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Jalopnik: Watch an insane trucker drift his tanker truck

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by cwerdna, Jan 14, 2012.

  1. cwerdna

    cwerdna Senior Member

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    #1 cwerdna, Jan 14, 2012
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    That's one crazy guy! He could easily have lost that at any time. Perhaps he could give lessons to the driver in the following clip?



    1.25 onwards - eeek
     
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    Yep, you just can't fix stupid.
     
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    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    I used to drive heavy equipment. One of the drivers I worked with was also a stock car racer. He used to drift dump trucks around corners. It was absolutely horrifying to ride with him.

    He eventually died in a one vehicle car crash on his way home.

    Tom
     
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    "Woooo...."

     
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    WOW that would make your hair fall out!?!

    Will he not drive quite so fast so close next time?
     
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    Next stop, the rest stop to clean your pants.
     
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    airportkid Will Fly For Food

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    Comical that the driver following that deliberately drifted truck and posted the video as an example of "road stupid" never backed away from the behemoth but stayed right on its swaying tail never giving a thought to being a microsecond away from smashing into it should it rip free of the tractor, or tip the entire truck on its side dead in front of him. There's "road stupid" and "road stupider".
     
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