Such an entertaining story and yet also so incredibly serious how one person casually looking at their phone can endanger people’s lives, thanks for reporting him and keeping us safe :)

Dave. I was trucking on i65 in Indiana in 1998 with flashers on in rt land doing 45. A big truck hit me from behind doing 85. After all said and done they figured out he was having a heart attack . I went on to the shoulder and further to the right into the grass. When he hit me i heard pieces of his truck going past my truck. His tanks both exploded and he and his passenger died. I never evan got a word from cops about me being at fault. I didnt get a scratch on me. Of course it scared me to death. I should have sued but didnt. His company lawyer called and questioned me he said there will be a law suit against me. ? I siad if you do sue im coming at you with both barrels and i.ll sue for all i can get. Never heard from them again. Im glad your a safe driver. Take care be safe

The fact that we are “supposed” to feel shamed to report another driver for almost ending another person’s life, is just ridiculous. We are professionals, we need to be held accountable.

I think professionals holding other professionals in the same field accountable is nothing to be ashamed of Dave. The one thing I would have heartburn with though is having the guy get fired immediately. I feel like too many companies would go straight to dropping a driver for something like this instead of trying to re-train him. This seems like a teachable moment and an opportunity to work with this guy to make him a better driver. Granted, if the dude has a history of safety violations and his company has tried to train him then he deserves to get thrown out on his ass. And don't get me wrong, regardless of whether they can him or not he definitely deserves a fine/suspension/reprimand and possibly even a traffic citation depending on the local laws. But if you just fire him and make no attempt to correct the bad behavior he'll just end up at another company down the road and eventually he'll land at a company that is super sketch and doesn't take violations like this seriously, that's when he'll end up killing someone.

Im glad that steering wheel holder A) looked up at the last second, B) was able to swerve over without hitting anyone, & C) was humble enough to not get butt-hurt about you hollering at him

Yes, call them back, tell them you said no call back but now you’re curious. Tell ‘em you’re a KZfaqr and you want to make a video about how well their company handles complaints.

😂😂 I lost it at fleshlight! Dave your top damn funny man

My Man Dave sees a trailer ahead and goes "I gotta get passed this guy. I dont know what his trailer says Fleshlight???" I just imagined a truck full of fleshlights. My ass almost died laughing. . Love though video Dave. Great story! Glad nobody was injured.

glad youre safe dave

That could've been so bad. Glad you're okay man. Also, RIP Fred

I called Crete a few weeks ago to report one of their drivers, only to the fact his trailer was about to burst into flames. That's been the only time I called another driver in. Thankfully I haven't ran into any situations like what you dealt with.

Mesilla valley transportation

Being rear-ended by a truck is a great and very real fear of my mine. I’ve seen the videos of distracted truckers demolishing trucks and cars stopped in the road. I’ve seen trucks rear-end other trucks. A driver at my last company died because a trucker with a seacan and no rear lights cut him off, causing him to rear-end the container which flattened the cab all the way to the trailer. A lot of drivers out here don’t have the maturity to pay attention, they shouldn’t be out here, and they’re gonna hurt or kill somebody eventually. In my opinion, infractions involving the phone (texting while driving) should be an immediate suspension of license, even just temporary for the first offense. Second offense, completely revoked.

In my opinion you did everything right in the story AND on the road with the passing. There's no shame in backing off a pass, it's actually very sober minded. ❤❤❤

Man I remember one time I was passing somebody they had their feet kicked up on the dash like he was sitting in a recliner. Man the shit we see and experience out here stay safe Dave.

I hate when I see people on their phones driving but hate it even more when its a trucker. If you get caught on your phone while driving for a company you should be fired on the spot IMO. Thanks for the video Dave! Stay safe on the roads.

I spoke today with eighth graders at one of the schools where I live about trucking and commercial driving. I recommended this channel to them as a source for learning about what life is like for truck drivers.

I called on a Schneider driver 4 years ago. He was coming out of the rest area just north of Cincinnati not paying attention at all and just pulled out in front of me at 25 mph while I was doing 65. I needed new pants after that mess. I had no escape either as the shoulder had trucks on it which I would have barreld into since we were at the midpoint of the ramp and cars to my left. He decided that since there was heavy traffic he wasn't about to wait and just sent it into my lane. Smoked the breaks as I came to a damn near stop. He was barely speeding up which made it so much worse. Missed him by a foot. If I was heavy I probably wouldn't be here. Also Mesilla Valley is a terrible company with a lot of shtty drivers. I've seen more than a few almost take people out by doing stupid things. No issue calling them out.

When you passed Averitt uphill, it looked like his front tire was not spinning. 😂 I was almost hit on I-64 in Huntington, WV last week going to work. A semi truck came over into my lane at the beginning of the construction zone. Glad I have a dashcam. Thank you for trucking, Dave. Safe travels.

8:04 I think you passed a KZfaqr 😂

Cellphone addict should not be trucking period. Glad you're safe Dave.

M has the coolest looking trucks, though. I think the thumbnail will lead people to believe an innocent company is the subject of the video.

God Bless you Dave!

He was busy watching a Riding with Dave video!

I've called a couple times Not to Report the driver but to Relay message that had no lights on when they never realized it

I'm not a truck driver but one day I was heading to Walmart to do some shopping. A truck driver ended up turning in front of me instead of waiting maybe 10 seconds at most to turn safely. The car I owned at the time did not have ABS cause of the year of the car it was not a mandatory standard at the time. I was lucky I was able to stop in time if I did not I would have went under the trailer. Semi Truck + Trailer is deadly if you not paying attention to what's going on around you. In the past I used to work in the fast food field one of the managers I knew at another store lost her life to a semi truck. The semi truck did something which caused her car to rip in half she was alive when the crash happened but was in serious condition. But she ended up passing away on the ER table.

Hi i’m so glad you are in Cincinnati I live in Cincinnati and also thanks for all you do.

I have been rear ended but another tractor trailer outside of Philly broke the first 12 crossmembers on the trailer . He said I looked up you were far away a looked up again and I was hitting you . I was following other traffic at 55 they estimated him at better than 85 .

If caught, using a hand-held phone when driving is a $2,750 fine for the driver AND a $2,750 fine for his company, Mesilla, for the first offense.

I'm a truck driver and I believe if you get caught watching stuff on your phone you need to be arrested and taken to jail.

I know what company you’re referring to, but I’m not naming it like some people in the comments. The weird part is that I’ve never seen an unsafe driver from that company, and I pass a lot of them, given I’m from NM. Hope the company actually did something about it…

Yeah that's scary... seen you come in the lounge the other night but you were gone before I could say hi...😂😂😂

“I swear on my dead hamster, Fred …”. Dude! Lol. Loved it. I was studying for my CompTIA exam I’m taking next week, listening to your story as background noise, and had to stop for a moment I was laughing so hard. On a serious note, though, I feel you on everything you said. I get so irritated when I’m governed and have to deal with lane jumping because a driver in front of me can’t put their phone down long enough to hold their speed. If a truck is constantly speeding up and slowing down, I guarantee 9 times out of 10 when I overtake I see them dicking around on their phone. QUESTION: What camera do you use on your head? I think I heard you say you use GoPro? I use DJI currently and love it, but the battery seems iffy for time when doing my shoots for my own channel. I had to ditch GoPro because it seems like GoPro overheated way too easily, and they don’t make a smaller camera for head use (seems like they aim theirs mainly at folks wearing helmets).

Hey Dave, I got my CDL last year and joined a company but during the orientation I started getting freaked out about being with a stranger out on the highway. So I made the decision to leave and go home. A few months later I started with another company, I went through orientation and was doing good at driving, getting my confidence up. Then when they found me a training to go out with, I started freaking out again. For some reason I can't get past the thought of being out there in a truck with a complete stranger. So I decided to leave again and I haven't tried it since. How did you get past that?

So good to see a driver with a CB in the truck.

I don't blame you for getting so mad. In fact, there was an accident just about a month ago, in Licking county Ohio, where there was an accident on I-70 on November 14 where a trucker rear ended a car and charter bus that was carry Tusky Valley High School band members. The truck hit and then ran over the SUV, and then rear-ended the bus. The 3 adult chaperones in the SUV were killed as well as 3 of the students on the bus. The truck and the bus burst into flames immediately upon impact. There's been no official cause that I know of, but, my personal opinion is that the trucker was on his phone and didn't see the stopped traffic. So I wouldn't fret about calling this guy's company or getting him fired.

Be grateful you could identify the specific truck and driver. I was sideswiped in my car and run off the road by a truck driver who was so distracted when he looked up if he hadn’t taken my lane he would have plowed through the line of cars stopped in front of him at the red light we were coming up on. My car was totaled and the police never found him because we couldn’t get solid ID on the tractor. But no one was hurt and I was able to get a nicer car later that year. So, all’s good 😊

Stop in Cincinnati and get a Tom + Chee.. BBQ Bacon Grilled Cheese..

Crazy you talk about that today. They just released a in cab video of a driver that was looking at his phone and killed two kids 3 and 7 and their grandma from my hometown in Canada.

And the answer is....... MVT out of Las Cruses NM

And yet some people still think using a phone like that isn't distracting .

People specially drivers who behave like that 100% need to be held accountable because its stupidness like that, that ends up killing entire families in cars. It's not like this isn't a rare thing either its sadly so common

Glad you were safe, Dave, and I'd be curious to know what happened to that other driver. Continue to be safe.

Mesilla valley transport I bet. I live right next to their depot

Broooooo if you ever see those green and white pick-up trucks with the white closed trailers that say Schill on them, I might be driving one. All around Cincinnati

He was watching one of your vids, Dave.

Florence y’all!! lol I drive that road every day. Live in Cincinnati but work in Kentucky. Going to cdl school in april. Stay safe out there driver.

Near by where I live the interstate goes from four lanes down to three. Which causes a bottle neck since people wait until the last second to get over. Everyone who lives here though knows it's a bottle neck. So even though the speed limit is 70. Most people approach around 55 or 60. A few months ago coming home we're going with traffic around 55 in the center-right lane. We are close enough to see that traffic is in fact crawling. So everyone is slowing down cause you can see it. As we're about to queue up with the rest of traffic we noticed a semi come rocketing up behind us doing I would say about 70. They swerved across two lanes into the emergency lane some how missing everyone and not rolling it. I genuinely thought either I was about to die. Or was going to see someone else die at that moment. Always! Pay! Attention! To! The! Road!

i had a guy come in my lane this week i had to get halfway in the shoulder, just keep relaxed brother

I’ve called on another driver for the same thing. We have a huge responsibility driving these trucks. Also wanted to say my company share a yard with your company in Georgetown Ky.

You made the right call, bc I've had to do the same phone call to another name who nearly killed my dad

The truck with the city on the side is from Toronto Ontario. That picture is of the downtown Toronto skyline.

I once saw someone reading an eBook on their tablet in front of the wheel while driving merging onto I-390 North from I-90 in Henrietta NY. I was saying it isn't going to feel good when you eat your tablet when you slam into something, and the airbag explodes it into your face at 100-200 mph which is what the internet says they deploy at. You definitely did the right thing reporting them. If they really grasped what they almost did, they wouldn't still be on the phone. They probably had that invincible nothing will ever happen ego problem and needed to not only be fired but have their regular class-D license revoked too. A semi might be a huge weapon when used that negligently, but a passenger vehicle at full speed can definitely do some major carnage as well. Let's say they were going to probably lose their job someday. Either by someone reporting them, or a very serious crash that hopefully didn't involve a coroner. I watch crash videos and there are only 2 that sincerely freaked me out. One was at night from someone with no lights on and someone turned in front of them with a massive impact with literally zero inclination even rewinding the video looking for it. The other was a semi probably doing around 70 going down an off ramp without even letting off still on the accelerator bowling through all the stopped cars and tossing them making them unrecognizable from the damage.

That sadly doesn't surprise me at all. People in general are addicted to their phones and refuse to put it down.

If it's you getting rear-ended by another truck while stopped...there's a better chance you'll come out of it okay, but the driver who rear-ends you will not survive. I remember passing by a crash scene about 6-7 years ago on westbound I-70 at the rest area near Dayton, OH. A trucker fell asleep while driving, then crashed into a bunch of trucks that were parked along the off-ramp to the rest area. I didn't see it happen, but I passed by while they were recovering the truck. The hood area was caved in all the way to the bulkhead between the front and sleeper areas. It was pretty obvious from what damage I saw that the driver didn't survive.

I'm always amazed at how many truck drivers are running down the road on their phones. It's crazy. I film a lot of BS out here on the road with the intention of posting it on my channel. But I always end up deleting it after I cool off because I never want to cause somebody to lose their job. But I have come very close in time two!

Before you said the companies name starts with M, is it messed up I assumed it was swift lol

I was going to say a Swift truck driver. haha

Stay safe out there Dave

I live in Bristol, I know where you’re talking about. They do that all day long all the time. Never fails

A "mega" or "sorta mega" from New Mexico can only be Mesilla Valley Transport, or at least that would be my best guess.

awe you guys are lucky you have drivewyze man. my company invests in everything you can think of except for this weigh station bypass devices to save us time

I guess I’m not as brave as you Dave, I would have used my air horn as soon as I noticed the truck wasn’t slowing down. Not excusing the guy for what he did. You still had every right to call the company. Too many truck drivers mounting their personal tablets on dashboard to watch movies or KZfaq videos. Social media definitely makes it scarier on the road for everyone.

Mate, dont feel bad. U may have saved lives in the future, including the steering wheel holder himself.

28:00 he was watching riding with dave😂😂😂

A two-lane road has one lane in each direction, considering you're saying that there is a left lane, that implies there's a right lane, which would make it a 4 lane road, at minimum

happened to my dad during a snowstorm, was not on a phone just going too fast on icy/snowy roads, decided to hit my dad, no one paid for his back treatment and still has a bad back and lost his company.

Be safe brother they are a lot of truck drivers does not need to be out there these sorry companies will hire anything

hey dave the truck in your video with city on the truck the blue one i work at that company its from canada you should see the painted trailers we have all blue with our trucks on them with the city behind it or our reefers with ice cubes on them lol and makes it kinda hard to drive as people just want pics of them lol but just a heads up if you come across us again we are at 65mph for 90% of the trucks there is the odd one thats a bit faster

Awesome video Dave

The question is how many times have you called to report a driver doing a good job..they never!

I know exactly what you are talking about. Nobody is paying attention to what they are doing behind the wheel. Cars, semi’s doesn’t matter don’t stay on their side of the double yellow line on a 2 lane road. Every day my 10 minute commute 5 miles one way I’m almost get hit by an oncoming vehicle across the yellow line in my lane. It’s some scary crap out there today. Then the interstate is another conversation. A lot people think it’s the Daytona 500.

Coming threw Jville.. Welcome back to Home..

O hello Dave I just wanted to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the croft family to your family sincerely Kenneth❤

Highlight is out of Canada and they’ve governed at 100 kilometers (56 mph) fwiw 😅

Rip fred the hamster

12:55 Not critiquing how you handled it, you did everything right. I just wanted to say personally, I would have let him in front of me here and refused to get back in front of him the rest of the way. Better to be slow than to be dead lol

I believe some companies are trained to try and stay in middle lane as long as they don't create a constant situation with other companies. The right lane is a problem. Because you have constant merging on on and off the road. We all need another lane.

I hope that guy got fired will never drive a truck again. Be safe Dave and RIP hamster Fred.

No need for a call back. How would you know what she said was correct? I would just tell them to please talk to him and do the right thing. I would have called, too!

Mesilla Valley

Yeah MVT doesn’t have driver facing cams.

messala valley.

Have a safe driving Dave lots of love from India

By the thumbnail that looks like the company called highlight , they known for having bad drivers

Dave did you quit Online? Don’t leave us hangin’, man!

FYI, that company does have forward facing cameras. So if you gave them a date and a time of when it happened, they can pull it up on their end bring them into whatever terminal and do the appropriate actions.

Dave, you are a trip picking on the cars

Fleshlight???! Alrighty then Dave rofl

Sucks your company doesn’t do runs to New Jersey. Would love to see your reaction to the lack of left turning lanes lol

I like to think that if I was in a situation like that while driving I would do everything I could to protect the people in the cars but you never know in situations like that

be careful out there

That Company would be MVT Transport 😂😂😂

Call it

You’re a riot 😂

I’ve seen a lot of Marten trucks crashing lately I’ve noticed. I’m sure that’s who you are taking about 😂😂

This is why i have a truck length of space between me and the stopped car in front of me until i know for sure the vehicle behind me is stopping. Getting jammed into the truck in front of me is not the way i wanna die.

I have no issues with reporting someone if they do something very dangerous, we all share the roads and someone not paying attention can kill a lot of people, if nothing else being reported might make them think twice, or they just go crazy thinking you are an a$$ but so be it.

Fleshlight? 😳😱

Hi Dave