Numerous Jack Knifed Semi and Pileup Crashes, Champaign IL - 2/2/2022
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- čas přidán 1. 02. 2022
- Multiple pileups and accidents shut down sections of I-74 around Champaign, IL during a powerful winter storm.
All footage shot during evening daylight on February 2, 2022 in/near Champaign, IL by Meteorologist Simon Brewer.
Shot Description
1. Amazon Tractor Trailer jack-knifed in ditch on I-74 near Champaign, IL
2-4. various shots of wrecked tractor trailer teetering on steep hill next to bridge near Champaign, IL
5-12. various shots of 2 pileups, which closed sections of I-74 near Champaign, IL with multiple accidents
13-25. various shots of multiple vehicles stuck/stranded after sliding off I-74 near Champaign, IL
26-32. various shots of people pushing cars and stuck vehicles in/near Champaign, IL
33-35. shots of snow-covered trees in Champaign, IL
SID: Simon Brewer
I drove a semi truck across the country for nearly twenty years. Every winter I would say, "this is my last winter." Took me twenty years to finally quit.
Bless those drivers.
About the same for me until I got a city run which were all flat and salted roads. Then three years later I left Ohio and didn't have to deal with it anymore. And yes BLESS those drivers for sure.
Привет от российских водителей. Happy roads, mates!!!!!
Truck drives keep America moving forward, God bless them for the work they do.
Amen
Thank you
Very hard job
God Bless are truck drivers. They risk it all to get the load there. Stay safe and as always a amazing video.
risk it all, bull, they're risking everyone on the road, it's not helping anyone if their load is upside down side of the road
I'm glad I'm retired now and I don't have to get out in this nasty icy weather.
I am also glad , people used to mock me for parking , but I never had a ice snow or severe weather accident
@@jameslary2528 It's better to be late than not make it at all.
Same here but I still thank them in my heart when a large truck passes by on our little road when most people are sleeping. And the same goes when folks are heading to work at 6-7 in the morning.
I grew up driving in snow . Even with Chains , driving on freezing Slush can be really Hairy ! And it's time to get off the road !
My trainer told me if you need chains to drive, you shouldn't be driving.
Hope they picked amazon no rush shipping.
So that's where my amazon packages are.... I do feel sorry for the drivers out there though. Stay safe out there.
I live on State Road 2 in Indiana, which most truckers use to avoid having to stop, anyway every other mile or so, there are semi's and cars that have gone off the road and jackknifed.
Proper tire inflation, good tires, proper maintainace and speed. Determine whether you keep it on the road or not. And driver skills.
Where would we be without truckers! God bless them all!!
We would be better off without them lollol nowadays there are no truck drivers there are steering wheel holders, think what would happen if there were self driving trucks out there !! Who would sue who ????
Safe drivers are needed not bad drivers
@@jeffreycrowther1374 good luck with finding them ok I'm retired after 35 yrs and 3 million miles
Wow brother, look at that ice on the road and how shiny it is!! BE SAFE brother and thanks for sharing..
Thank you truck drivers for braving the elements to get the goods to consumers. You rock!!!
I stayed at home, I could care less what management wants during adverse weather conditions.
PRAYERS FOR EVERYONE OF THESE TRUCKERS.............
Prayers don’t seem to be doing any good
@@robertI153 they don’t its pure stupidity that some drivers practice.
If you don't need to be on the road in weather like this, just stay home. If you genuinely have to go out in weather like this make sure you have the right vehicle and proper snow tires.
And that goes for the storm chasers, they need to stay the F**k at home! Us first responders have enough idiots to deal with, don’t need more.
I live close to this area. A lot of the problem with this storm was our area had warm temperatures and rain prior to the winter storm. They couldn't pretreat the roads like they normally do. We also had sleet and freezing rain prior to it changing to snow. Underneath all the snow was ice. In those conditions it doesnt matter what kind of vehicle or tires you have. I stay inside and let those who need to be out have the roads.
God brought the Truckers to a stand still to help the Truckers in Canada..
God's for the truckers..
Weird pattern I noticed surely just a coinkidink. All of the 18 wheelers that wiped out had California regulation tandems. In bad weather you have to slide your tandems back and put as much weight on your drives as possible. If your trailer is heavier then your drives you aren't getting good traction and if you start losing control it's way more difficult to regain it. The further back your tandems the more stable you'll be.
As a customer, I don't have any problem with truckers staying off the road with these storms and icy roads. There will be less accidents overall.
I am agree 👍 with you, but tell that to the management of big transportation companies they will always say will never get profits, stay safe and warm
@@josemmunoz355 they won't have profits if their trucks kill someone, or if their load is destroyed in an accident.
@@josemmunoz355 Exactly........Amazon's Bezos demands on time.
I wonder how many of them couldn't get into the service area and had to keep driving?
I see trucks in store parking lots and even on side roads.. Noone is going to xomplain if they park in this weather.
@@silverforest4682 yeah that's fine on county roads but interstate driving and toll roads a little bit different driving sometimes you can drive for 15 20 miles before exits to get off the highway that was on 87north going to Albany NY and it seemed like the exits were even further than that the more you went to towards Canada
Iv had that happen to me
Hey, you Storm Chasers try to stay safe will you, please? That's very nasty looking weather for sure for anyone to be out in. Praying for you.
And idiots like him shouldn’t be out there either. Just another potential victim that us first responders have to risk our lives to save.
This is my prayer to anyone there, that the Lord will make a way for you where there seems to be no way.
Thank you 💖
And you as well 🙏💖
Those were the most needed words for me to hear right now. Thank you and may you be blessed with the Lord's help as well. 🙏
Thank you I needed to hear that 🙏
💗💗💗💗💗💗
Driving my semi down i55 in less then 50 mins a saw about 30 wrecks i parked it very scary please stay home
Good call.
Amazon must be screaming bloody murder that their truck is delayed, regardless of if the driver is ok or not.
Super truckers won't stay still
People need to drive accordingly NOT what the speed limit says. No such thing as an accident.
@@SusanKay- everyone needs to finance their own truck. You are your own union at that point.
@Sky Cloud 99 if people are honking at you you're in the way. Get a clue.
Icy roads may mean 10-20 mph., or less. They should just not drive.
Amazon Prime getting to be like Swift
This is why I feel drivers shouldn't be forced or allowed to drive in the worst conditions. A 24hr ban should be in effect for all vehicles in severe conditions because one accident will block you for hours and caused backups which keep the road crews from making the roads drivable.
They are not forced the choose to do so, your life is more important than the load
They won't let planes take off in bad weather. Trucks should have rules like that too.
No more regulation's f no
Stay safe out there. I feel for you deeply. 🙏
Lots of Pros, all of them anticipating the situation and acting accordingly.
I can understand a lot of private drivers in the ditch. I cannot understand any semi driver jack-knifing.
Surprise, surprise its winter time, the roads can be wet slippery and icy, there can be whiteouts, there can be strong winds, no single of these situation can surprise a Pro, only fools drive at these conditions as they were on a1/4-mile dragstrip.
NO LOAD is more important than health and life.
Yelp they are gonna have to wait for 3 years to drive again.Not unless they work for some small mom and pops company. Other than that no company ain't gonna touch them because of insurance reasons.
@@jamesnevitt3400 They have to take into account that they have a great responsibilty when driving a truck.
First for the healh of other peoples and their property.
Second for their own health
third for their property and the truckload
then nothing for a very long time
and on 99th place for bringing the truckload at time to the customer.
If the road conditions are as they are, you have to accept the road conditions.
weather and road conditions are not a request concert.
Really, most truck drivers I see on the road have trouble staying between the lines in perfect weather. Too many on their phones and not paying attention and driving way too fast. Truckers were a different breed 40 years ago, they were considered the White Knights of the highways. Now they are poorly trained and a danger to many on the road.
@@jamesnevitt3400 yelp & the snow ❄ plows are doing less & less plowing making the situation worse! especially on the interstate. with the shortage of plows, & the snow getting more & more aggressive🤯 & roads being more icy & covered with snow ❄ there's not enough equipment & workers that can handle these weather situations. matter a fact, i heard alot of them are quitting in record numbers. becuase they don't make enough to deal with the bs, that comes with these conditions.🙄 it's terrible i remember when they used to throw salt 🧂on the roads & you would see snow plows everywhere those days are gone. now everything is just crumbling in this country, the quality of everything is just going downhill !😒👎
Terrible snow keep driving safely dear friend take care and see you again 🌹
Actually earned a CDL Class A (out of desperation for a job)...but, I'm a little petite female and....no.....it wasn't going to happen. lol. pandemic and lack of female trainers were an issue. wound up teaching yoga instead. very hard, treacherous work....and ...I totally appreciate men because of this!
The job is not for everyone. Sounds like you made the right decision.
@@muffs55mercury61 I think so. Definitely a learning on my part. :o)
In this weather... should anyone be driving?
It all looks like too fast for the conditions to me. So the time the stuck ones were trying to save was spent either putting them back on the road or pulling them out.
If you are hauling almost nothing in the trailer please stay safe at truck stop, and why is your problem brother it’s getting worse and keeping driving it’s crazy, please don’t forget you are a professional driver
Every time I have to set in traffic i turn the tv on and talk to mama and mama is my dog
Light trucks on icy roads with high winds
Noooo my Amazon package !
Muito lindo 💞 gostei muito obrigado pelo vídeo 👏 parabéns
Obrigado meu amiga!!!
Kitty litter works great
So glad I live in SoCal!
I will say this you drive in weather like this in the video but just don't get in a hurry. But something went terribly wrong with several several of the motorist? The Amazon driver or contract driver something went terribly wrong with that vehicle? Probably was following to close and suddenly applied brakes instantly jack knifing? This would definitely not be the time to be driving with the limited visibility and worsening road conditions and the unknowns about whether the road will be open because of vehicles blocking the travel lanes of the roadway.
Drivers hauling Amazon trailers are some of the worst semi drivers out there. Not so much on their skill but their recklessness and desire to do ANYTHING to make the max amount of pay possible (which I think Amazon only pays you for the number of trailers you haul per day instead of cents per mile or a flat cost of the load). I've talked to novice drivers who excuse the behavior as "they need to make money," but you won't be making money long if you drive unsafe like them!
@@snappleshibes26 I agree they have this mind set that they are going to get rich pulling Amazon. They aren't going to get rich with Amazon. The only advantage about Amazon is that the weight is usually 20,000 or less? But the per mile is low. To make anything in trucking you must get a decent per mile rate. If you don't you are wearing out tires and using lots of fuel for your very hard work.
DAMN IT! That's why my Amazon Prime shipment wasn't delivered on time!!!!
I know you're not allowed chains or studs in Michigan is it that way in Illinois and Indiana?
@@markaralvin5545
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@@markaralvin5545 I'm in Mt
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It's unpredictable.
Predictable. Geoengineering Operation.
These poor truckers try to keep a steady pace, but the wind just carries them across the ice.
Probably not too many seat covers left in those ditched vehicles!
I seen a jack nafe 18 weller down the street on s Victor street and green street yesterday and it been there since 1or 2pm and it left from there at 11 something at night and I took a picture of it too if you want the pictures that I took let me know
My first winter off the roads in 14 years. I’m glad I retired. These young drivers don’t know how to slow down or stop and park. Look at the lost income! Cost of tow, damage to their truck, and some lost product. Was it worth it? This is why I quit driving. Truckers today can’t use common sense.
Seems like these drivers are more skilled than I, a newbie
So glad my contractor won't let us drive in this.
Imagine if all the semis had a plow bumper on in the winter
Good coverage of the storm, but I didn't see you do anything to help anybody who was stranded.
there is a saying in my country "better arrive late than not arriving at all" meaning drive slowly and cautiously it's OK if you will get late to your destination.
You sure don't see any independent owner operator rigs in the ditch. I wonder why?
Prayers to all
Back in the day trucks did not have front breaks. It was around 1979 when when you started seeing front brakes on tractors. Without front brakes you could steer in in skid. When your front wheels lock up you loose your ability to steer. And don’t forget the Johnson Bar.
Front wheel drives always a big problem in ice and snow.
I called off that day and next day.... I live here
cataclysms are growing all over the world and the only chance to survive is to unite and change the format of society to CREATIVE
No Thank You, did this too many years, just remembering is exhausting. The guy at (3:21) trying to get out with his front tires turned, it don't work that way, and a lot of people do this.
And I’m currently traveling to move to Champaign. Lol
I'm retired also glad too drive in the Midwest for 20 years
These truckers should be in Canada or even better DC!
That's Champaign for you. It's not so much a storm. More like the sky throws up all over that hole again & again.
Frozen ice storms ten times a year. I put my time in & would never move east again.
The fun begins...
This is not a pileup. It is a freedom convoy headed to Chicago to protest Darth Lightfoot
great weather for solar powered vehicles
HURRY!!
Jeez I wanna get my trucker license but after seeing this idk
Didn't see one Swift truck. Looks like a lot of bonehead owner ops
Those are a bunch of inexperienced rookies... I've been at it for 45 years
A lot of people having bad days !!!
Flirting with record highs this week in Florida Mid 80’s
Amazon clown in the weeds. Imagine that.
Do not give up Canada truckers you are the hope and pride of the whole world - we love and adore you - you are the last hope for the freedom of mankind!!!!!
Aluminum chain linked snow
You all need. To know your limitation..
They didn't crash. They're just getting a good spot for the convoy that's coming to America.
Too many people try to drive in sh*t like this with half bald all-seasons on. Not gonna happen yall 🌀🚘🌀 . Getting stuck or crashing is not worth it
Graben la policía ofreciendo seguridad con órdenes
Truck drivers should be trained while there's snow and ice on the ground 😲
Take us 45 and us 36 to get back on I 57 Effingham
went threw it from michigan to wichita ks and back only took 3 and half days lol many wreaks some just push to fast 43 thousand pounds there and back no problem
This just in! Slow down.
NO ONE PERSON SHOULD BE DRIVING IN THE ICY WEATHER PERIOD!!!!!!!
Mandatory automatic chains, forcing companies to install these $6,000 (sounds like a lot, but it really isn't) push button, from the cab, operated chains on all, all weather trucking outfits, will significantly reduce these accidents, along with the vehicle being placed at a governed speed of 45 mph (or chain manufacturer's speed rating, whichever is less). I bet, with today's technology, there's even a way for the chains to automatically engage when conditions require their use. Or start requiring all companies that have had a certain number of jackknifed rigs in snow/ice install them (like amazon prime).
Think of it self driving trucks who would be to blame for accidents??
The companies that own them.
Stay off the rods in a major snowsrptorm
Ten misericordia
Shouldn't all these trucks have chains on their tires in that kind of weather?
If you need chains, it should be parked
Bunch of rookies
Dios protejelos padre de los peligros
Most of them all owner operators
SPEED ALONE DID ALL THESE SPIN-OUTS AND CRASHES, PEOPLE NEVER LEARN HOW TO DRIVE ON ICY HIGHWAYS!!!
Well looks like everybody's getting a 10 hour break legally cops aint gonna give him no ticket for that good for that kidding kidding aside that's crazy
To bad all you got to do is lift the right foot wouldn't have that problem
Xtra ?? I thought they had gone out of buisness years ago...if not decades ago....there hasn't been one in Miami for more than 20 years ago.
This is just ridiculous. If people are this desperate to being hurt they might as well put themselves in their caskets and say forget about it. If they only care about risking death thats where they'll be is dead. Theres always the next day tomorrow. I hate this kind of thinking with people. Dumb ridiculous behavior.
POOR PEOPLE ...
WHY THEY NEED TO DRIVE IN SUCH A DREADFUL WEATHER -
-- THEY SHALL BE STAYING HOME SITTING NEAR THE FIREPLACE WITH A CUP OF FRESH BREWED COFFEE INSTEAD !!!
MANHATTAN NEW YORK NEW YORK 1OO12 USA
It’snow joke…
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