r/IdiotsInCars • u/Phydeaux • 2d ago

OC [OC] Semi driver makes u-turn on divided highway.

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u/vanderhaust 2d ago

This should be an automatic removal of his license and never be allowed to drive professionally again. That level of stupidity could have killed many people.

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u/fluffynuckels 2d ago

I don't think they should be able operate anything with wheels ever again after this. Not even a shopping cart

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u/Shantotto11 2d ago

“What’s that? You’re paraplegic now? Too bad, my guy. You’re gonna have to get real clever with those crutches…”

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u/zman0900 2d ago

We need to bring back the pillory in the public square as punishment for these sort of morons.

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u/spiritjex173 2d ago

Something like that happened in Florida recently, and 3 people were killed.

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u/vanderhaust 2d ago

I recently saw a news article on Canada where a professional driving school was teaching the bare minimum for students to pass. I wouldn't be surprised if that happens in the US as well. There needs to be a serious crackdown.

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u/Kern_system 2d ago

Appropriate story here. Illiterate and non English speaking people caught cheating for their CDL.

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u/vanderhaust 2d ago

That's even more scary.

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u/double_expressho 2d ago

But someone who does this...I don't think that can be blamed on a minimum-requirements instructor. That's just next level stupidity. Anyone that does this would've done it anyway regardless of how good/bad their instructors were. That's like teaching trigger discipline to a mass shooter.

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u/vanderhaust 1d ago

I'm not blaming the schools, but improved education should lead to better drivers.

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u/no_more_brain_cells 2d ago

Saw that one. Horrible.

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u/vanderhaust 2d ago

Absolutely. Professional drivers should adhere to stricter standards of driving.

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u/millenniumxl-200 2d ago

This should be an automatic removal of his license and never be allowed to drive professionally again.

FTFY

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u/MountainDrew42 2d ago

He should also lose his regular driver's license, his scooter license, and his fishing license.

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u/InevitabilityEngine 1d ago

Didn't we just see something like this? Semi u-turned and a whole family in a car got cut in half when the top of their car hit the tow trailer.

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u/FeistyIrishWench 2d ago

There was recently a crash in central Florida where a semi driver was doing an illegal u-turn and a minivan ran into the trailer portion, killing 2 occupants on scene and the 3rd later died at the hospital. Many comments in the news posts were relating how far an exit was to go back the other way and correct the missed exit.

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u/0assassin3 2d ago

Pretty sure he did it to avoid a toll

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u/zestyspleen 2d ago

Or a weigh station maybe. Where they also check your paperwork

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u/LazaroFilm 2d ago

And with the whole ICE minions it’s the least worse choice for them sometimes.

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u/lo_mur 2d ago

Killing 3 people is better than possibly being deported? That’s selfishness on a whole other level

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u/FeistyIrishWench 2d ago

🫨 seriously?

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u/Formal_Adblock 2d ago

I'm not sure how the law works in the United states but here in Australia that's vehicular manslaughter which is 25 years to life. . people still do things like this ... Needless to say they get away with alot worse some how.

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u/FeistyIrishWench 2d ago

He is facing decades of confinement followed by immediate deportation.

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u/sweetenedpecans 2d ago

And I hope he carries the shame of killing that family forever. So reckless and unnecessary

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u/Kern_system 2d ago

He showed zero emotion after the accident. The dude has zero empathy, but life in India is cheap I guess.

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u/JellOwned 2d ago

In Québec there's been 2 accidents with deaths THIS WEEK ALONE involving semis. They just found the driver that ran after the collision.

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u/shewy92 1d ago

Is that the video that was on Reddit a couple weeks ago from the Trucker's cabin facing camera and they showed 0 remorse?

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u/Kern_system 2d ago

The driver snuck into the US during the first Trump administration, and was denied work papers, but then the Biden admin granted him papers to work. California gave him a CDL even though he could speak no English, nor read street signs. He was pulled over in New Mexico for speeding and could not communicate with the police officer.

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u/OceanSaltman 2d ago

What's worse is that person was an Illegal immigrant that had already caused a bridge to collapse in '21 by ignoring the weight limit sign, and he still managed to get a job again and kill people this time.

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u/bstyledevi 2d ago

I've seen the illegal immigrant thing repeated, but the rest of your statement I have not heard from anywhere. Can you provide a source for that?

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u/SoloPorUnBeso 2d ago edited 2d ago

From what I can find, it's not the same guy. I know it's a funny URL, but it's a local Arkansas paper, which is where the bridge collapse happened.

https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2025/aug/22/trucker-who-collapsed-arkansas-bridge-in-2019-not/

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u/bstyledevi 2d ago

Yeah I kinda figured it was just a random person perpetuating unsubstantiated rumors online and presenting them as fact, but I was giving them the benefit of the doubt to back up their statement.

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u/SoloPorUnBeso 2d ago edited 2d ago

He wasn't an illegal immigrant. They said he immigrated illegally from Mexico in 2018, but he was allowed to be in the country due to seeking asylum.

Edit: and from what I can find, it's not the same guy.

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u/OceanSaltman 2d ago edited 2d ago

I may be thinking of someone else then. Here are the two stories I am referencing.

2021
2025

EDIT: We are referencing the same person. Sure, not an illegal immigrant but he illegally immigrated nonetheless

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u/SoloPorUnBeso 2d ago

Yes. That's what I said. The only decent news source I could find says it wasn't the same guy. This is a paper local to the bridge collapse.

https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2025/aug/22/trucker-who-collapsed-arkansas-bridge-in-2019-not/

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u/OceanSaltman 2d ago

Links I've given give the same name, both of them, as the article you've linked

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u/SoloPorUnBeso 2d ago edited 2d ago

Read around. That name is apparently as common as John Smith. Your second article (2025) doesn't say it's the same person, yet the local Arkansas article I posted explicitly says it's not him.

Here's a Reddit thread saying it's a common name.

There's a link in the top comment of that thread claiming it's the same guy, but that link has this passage:

According to CDLife, the historic bridge collapse occurred on January 30, 2019, in the Yell County town of Ola, Arkansas. However, Harjinder Singh is reportedly not the same driver who caused the collapse of a historic 88-year-old bridge in Arkansas back in 2019.

Edit: Here's an archived link from the Arkansas paper. The guy who collapsed the bridge was 35 at the time and this guy is 28.

I'm not trying to defend someone whose completely reckless actions took the lives of three people, but we should be working with accurate information. There are no credible sources proving it's the same guy, only that they have the same name.

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u/RJGamer1002 2d ago

Why do I feel like I'm seeing more of these bad semi drivers.

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u/fluffynuckels 2d ago

In America they hand out cdls like candy

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u/zytukin 2d ago

Especially to people coming over from India who hardly speak or read English and drive similar to how they did in India.

Blame the mega trucking companies like Swift, Schneider, etc for that. Pushing for importing drivers that will accept being treated like crap because they couldn't keep good drivers that didn't like being treated like crap.

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u/JaMeS_OtOwn 2d ago

Don't forget, work for less money!  

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u/maxman162 2d ago

The ol' Stevie Wonder Institute For Trucking.

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u/bstyledevi 2d ago

Shit, Will Insurance Fix That?

Sure Wish I Finished Training.

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u/MrT735 2d ago

Swing Wide It's a Fucking Trailer.

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u/saab4u2 2d ago

Diversity is our strength, damn the torpedoes full speed ahead!

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u/dominiqlane 2d ago

A lot more young, inexperienced drivers because companies refuse to pay fair wages.

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u/Kern_system 2d ago

In California they hand out cdls like candy

FTFY

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u/H1redBlade 2d ago

Could be just more and more dashcams in the wild

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u/Empyrealist 2d ago

Because we continue to cheap-out on hiring qualified drivers

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u/oO0Kat0Oo 1d ago

Piss poor management. Truckers used to make a lot more and have a lot more time to get their loads to their destinations. Corporations are now getting more stingy. If the Trucker doesn't make it to his destination on time they risk losing the money for the entire job after they've spent countless hours driving, among plenty of other stupid things they've done over the years.

You're seeing more experienced drivers get out of the business while they still can and more and more newbies coming in who work for less and tolerate being treated like crap.

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u/LoneStarHome80 2d ago

Why do I feel like I'm seeing more of these bad semi drivers.

Google Biden and CDL. Hopefully now with these high profile accidents, the current admin has enough ammo to undo all the damage he caused with that idiotic bill.

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u/svu_fan 2d ago

I thought it was gonna be the truck in front of you… nope, full fucking ass truck ahead of that truck. WTF. Were you ever able to report this or get the info needed to report this? 😳

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u/Phydeaux 2d ago

Unfortunately, no. As you can tell, the weather interfered with my ability to get any details on the operator.

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u/maxman162 2d ago

Did you at least call 911 to report a vehicle going the wrong way on a highway?

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u/sisisisi1997 2d ago

It's likely they wanted to take the exit a bit back, so I suppose by the time the police would have been able to do anything, they would be long gone.

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u/svu_fan 2d ago

Bummer! I figured that’s what happened, but thought I would ask anyway. So scary!

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u/desquished 2d ago

Jail forever.

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u/Lonely-Greybeard 2d ago

He needs to have his CDL yanked immediately. Lifetime ban.

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u/standardizedsexting 2d ago

It's the hot new thing for "semi drivers"

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u/huhnick 2d ago

No more CDL for you, in lowered visibility conditions too

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u/Warcraft_Fan 2d ago

I got all day, I would have stopped in the lane to block the idiot from going forward long enough for police to show up, get his license numbers and reported to local DOT.

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u/eamondo5150 2d ago

This is one the most fucked up things I've seen here.

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u/MkIVRider 2d ago

That's your cue to call in a drunk driver report to local law enforcement.

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u/eaglescout1984 2d ago

That's an insta-revoke of a CDL. Judges don't play around.

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u/Bacon_ki113r 2d ago

A bad driver never misses their exit

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u/Illustrious-Rice3434 2d ago

This the type of shit I do on euro truck simulator when I miss my turn LMAO

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u/Far_Dragonfruit_1829 2d ago

How the fuck did he make the 180 in the first place? A twenty-point turn across traffic?

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u/quackdamnyou 2d ago

I wonder if he actually spun out at some earlier point.

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u/Phydeaux 2d ago

offramp + shoulders + gorepoint space + redneck determination

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u/Far_Dragonfruit_1829 2d ago

Driver probably got his CDL from a box of Cracker Jacks. Or from the California DMV, same thing.

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u/GuitarLute 2d ago

Never drive again, but OK to lead the CDC.

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u/celerhelminth 2d ago

Are we sure he did not hydroplane & jackknife?

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u/subgamer90 2d ago

everyone knows if you miss your exit, just go back!

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u/FLOUNDER6228 2d ago

it's wild how even the smallest amount of rain causes so many people to become braindead behind the wheel. The road conditions call for more caution, and these idiots turn the idiocy up to 11

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u/Weird-Group-5313 2d ago

In the frikkin rain of all places

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u/Space--Buckaroo 2d ago

He should get several years in jail and never be allowed to drive ANY vehicle ever again.

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u/FL_850 2d ago

It’s like after the Florida crash some semi drivers were like “I can do worse”

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u/SundySundySoGoodToMe 2d ago

Probably a construction site ahead that they were working on. I’ll bet he u-turns into that exit that OP just passed.

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u/Yakking_Yaks 2d ago

If he took the next exit he could've driven for 6 miles in 10 minutes to get to the same point. I wonder how much time it took to turn around and go the intended way.

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u/Learnin2Shit 2d ago

If your in this situation and you stay in your lane and get in a collision with the semi would insurance still have your back?

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u/The_Cozy_Burrito 2d ago

Ban this piece of trash… how fking pathetic can you be ?

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u/MasonMayjack 2d ago

There was an exit right there? Surely they could use that to turn back around, right? Or am I wrong.

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u/Remarkably_Dark21 2d ago

You don't pay attention to news do you? Recently there was a major accident that killed a family when a truck driver pulled a u turn on a highway because California gave someone that couldn't even read road signs a cdl.

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u/MobyDick-Led 2d ago

The comment below about a crash in central Florida also gives context- but there’s been a big deal in the news about California giving out CDLs to unvetted drivers, especially immigrants. 

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u/CapitalPunBanking 2d ago

When they pay reddit to hide their posting activity it means they're racist.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago edited 2d ago

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u/CapitalPunBanking 2d ago

Notice how they didn't deny the other part of my statement.

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u/Supaneca 2d ago

Ok, this This is why in states like CT, NY, NJ trucks are not allowed on parkways, they are too high for bridges or overpasses.This clever guy decided to turn back before being arrested by the police.