomeye2168

6 ай бұрын

Not all who drive nowadays have a lick of common sense. See some out of towners put their trucks in the ditch many times thinking 70mph will help them plow through a foot+ of snow. Professional... 😂 There are legit truckers out there. In these storms, they'd be bedded down at the truck stops. 😁 Love the true pro's out there! Kinda wish the idiots shown here would lose their license.

@papasmurf1904

6 ай бұрын

​@@whomeye2168 As a retired driver now (Thank God!!) I would be snug as a bug in the bunk at a truckstop! Agreed!!!

@user-jk3mi2ee9z

6 ай бұрын

Some of these trucks not on their own time got a deadline to meet puts them and others harms way

@mtnmikewalters7185

6 ай бұрын

They know just won't slow down.

@HoulieMon

6 ай бұрын

They DO ! It's f-ing dispatchers that make them run in it ! And god help you if you don't !

Got My Snowmobile Full ⛽ And Ready 🤣

I-84 through Columbia River Gorge in Oregon is expecting black ice and wind gusts up to 80 mph tomorrow (Saturday January 13). I bet some semis are overturned. Waiting for it.

@RigAndRaise

6 ай бұрын

that can be one nasty area, the blues have been getting pounded also.

Great footage

I drove for 15 years. I always checked for possible bad weather along my route. The last few years I drove a lot around Lake Michigan or Lake Erie. Always had a plan. When things started looking bad I knew where I was going to park. Absolutely no one had control of me or my truck but me!

The real problem comes when it remains at 20 to -30 degrees; snow & ice just won't melt away at those bitter temps!!! And if the snowstorm clears & the sun does eventually come out for many hours as it may warm up to 40 to 50 degrees afterwards, it'll just refreezes when the overnight temps drop down 30 to 10 degrees. I've had many a slip & fall in wintertime conditions in the over 17 years i've been driving (also from being hard headed and trying to walk too fast, not duck walking 😮😮😑😑😔😔)!! You'll walk across the parking lot fine for the most part, hit a patch of ice, then those legs will come out from under you so fast & you're on the ground before you know it!! Slips & falls hurt a lot worse in bitter, cold temps!! STAY SAFE, WARM & DRY Y'ALL!!

Shhhhhh….its not for broadcast….😱

Dont Let a Dispatcher Force You.....Protect Ya CDL.....its Your Livelyhood Not There's

That problem is very broad. There are drivers who get themselves into this kind of situation and there are companies who push drivers into what they call "shipper / receiver appointment" . I am OTR driver and hear that all the time. I always park when situation gets close to hazardous.

@spectrumofreality

6 ай бұрын

LMFAO! Don't ever come to Canada whatever you do. Nothing would get anywhere during the winter...

Truck driving is not just driving truck sometimes safe parking and keep up-to-date on the latest weather and traffic goes a loooooonnnnngggg waaaaaay.

Oh my, snow during winter, has this ever happened before, what are we going to do, the sky is falling right, oh my, oh my

I don't missvthe days of driving in the winter wonderland. But the expetience built character and a wealth what not to do. Chains, stocked food, full fuel tanks, extra bedding, and learning when the risk outweighed the reward got me through them. I won't knock these guys mistakes. The best teacher is experience. As was told me by the the old school truckers backbin 03'. Until it happens to you. You don't know dik. Stay safe and rock steady everyone.

If you work for some company that insist you drive in weather like this, its time to change companies. Don't be an idiot

I heard about this. Reminds me of why i left Detroit for Phoenix several years ago. It was 73 today.

@codymoe4986

6 ай бұрын

You also live in an ugly, concrete jungle, in the middle of a desert. Great trade off...

@user-on7iu3ie4i

6 ай бұрын

Driving up to LVNV if Detroit beats SF for the 🦓 Zooper Boil 🥵 let's ride 🐎

@motorcitywestauto4674

6 ай бұрын

@@user-on7iu3ie4i I hate to be a Debbie downer, but the Lions are the kings of disappointing the hopeful.

I have a lot of respect for truckers so I make no judgement whether or not they shouldn't have driven during storms

When I was driving my truck Nebraska headed back to Indiana, I had to go through Iowa. I was trying to make it past Iowa before the Blizzard started but I got hit with a live load which took 2 hours. Once I saw the sign that said "Travel Not Advised" I stopped, but I saw so many trucks stuck, flipped over, on the opposite side of the road. There was a ban on tow trucks being able to come service vehicles. I ended up getting stuck on ice in a truck parking lot. I wasn't too mad because I was in a safe spot off of the road. I got out with my triple chains. I was stuck from Friday to Sunday. I was in Davenport. Sunday was better, it was just cold and they treated the roads, plus, I knew once I made it to Illinois I was straight because it wasn't as bad. It was crazy out there. Definitely scary for it to be my 2nd month as a solo driver.

Snowstorms can kill. Jesus saves!

@isocarboxazid

6 ай бұрын

Jesus you religious nuts are a plague

We had Blizzard warnings going off on our phones in NY area, and they banned all semis from I-95 and closed it off completely.

Im a truck driver I sleep on these days ..no need calling me cause thee entire answer is NOOO! You should have went down 380 toward 80 west in Iowa..you really would have seen a cemetery of trucks plus all other vehicles. It’s a mess.

I follow some truck drivers on youtube, but one thing I notice is that some truck drivers do not check the weather along their route; other drivers do not take necessary precautions to avoid accidents.

This is what happens when you wanna drive fast in inclement weather and be a SUPER TRUCKER I been driving since 88 when it’s bad like this you have a late load coming from me

I really don’t know a lot about broadcasting my question is I’m wondering why at the top of this clip says not for broadcasting why is that? Hope you can answer that in a simple paragraph.Thank you

well those people driving cars win no prizes either unless it's the stupid games prize. I wouldn't drive from the front of my house to the back in this weather

@Kenneth-nx4uv

6 ай бұрын

I WOULD.

@laurakibben4147

6 ай бұрын

I drove my newly purchased 87 Cougar home on I-40 from SC to OKC in January '21. Heading thru the snowy mountains was GORGEOUS.

I wonder what they were hauling?

Wow i didnt think it was goin b this bad.

Semi Driver for 16yrs and what you are seeing are drivers who didn't listen to their inner selves and stayed off the road and waited out the Storm but who also DIDN'T LISTEN to the CB which would have told them that the driving Conditions were NOT SAFE and they didn't need to be out there in the First place. Had they listened to their inner selves and their Trucker Instincts you wouldn't be seeing any of this

Im a company driver some companies if the road wasnt closed they considered it still safe to drive and would insist you keep moving down the road with the load then you have the choice of parking it and being fired or doing as told keep driving and crossing your fingers the ride ends well in the end which ever choice you make the next is to find a different company

@dchawk81

6 ай бұрын

It's illegal to fire you for that. You have to call their bluff. If they do fire you, sue the shit out of them.

The weather will definitely filter out the stupid

Super truckers; super car drivers & super truckers everywhere!!

No one will learn from others mistakes.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Why, why, why are y’all driving in this mess???

Unfortunately some people treat a day like this as just another day

I parked it a few hours before 35/80 got bad ... Definitely glad I did this looks worse than I thought it was gonna be

I ran double coverage last January in this type of stuff OKC (hailed as the big Siberian storm) got just to pick up labs from clinics and take back to main hospital. They used to say don't get out unless you have to, now they don't bother because everyone thinks they "have to"🙄

This is part of the reason why my auto insurance went up, even though we have had no claims.

You are so lucky to be there in Des Moines Iowa. Please don't waste any time and drive over to the Pizza ranch in South Des Moines I love Pizza ranch

I had to rewind the video to understand that first truck. Looks like it completely spun around 180 degrees and landed in the ditch.

It's funny reading the comments. Obviously people from Southern states. The highway in this video is not too bad. However, a lot of people don't have a self realization that they are not good drivers. These kind of conditions require good driving skills and those who are good wouldn't have much difficulty handling those conditions. I've dealt with them for over 40 years without incident

@robynperdieu3434

6 ай бұрын

Good tires, too. Makes all the difference.

@dchawk81

6 ай бұрын

Well you need traction and visibility. Some of these scenes show a significant lack of the latter. If you don't have visibility it doesn't matter how much traction you have.

@mikeb5372

6 ай бұрын

@@dchawk81 I noticed the bad visibility when driving behind the plow and yes, bad visibility does suck

@mikeb5372

6 ай бұрын

@@robynperdieu3434 Makes a huge difference no doubt

@pattilab9584

6 ай бұрын

A good driver doesn't take unnecessary risk. Just because you can do it doesn't mean you should.

Wow at -16 that is cold.

In emergency like all these scenarios its good to know how to chain to get off the road, before you risk a possible some state citation.

Looks like those all seasons are really three seasons.

Luckily, I caught the tail end of that storm as I was heading to Davenport, IA from Minnesota. The carnage was apocalyptic…..trucks were ditched every 5-10 miles. I’m not sure what possesses drivers to attempt conquering such conditions; but, it’s unwise and unsafe. What’s so hard about waiting it out?

Must be all rookies that ran off the road and left their trucks.

This is literally nothing. Better not come to Canada where this is any given day between november 1st and may 1st...

That is called winter weather conditions, nothing new

good thing I stayed home and am watching this while sipping my hot chocolate.

Been there done that 😮 ... but no way would I let a company dispatcher tell me in unspoken words that the load has to be delivered fuxx that ... 😊 I would tell them send me a text stating your dispatch status or a Qualcomm message sit back and watch how they coward back to their desks lol knowing well it's in the system saved by me thankfully I ended my 34 years trucking 🚚 with just minor scratching and rubbing incidents when dropping trailers at a warehouse facility and the yard jockeys parking them close to each other barely room to squeeze in and crank the landing gear down ... at times I would just drop them in a spot and boogie on out of there 😅 let them park it 😊

TRUCK DRIVERS TODAY NEVER LEARN HOW TO DRIVE IN WINTER AND END UP LIKE THIS!!!

@Umberloid87

6 ай бұрын

Fantastic generalization!

@MyBizOnlu

6 ай бұрын

It's the foreign flip flop drivers

I used to live across from Terrace Hill. Man I hate winter

That looks easy, try driving in Alaska people, where it's 10 times worse

I was whining to myself that Kansas and mo are 7 degrees but boy these videos look much colder.

@laurakibben4147

6 ай бұрын

-5 with wind chill in OKC currently, snow hasn't arrived yet

@barrettpickett5603

6 ай бұрын

Brrrrr

@davehughesfarm7983

6 ай бұрын

sunday night ..gonna be 16 below in ks/MO

Why do none of these drivers have their lights on?

Visibility is so poor, and the blizzard conditions are eerie, can't tell what time of day it is.

@codymoe4986

6 ай бұрын

Chech your watch, or find a clock...

That weather ain't nothing. I can drive a semi right through at night. I do it all the time

Many times truckers do not have the option to just 'park'. They are carrying medicines that hospitals are waiting on, military weapon parts that are being waited on, and auto parts that could shut-down assembly lines. Deliver late and trucking companies lose the contracts. What I see here is just a lack of experience and a lack of capability in driving an 18.

Is it me ,Or those people don't have there lights on? That's just plain stupid.

@arthurbrumagem3844

6 ай бұрын

Amazing isn’t it ?

I guess they all have heat in there . I’d have a Mr Buddy heater with me at all times just in case .

We shut it down and waited it out. They rescheduled our deliveries. Period point blank don't move if you don't feel safe

Подарок от бабушки Зимы и дедушки Мороза. Пурга и Метель под стать своим родственникам не на шутку разбушевались😮. Держите ребята!!!!

Should each states issue a different CDL during winter season. Or a different type of CDL should be implemented during this season. As only the most skilled drivers should be using the road.

With many of the new drivers out there that can not even run on dry roads in the sun shine it is not hard to believe this. Automatics I bet are a nightmare on slick roads, I only drove a stick and would not want be behind the wheel with an automatic.

This is what living in a freezer looks like.

Always hated seeing that.

But they knew about the upcoming storm and still went out ? No load is worth dying for no appointment that can’t be rescheduled nobody is to blame but the driver knows better

happen all the time, and not the first one not gonna last

Absolutely no need to be alarmed folks, it’s not “climate change”! It’s called winter and it’s perfectly normal for this time of the year ! Get used to it and drive carefully!

Being a truck driver since the early 80s here in the last 10-15 years i heve never seen as idiots out there watching this video is the ones i am talking about the trucking industry went to hell

Did you see the guy in the CRX😂 🤣🤣🤣🤙

Look at all that global warming...........

@MyBizOnlu

6 ай бұрын

Nope it's called winter in the midwest

@user-ek5nl1jc4b

6 ай бұрын

@cannkotlarz621 no that's definitely global warming, the TV says so.......

@codymoe4986

6 ай бұрын

Meanwhile, in the Southern Hemisphere, it is summer...derp...

AND..... Not only parking safely But being paid for your time to safely park, I think we're gonna push for that next. That's why a lot of people don't push the park in bad weather because they're not being paid to park in bad weather Yeah that's going to change

Cr7 pretty cool

0:47 putting your life on the line if one of those fools are texting.

Why don't Americans use their Emergency lights while in blizzard conditions or fog??????. All the go in NSW Australia for years.

@pcap2700

6 ай бұрын

Why would they can't get them to use turn signals in good weather'😮

@arthurbrumagem3844

6 ай бұрын

Didn’t know there were blizzards in Australia?

Dess-Mo-E-Ness

Winter is no joke ! Snow and ice a real teacher ! Stay safe drivers ! But I do have a question about that plow, and all plows for that matter. WHY would you plow into the wind ?? You are causing more of a hazard behind you than needs be ! Plow it with the wind ! Use the wind to help clear the roads !! And slow the hell down !! That snow will actually clear better at slower speeds, and not just blow back onto road you just tried to clear !! But, I guess thats another form of job security, isn't it ?

Wrecker companies love this I wager.

Depressing.

Why is everyone driving with there lights off LOL

This is why I don't run outside of Cali, during winter months..it's just not worth it.

and they call themselves professional drivers!!!

Thanks...illinois just aa bad...

I live in Maine, and I get it that sometimes you gotta be somewhere or get somethig done or whatever, but darn it, if you really dont need to be out there, stay home in weather like this. You could die. And not just from a crash, but just get stuck and freeze to death. Got to ask yourself..."is it worth it?"

@robertdesantis6205

6 ай бұрын

In NH, the mail drivers carried sterno.

What is so important that people are out driving in this?

If you end up in something like this just exit, go to a hotel for the time being.

Seems they lack a good quantity of plow drivers.