Dash cameras are becoming commonplace among North American drivers. The majority of wild dashcam videos used to come from Russia (and many still do), but with more western motorists adopting the technology, we’ve begun to see more dashcam footage come from America and Canada.
2001 Chevrolet Silverado
A semi truck driver was thankful to have his dashcam rolling after he was sideswiped by a first-generation Chevrolet Silverado pickup while driving on the BC-5 freeway near Kamloops, British Columbia last week. The footage shows the semi truck traveling slowly at around 30 km/h in the center lane when it is suddenly hit by the Chevrolet Silverado as it passes at high speed on the right-hand side.
According to the video description, the driver of the Chevy kept on driving and fled the scene. Judging by the footage, his truck incurred fairly significant damage from the collision, with the impact denting the b-pillar, knocking off the sideview mirror and ripping up the bodywork just behind the front wheel arch. It’s not clear why the driver of the pickup veered into the center lane, but distraction or impaired driving seem as though they would be on the table for any law enforcement investigating this accident. It’s not clear why the semi truck was moving so slowly in the center lane.
While this incident is unfortunate for the truck driver, no one was hurt, which is of course the most important part. We just hope the reckless Chevrolet Silverado driver didn’t go on to damage anyone else’s car that day after fleeing the scene of this accident. This video also serves as yet another great example of why having a dashcam is important for those who are on the road a lot – especially for truck drivers and Uber/Lyft drivers.
Check out the video embedded below.
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PSA, For those sensitive to language mute your audio (or keep it off) between .06 to .09 seconds and say “cheese and sticking rice”!
Should have been a warning or at least a bleep, ya think?
Umm that’s not a first gen silverado
Of course it is. Even if it’s got the facelift with the ugly angled headlights it’s still a first gen.
By the truck’s body styling: it’s maybe 2015!? The driver is a Lawless; rebel flag driver who don’t give a Sh!t about the driving laws to have a “[drivers license]”! Because driving w/both front & rear tires crossing the white dotted line @ 55-65 mph is a immature ignorant Dick; ON ANY CONTINENT OR ROADWAY!
The most purchased and used in crimes vehicle. Chevy
Semi doing 30kmh in a 120kmh speed zone??? Traffic flying by on both sides??..just an accident waiting to happen!! Right lane 4 ways .if you come up behind another semi..stay there..what’s a couple of extra minutes of driving behind another slow vehicle going to hurt?? It’s better than creating a death from bring impatient 🤔lucky the idiot in The pickup never got killed..but both are at fault here no question..
The coquihalla is posted at 120 kmh..to have a slow truck in the center lane and vehicles racing around from both sides of is an accident waiting to happen..there are certain situations when it’s necessary to use the center lane but I see no indicators of a slow vehicle in the far right lane..but passing motorists on both sides..not the first time I’ve seen semi trucks doing this..mostly uneducated or ignorant truck drivers..I’ve drive this hiway since it opened up in1986/1987..it’s taken many lives since ..any slow vehicle should always have hazard lights on and always utilize the far right lane..this truck driver may need to explain why he was doing 30kmh in the center lane of a 120 kmh hiway!!!even if he was entering the 100 kmh zone..he is still in the wrong lane..I’d like his side of the story..the idiot in the pickup..is a fool regardless
I was sideswiped by a semi and seems fair now.
That’s a 04 chevy not a 01 look at the hood and fenders also diffrent taillights