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Road Wars 2022 - Season 7 Episode 18 - Driving Through Hell
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00:10Hey, piece of , you passed me within a foot.
00:14You're a retard by water, give me three feet of this.
00:17Oh, .
00:18Are you hitting me?
00:19Are you hitting me?
00:20Are you?
00:20You are complaining.
00:21Oh, .
00:28Oh, , it's just you, , it's just you.
00:32, it's just you.
00:40, get your trunk off of my , oh.
00:49Oh, my god.
00:52Holy , we need to get the out of here.
00:55Go, go, go, go, go, this, go, go, go.
01:01In the last few years, the number of Americans
01:04on the road has skyrocketed.
01:07And that means more traffic, more accidents,
01:13and also more rage.
01:16Yo, mom, step out your car.
01:18With violent road rage up nearly 500%.
01:30This is where the rubber meets the road.
01:43Get your truck off of my car.
01:49Refusing to let other drivers merge.
01:51Bro, back the up.
01:54Even when it's necessary, like when entering a packed parking venue.
01:58I'm not going to .
02:00There's a common power play among drivers.
02:06Psychologists have suggested this could be rooted in a phenomenon known
02:10as territoriality.
02:13An innate urge to defend one's turf, which might make sense at home, but can be
02:24frighteningly misdirected in a shared space like a public road.
02:30And these clashes are not only out of place, they can quickly get out of hand for even the
02:42slightest of perceived offenses.
02:45In California, a column of smoke on the horizon appears to have caused a major
02:52slowdown on the interstate.
02:55A motorcyclist begins tracking with a semi in the left lane.
02:59But when he sees the truck's blinker on, he realizes they'll need to merge right to
03:05avoid whatever is ahead.
03:10The biker cuts over.
03:14He motions for a red car behind him to give the semi some room.
03:20When the driver pulls past him, a battle of wills ignites.
03:43The biker wisely keeps his response brief, until the driver doubles down with a rude gesture.
03:55the biker!
03:58Let him in, let him in, let him in, let him in, let him in, let him in, why are
04:21you angry bro, it's not me, yeah you're blocking the crap, I'm helping the semi for me,
04:28why are you mad, nobody else, it's just you, it's just you, an unwise escalation by the driver, prompts an
04:45even bigger response, that shatters the driver's mirror, and leaves him stranded in the jam,
04:55the motorcyclist easily cruises past waiting traffic, and up to the source of the slowdown, finding the aftermath of a
05:04car fire, that has now been put out,
05:09it's unknown if authorities ever got involved, in this contentious confrontation,
05:17but it demonstrates a simple truth, being territorial on the road, isn't worth the effort, or the anger,
05:24why you mad and in nobody else bro, you, the it's just you, and it definitely, isn't worth the fight,
05:43when a motorist is endangered by another there's an instinct to teach that person a lesson
05:49hey mate mate mate mate i'm not gonna tell you off or anything right you're obviously a new driver
05:54but you're gonna kill a biker just be careful when you're coming on a slip road boys but there's more
06:00than one way to make a lasting impression just to prove there's no hard feelings drive safe mate
06:06in fact shut the up let him take his time he's a new driver instead of adversary this biker turns
06:15ally don't rush mate don't rush he's a new driver take his time yeah drive safe mate a positive
06:25encounter this young motorist won't soon forget there's a new driver leave him alone unfortunately
06:33many aggrieved road users some people prefer the school of hard knocks in minnesota
06:43a cyclist helmet cam records as he and another biker share the road with busy afternoon traffic
06:51when from behind them a car cuts around it appears to pass by closely the trailing cyclist rushes ahead
07:04of his cohort whose own helmet cam now records the first cyclist taking the lead as they both rapidly
07:13catch up to the driver where the lead cyclist is met with what looks like a rude gesture
07:23a testy exchange which he appears to have with both bikers
07:33setting the stage for an even more confrontational encounter
07:37perking line that's it
07:41thank you
07:49hey piece of
07:51we're alone in the road
07:53swing on me you're in the middle of the road you have to follow
07:57you passed me within a foot
07:58what you passed me within a foot you almost killed me
08:02almost kill you i can pass you within a foot
08:04no you cannot you are required by law to give me three feet of distance
08:08look up the
08:09look it up
08:11all right
08:12idiot you swing on me i give you more room than i give a car
08:16then you should probably give cars more room
08:18you're required by law to give cars
08:21you're a foot from the
08:23the forks lane
08:25why are you even on the left side
08:26the lane's too narrow for you to legally pass me inside the same lady piece
08:32though the cyclist believes he knows the statutes
08:35his argument
08:36yeah i thought you cared about the law
08:38no matter your word
08:40are you gonna follow the law when i show you what it says
08:43is rebuffed
08:44the law is that you guys
08:45the law is that you give a straight feet
08:48you almost killed me
08:50are you upset that i'm so upset at you for almost killing me
08:53get back in your car
08:55check it out
08:57all the laws you need to know
08:59oh i'm sorry
09:01you don't want to be shown that you were wrong
09:03that'll be on youtube tomorrow
09:05are you hitting me
09:06are you hitting me
09:08are you assaulting me
09:09i did not touch you
09:10you hit me when you
09:11i didn't touch you
09:12yes you did
09:13no i did not
09:14i put my middle finger up and you hit my head
09:15oh why did you put your middle finger up
09:17second to that
09:27in minnesota a perceived close call by a passing car
09:33prompts a response from two cyclists
09:41that triggers a contentious debate
09:45you're in the middle of the
09:46you passed me within a foot
09:48where any hope of a reasonable discussion
09:51all the laws you need to know
09:53oh i'm sorry
09:54you didn't want to be shown that you were wrong
09:57is quickly kicked to the curb
09:59it'll be on youtube tomorrow
10:00are you hitting me
10:02are you hitting me
10:03are you assaulting me
10:05i did not touch that stuff
10:08oh
10:11hey
10:12the driver allegedly rips the cyclist's camera off his helmet
10:16oh
10:17oh
10:19oh
10:20oh
10:20oh
10:20oh
10:21oh
10:22hey
10:23you assaulted me and now you're going to prison
10:27you assaulted me bitch
10:29and appears to pocket the prize
10:31you assaulted me
10:32the cyclist's friend steps in
10:43the contentious back and forth shows no sign of cooling off
10:49and though the driver seems to return the contraband
10:54a witness feels compelled to intervene
11:05both parties opt to wait for authorities to arrive on the scene
11:10and give their side of the story
11:13while it's unknown if any citations are given
11:16one thing should be abundantly clear
11:20whenever an apparent slight
11:22is met with aggression
11:26the chances of coming to a peaceful understanding
11:32are almost guaranteed to be a bust
11:45sometimes hooking up and hauling a trailer
11:50is not as straightforward as it looks
11:53what are we doing
11:56oh
11:57oh
11:57the shoes are good
11:58the national highway traffic safety administration
12:01estimates around 66,000 accidents involving a trailing unit occur each year
12:06there's a ditch hard on the other side of these dishes
12:08often caused by improperly attached or overloaded equipment
12:15or a combination of both
12:17like with this man
12:19who has secured an SUV to his flatbed
12:22with what appears to be a single winch cable
12:28and when the mounted winch rips off
12:30it's a race to avoid a catastrophe
12:35followed by another
12:44fortunately this botched haul job doesn't result in major damages
12:49but the outcome can be much different when the equipment being hauled
12:54is literally designed to crush anything in its path
12:58on a back road in Alabama
13:02a pickup hauls a piece of farm gear called a land roller
13:05a steel drum that's approximately 10,000 pounds
13:09which with a car approaching in the opposite lane
13:13is a massive liability
13:24in Alabama
13:27a youngster with his grandpa records a pickup hauling a land roller on a country road
13:32when a car coming in the opposite lane
13:36bears the brunt
13:38oh my god
13:39I just got that on camera
13:43as the car approaches in the distance
13:46the multi-ton drum
13:48designed to crush and compress farm soil
13:50breaks free from the truck
13:52banks off a guardrail
13:54and veers into the oncoming lane
13:56oh my god
14:01stopping the car dead in its tracks
14:03I just got that on camera
14:07holy crap
14:08I just got that on camera
14:17the kid and his grandpa check on the victim
14:20yo
14:20hey you good
14:25are you okay
14:28hold on man
14:29we'll call 911 okay
14:30hold on
14:31it seems the airbags saved the driver from further catastrophe
14:36what in the fridge
14:38oh my god
14:39I'm shaking
14:40it's unknown why the roller came loose
14:44but the lack of serious injuries is a lucky break
14:48oh my god
14:49for everyone involved
14:51I just got that on camera
14:58according to a study of US residential areas
15:02approximately half of all addresses in the lower 48 states
15:05and the roads that service them
15:08face at least some degree of risk
15:12from wildfires
15:15and any driver near these areas
15:17oh my gosh
15:20are you sure this is cool
15:21should follow official ready set go evacuation orders
15:25to steer well clear of trouble
15:29oh my god
15:31oh it's hot
15:33it's so hot
15:34because though some motorists like these
15:37live to tell the tale
15:39it's not good
15:43even professionals can get caught in a deadly situation
15:47it's 1 a.m. in Siskiyou County, California
15:53I mean this was all fine
15:55when we were driving down here
15:56two hours ago
15:58two firefighters are in trouble
16:01I guess
16:02when it got away from us back there
16:05went a little bit deeper interior
16:07and just
16:08cook
16:09as a massive
16:11145,000 acre fire
16:13spanning three different national forests
16:15has sent them
16:16and a line of other firefighters
16:18into retreat
16:20fire has been a bump that road here
16:22in a few minutes
16:22yeah
16:23it's bumping the road now
16:24as units ahead warn that their route might be cut off
16:28you think we can catch it
16:29the two men try to keep in good humor
16:32they got 400 gallons
16:33we're good to go
16:34a couple bladder bags
16:35but as they catch up to the other fleeing units
16:38they quickly realize
16:41171 keep driving
16:42as fast as you can
16:44come on
16:44yeah
16:44just how dire things are
16:46yeah
16:47we need to go
16:48we need to get the
16:52that's hot
16:55drive bro
16:56holy
17:07and suddenly
17:10all right copy
17:10we're backing up
17:11we're cut off
17:13heading north
17:14out of
17:1526
17:17their worst fears
17:18are realized
17:19you copy that
17:21yeah
17:21we're
17:21we're just gonna turn around
17:22and they believe
17:24the only way
17:25to deal with it
17:26turn it around
17:26and sign it off
17:27yeah what the
17:30is to plow headlong
17:33go go go go go
17:36into the flames
17:46I mean this was all fine
17:48we were driving down here
17:49two hours ago
17:51in northern california
17:53engine 341
17:55that's hot
17:56engine 71
17:57keep driving
17:58as fast as you can
17:59come on
18:00a line of firefighters
18:02tries to escape
18:03a massive
18:03145,000 acre forest fire
18:07fire's gonna bump
18:08that road here
18:09for a few minutes
18:09yeah
18:10it's bumping the road now
18:12as it threatens
18:13to burn over
18:14a phenomenon
18:15where the road
18:16becomes engulfed
18:17cutting off
18:18their escape
18:19yeah
18:20we need to go
18:22we need to
18:22get the
18:24holy
18:26but as they catch up
18:27to a log jam
18:28of other fleeing
18:29firefighter vehicles
18:34they suddenly realize
18:36we're gonna start
18:37heading south
18:37oh
18:39they may already
18:40be too late
18:41we're cut off
18:43heading north
18:44out of
18:4426
18:47copy that
18:48yeah
18:48we're
18:49we're just gonna turn around
18:50yeah what the
18:55deeming the route
18:56behind them
18:57even more dangerous
19:00go go go go
19:01go go
19:03go go
19:03they opt to surge ahead
19:05along the wall of fire
19:06yeah
19:19but as other vehicles
19:20join them
19:21go go go go
19:24the tight traffic
19:25forces them off the road
19:26holy
19:28and into the thick brush
19:31kindling for the advancing flames
19:33man
19:34holy
19:41they quickly reroute
19:47road
19:48road
19:48yep
19:49get on the road
19:50oh
19:51come on
19:54down that road
19:55I'm trying
19:57oh
20:02that road
20:03dude
20:06oh my
20:07god
20:08they see an open path
20:10out of the fire
20:11but any possible sense of relief
20:13holy
20:15is quickly tempered
20:17by a grim reality
20:18you lost people
20:19oh
20:20dude
20:21I think everyone
20:22burned over
20:23holy
20:24go go go go
20:29go
20:30holy
20:32holy
20:34dude
20:34finally
20:35finally
20:36they're in the clear
20:37and later
20:38they get word
20:38oh my
20:39god
20:40that everyone else
20:41fortunately
20:42survived as well
20:43oh my god dude
20:46the devastating blaze
20:48destroys 20 structures
20:49and takes more than a month
20:51for crews to fully contain
20:53a terrifying display
20:59of the overwhelming force
21:00of a wildfire
21:01go go go go
21:02this
21:03go go go
21:06yeah
21:08that no driver
21:10should ever challenge
21:11oh my god
21:13holy
21:15holy
21:15holy
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