VIDEO: Truck driver does 70 MPH, in reverse, kind of...

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A very short clip that says so much, there's really only one thing to add: be very, very careful out there. You never know who you're driving next to... Follow the jump to see the vid.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
jjmcubed 2:11PM (9/27/2008)
Wow... could never have been a truck being towed... that would be to obvious....
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Randy 4:51PM (9/27/2008)
I think they voted for George W! Maybe got abducted by Aliens too!
john 6:24PM (9/27/2008)
wow, autoblog...are you guy like bored or something? This dumbass hick chick is so long ago and don't it worth a post here.
Kyle 1:57AM (9/28/2008)
How does something like this get posted on the internet anyways? Did they not keep driving for another 20 or so seconds and get into the other land and go, "ohh we are fvcking idiots..." either they decided to ignore that fact or within the next 20 seconds of the video the driver of the truck cant hold the "70mph reverse" drive anymore and jackknifes effectively removing the morons filming from the face of the planet.
RAMONTEZ 2:11PM (9/27/2008)
Wow... Apprently they've never seen semi's towed backward behind another semi... Look at the shadows, numb-skull.
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TwinTurbo3000GT 5:50PM (9/27/2008)
@randy
WTF does that have to do with anything? Keep your douchbag comments to yourself.
BTW, i voted for bush, and i bet my IQ's higher than yours.
Jamarr 6:04PM (9/27/2008)
@twin
thanks a whole lot for being so smart.
Yar 7:40PM (9/27/2008)
Screw IQ, it doesn't describe anything about someones intelligence. How successful you are, however, is a very good indicator of intelligence and ingenuity.
I'm in the top 10% of successful, and I'll let you guess who I voted for last time around.
P.S. - This video is stupid.
McLovin 12:55AM (9/28/2008)
@TwinTurbo
"BTW, i voted for bush, and i bet my IQ's higher than yours."
I seriously doubt your IQ is higher than anyone's. I guess it is people like you to thank for the mess we are in now.
Razor 7:07AM (9/28/2008)
No McLoven you have the people in congress to thank for the situation we are in now. The rest of you are idiots for not realizing that. Enough said for this forum, next topic please.
Randy 1:03PM (9/28/2008)
@twin
I meant to convey "voted for George W the second time around". Either way, until last year I was registered as a republican. I'm now without a party. I believe that belonging to a political party (even independent) puts astronomical limits on democracy. It allows the "big two" parties to control everything, including your vote. (i.e. only democrats and republicans are on ballots, everyone else is "write in"). The short version of my reasoning here is that a choice of two, is not a democracy. It is two pre-selected individuals that are powerful in a given party. Each party has a set of rules and ideas. So your choices are A or B? If everyone voted for the best candidates and not who is the most popular or likable in the A or B parties, then both of those parties would cease to exist in their current strengths. Or should I say "current levels of stronghold".
As for your mention of IQ. It's quite possible that your IQ score is higher than mine! However after pondering the concept of an "IQ" some time ago, I realized that it does not have much relationship to actual intelligence since it scores or ranks (if you will) a person's "intelligence" based on a grouping of criteria that reflect a limited number of mental processes. The processes of finding "what's missing" and "what's next" or "what does this mean" or "what is in the only word you can make out of these letters" are one dimensional and entirely based on learned behavior and education of mathematics and language.
I infer, true intelligence is not based on formal education but is based on abilities to deduce and reason far beyond the conventional "IQ" rating criteria. It's the primary reason that I didn't join Mensa. It seemed to me (at the time) that Mensa was a group of people that outlined criteria of what is "intelligent" and then collected similar thinkers.
Imagine that! People saying "we are smart" and having a limit on the criteria used to rank your intelligence!
Doesn't seem very smaaaaaaart to me! But that's my opinion, I could be wrong!
So what do you think? Is your IQ bigger than myne?
Talisman 2:27PM (9/27/2008)
lame
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Eury 2:15PM (9/27/2008)
It's being towed.
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James 4:20PM (9/27/2008)
Oh, really? I hadn't caught that.
AngeloD 2:13PM (9/27/2008)
For God's sake, the truck was being towed by another in front of it. This is how it's done many times, with the towed Semi facing backwards.
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bajabusta 2:14PM (9/27/2008)
This videographer is oblivious. Big trucks need to be towed too.
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BoxerFanatic 2:15PM (9/27/2008)
Ummm...
That tractor is probably being TOWED, morons! (the people making the video)
There is no way in God's EARTH that that truck can travel more than 70mph in reverse gear. Reverse gear is much too short (equivalent to first or second gear ratio) to go anywhere NEAR that speed.
However, trucks are often TOWED in reverse, with the front wheels down and locked, since the front wheels are not geared or connected to the drivetrain.
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Torrent 2:15PM (9/27/2008)
This is one of those articles you wish you could hadn't sent out, but once it's out, it cannot be unremembered.
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Parkerman 2:15PM (9/27/2008)
Slow news day I assume...?
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Torrent 2:30PM (9/27/2008)
It's saturday. it's always slow.