Here's Why You Don't Drive Recklessly in Traffic

[@themooseisontheloose]

Joe definitely has a medical background just by what he said and his concerns about moving the patient. That man deserves a life saving award from the Staties and where ever he works at.

[@kevins830]

I would hope Joe has a medical background, The uniform he has on would suggest hes an RN or Doctor.

[@thedinkster2163]

I heard hypovolemic shock and was like yep! Joe's medical.

[@snarkmark]

​@@kevins830Shorts, t-shirt and velcro sandals?

[@Bidmartinlo]

It's _basic first aid_ here in Norway. Every driver and worker is taught this. 😮‍💨

[@WorldMegaJumper]

As someone with a driver license, I know about this types of things and should do it too. It is a requirement for us here to learn stuff like this before getting a valid license. That's why I always hate USA drivers for fleeing a accident scene when they are not involved. You are a first responder in this types of case even if you are just a bystander. Sorry for ranting on your comment, didn't mean to make it personal to you but for someone to see what it means to be a good driver.

[@ThisHereIsMyHandle]

Saying the ambulance that did not have lights going and was sitting patiently in traffic was likely going to the scene with that much confidence is impressive.

[@Roll4Chaos]

It wasn't the same ambulance. The one that the officer passed in traffic was doing an interfacility transfer and was already transporting a patient.

[@Alex_skittles1]

I thought that too

[@JustPlainRob]

THANK YOU. I was going to comment the same thing. The narration in some of these bodycam vids is so headass. I wonder if it's just a bunch of AI voice generators fed the script?

[@FurryWrecker911]

Midwest Safety's confidence in some of these uploads has always been hit-and-miss. Sometimes they nail every fact, other times they fumble so much info that it makes you wonder if there's two different writers and the 2nd one is half alseep at the keyboard sometimes.

[@TidyMk6]

@@FurryWrecker911not to mention the random editing mistakes like blurring subtitles or muting commentary haha

[@juliefisk8066]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for mentioning not moving a person with a spinal injury unless its absolutely imperative to their safety. It's such an important message

[@nathanjones9860]

Ikr I see too many people frantically hugging and shaking and unnecessarily moving someone who was just involved in an accident, especially since emotions can be hard to control when it’s a loved one

[@MrWolfSnack]

@@nathanjones9860 Yes there is many such cases where someone survived a car crash and then the car is smoldering and people yell FIRE FIRE and start ripping at the person, not knowing the person has broken bones, or broken ribs and then causing those broken bones to puncture organs causing a fatal bleed-out. There is a reason why the fire department has saws to cut the entire roof off a car to move someone that is trapped inside with injuries

[@sdfsdf2205]

​@@MrWolfSnack ? what?, you take the person out of the car if it is a bad fire.,its a tough choice as a bystander even EMS, either let someone be burned alive because you're afraid of hurting them or a chance of them being paralyzed if you take them out. Thankfully there are good samaritan laws making you immune to being sued. I think most would choose not letting someone be burned to death. Don't you think?

[@MrWolfSnack]

@@sdfsdf2205 I did not say leave them in there. It's called having common sense and not being an insane maniac with zero rational thought or medical knowledge, which as we can tell by your comment, is very common in society.

[@michaeldemanche9640]

@MrWolfSnack The last advanced first aid class I took actually de-emphasized the dangers of moving a patient with MOI spine, specifically to make sure you're not afraid to move them away from danger. The research they cited was based on outcomes for battlefield injuries where people had to be moved regardless of injury, and apparently the difference in outcome was small enough that the conventional wisdom is changing. Not sure how that changes for a vehicle extraction, but I'd reckon you want to get someone out of a burning car (carefully, of course)

[@hackslash316]

That ambulance is not going to the scene. They are transporting another patient from the boonies to a bigger hospital.

[@lordlundar]

Agreed. If it was going to the scene it either would have been there by that time will full lights and sirens or it would have turned them on and pulled in right behind.

[@scottysblog7317]

Yeah, that ambulance didn't have any lights on.

[@RandomBogey]

Yeah, it would’ve had lights and sirens on if it was headed there, not waiting patiently in traffic…

[@cartrips9263]

Yes. You can see it passing the site of the accident at 2:20 to 2:24.

[@zigwil153]

"Their not going to that crash." first thought

[@BNNPoliceChases]

*This video is a powerful reminder of the real consequences of reckless driving. Thank you for sharing this important message!*

[@Carbon_One]

Another video that needs to be shown to these young kids, not that it works. I try to tell these kids that no matter how good of a driver you are you have other traffic and variables to account for that you personally cannot control.

[@Suisfonia]

The video of the "football player" here in Vegas that struck and killed a lady while speeding is another one that kids need to see, might help shatter their bogus impression that these "athletes" are great when in reality, they are anything but.

[@taco8951]

@@Suisfonia Didn't he got off lightly in that crash though? I know athletes and celebrities tend to get off easier than regular people

[@Suisfonia]

@@taco8951 No, he thankfully got sentenced but ONLY to three years. Despite going over 150 freaking miles on the damned street. If it had been anyone else, the number of years would be higher. His lawyers actually argued that he wasn't responsible for what happened and that the lady was at fault. He was fired though from the raiders, of course, whether or not he remains that way after he is released in three years is another matter.

[@taco8951]

@@Suisfonia That's mostly what I was meaning to say. He got off easy compared to anyone else that could have done it. Thanks for clarifying though as I didn't remember how long he was sentenced for recklessly killing someone. I still can't believe killing someone recklessly can be a misdemeanor.

[@amg2022]

Props to the cop for picking up the trash that fell out of the blanket package.

[@SpaceMissile]

saw that. litterbugs stink. if this guy can do it during an emergency, everybody reading this can, too.

[@Alex_skittles1]

He was in a rush, he didn’t have time.

[@Mikol_Billy]

@@Alex_skittles1wdym he picked it up?

[@Alex_skittles1]

@@Mikol_Billy he didnt

[@Alex_skittles1]

@@amg2022 wait did he?

[@Notlookingforfriends]

So his spine was already messed up and he was driving like a lunatic? Genius.

[@BeeWhistler]

You have to wonder whether it’s stupidity, a feeling that nothing can stop him since he survived the last one, or a complete indifference to survival. Maybe all three.

[@soulscanner66]

@@BeeWhistler Probably wants the adrenaline rush. The freeway is not the place for that. Sounds like he took accountability for it though.

[@Carbon_One]

Safe to say he didn't learn the first time, im not sure what caused his first spinal injury but accidents are a big contributor to that so it wouldn't surprise me. These "car guys" who think they're in a fast and the furious movie 24/7 don't give up. Obviously im not sure if that's the case with this individual but it fits.

[@BBB-rd2qi]

$196 fine - That is all his ticket was. I just paid a $321 ticket in Utah for going 12 over. Crazy!

[@BowenKayanoBottorff]

It's just Washington driver's in general. So many people drive recklessly on that stretch of I-5. I'll be doing 10mph over the speed limit (60mph) and pretty much all the other drivers are passing me like I'm going way under the speed limit. After around 9pm, it's pretty common to see someone going over 100mph every 5-10 minutes when you're on I-5 Tacoma/Seattle area. A fuck ton of idiots

[@dustyt6226]

I live in the area and I can confirm that we have some of the worst, most impatient, unskilled drivers that I've ever seen.

[@MamaKalash]

That's too bad, but driving at high speeds in heavy traffic has little to do with skills. No matter how skilled you are, something is bound to happen that's out of your control.

[@bayleefaye5877]

I'm from that area too, born and raised and I have to say people on the east side are WORSE. At least on that side everyone has the understanding that theres alot of traffic and no one wants to be in their car longer. Here people go 5 miles UNDER the speed limit (which is usually 35) and its so frustrating. They also have thousands of round-a-bouts over here and do NOT understand how to do them, they stop in the middle of them, they also dont understand the free right turn on red law, so many wait for a green light. I hate driving over here, ive never wanted to get a dash cam so bad to shame people on our towns bad driving facebook page.

[@alyssawhite4572]

I’m up in Seattle and it’s so true that our drivers are just terrible. And it actually stretches throughout the whole state because I used to live in Spokane and somehow people don’t know what a 4 way stop is

[@blueeyedbatman]

i was getting ready to comment exactly this until i saw yours lol i met my husband in Houston Texas and told him Tacoma drivers were worse. He laughed until we moved back up here 🤣

[@jacobkelly7026]

Cop is spitting double entendres out here. "Said a Charger changed lanes in front of him, he couldn't Dodge it so hit the barrier instead"

[@Burhanontheranch]

Plus he got it wrong, the guy was tailgating the Charger and couldn't see ahead.

[@wildcatdan5072]

@@Burhanontheranch For some reason the cop and the narrator changed the story into the charger cut him off, even though the first words of the story were that the guy admitted fault and that he was *"*Following* the charger," not that it cut him off.

[@hydrocarbon82]

Should have been "Couldn't Dodge the Charger so he Rammed the barrier instead, and the pain is causing him to Chrysler. We're in the process of a-Plymothing first aid. His wife is gonna be mad as Hellcat."

[@jpslim7279]

?

[@jpslim7279]

That’s not what that means.

[@LoneStarMillennial]

HIGHLY UNLIKELY they have the same destination. There, fixed it for you. The ambulance would be in the shoulder already, and have lights and sirens if enroute.

[@adammiller9179]

Lol, that was so dumb. He messed up a huge detail on the 2nd one too.

[@cyxrus1]

Proves we still have good people in the world, thanks Midwest.

[@Debauchery_Tea]

We have a lot, but remember that they just don't get clicks ;)

[@deltaresponses]

Everyone in Washington is nice

[@katodd2925]

There’s more good than bad

[@gfunk4014]

Think ya mean Northwest.

[@gfunk4014]

@@deltaresponsesno they’re not. lol. I drive thru there often and they all drive like maniacs. Most of these people only care about themselves and their immediate satisfaction. They tend to not think about anyone around them and the effects of their actions. And than you add legalized marijuana usage so they tend to drive like a-holes while high.

[@seanpellegrino2989]

Thank goodness for people like Joe and the Good Samaritan law. If he hadn't been there, the person could have died from the smoke.

[@gonelucid]

Right

[@SFbayArea94121]

Oh well, would have been a decent outcome either way

[@dylconnaway9976]

@@SFbayArea94121Natural selection interrupted. Now he’ll be out there putting other innocent people at risk again.

[@potr6461]

the smoke?

[@MamaKalash]

The Joe's of this world aren't following any Good Samaritan law, they're just following their true nature. That who they are. The further back in time you go, the more Joe's their were. When I was a kid, most folks would risk their lives for others. When my parents were kids, it was unheard of to ignore an accident scene. These are the end times, and God's word long-ago said that in these times, "...the love of many will grow cold."

[@MrWhitelightning73]

Nice to know that there are still some decent people in this world

[@MamaKalash]

There are lots of them. Still some Godly people, too, but they are now the minority. Their Savior is coming for them at any moment [His church], then things will grow profoundly darker, as the restraining presence of God's Spirit, within His church, will be gone. The next 7 years that follows will be the most horrifying period in world history, especially the second-half of that 7 years [The 7-year Great Tribulation period]. Don't be left behind, accept God's free gift of salvation **humbly repent of sinning, before Creator God, and place your full faith in His Son Christ Jesus as your Savior and Lord. It was He who laid down his innocent life to pay the full penalty that your [the world's] sins deserve. You will have God's forgiveness, His justification, salvation, and eternal life in His awesome Kingdom. His Spirit will come to dwell within you, to comfort, guide, and strengthen you, never to leave you, nor forsake you.

[@MrWhitelightning73]

@@MamaKalash (Galatians 2:20)

[@antonyerian6142]

i guess that charger really dodged

[@robertyoung8289]

Takes a car guy I guess to appreciate that! 😂

[@Morgan-yl3ou]

4:22 I hate when people stand around and gawp. Watching the invalids on the ground suffer whilst getting treatment. ...as if these people are needed there . May as well pass the popcorn. Go away! Keep your nose out.

[@robertyoung8289]

@@Morgan-yl3ou I hate when people cant spell when they are hating. 😳

[@robertyoung8289]

@@antonyerian6142 He couldn't a FORD not to. 🙄

[@Urtjjfjrjtk]

Boooooo

[@AleisaEtheridge]

Joe is a real life Hero ,what a amazing blessing this man had by Joe being on the scene of this crash ,I wish I could meet this man ,shake his hand and give him a hug .

[@michaelw6277]

The crash structure of that car held up amazingly well. It looks like the passenger compartment hadn’t been compromised at all. That fire though… yikes.

[@bwofficial1776]

Subarus have a very strong body structure. They're some of the safest cars you can buy.

[@TheOz91]

@@bwofficial1776 And it's part of their marketing campaign for years. Unsurprising considering how they made rally cars and won a few world championships.

[@user-kt6rf7dh6p]

@bwofficial1776. A deer jumped out in front of my Subaru when I was doing about 50 mph. The Trooper said the deer weighed about 250 pounds. All the airbags in the car deployed. There was almost no body damage to the car. There was deer hair embedded in the grill and the grill was cracked. The gap where the hood meets the car was distorted, but the hood didn't crumple. The front bumper wasn't broken, only scratched. Insurance company still totaled my car because of the air bags. Apparently they're very expensive. None of us were hurt. Subarus are my go to vehicle ever since.

[@TheOz91]

@@user-kt6rf7dh6p I hope the insurance paid out that you got another Subaru lol

[@borkingdoggouwuuwuw]

in an old car, he would most likely be dead. As older cars are not designed to crumple. It would have been a coffin on wheels

[@bandelier100]

Even with lights and sirens on police still have to make sure the intersection is clear before entering on a red light. We had a fire truck going to a call that entered the intersection on a red light. It collided with a car that had a green light, you'd think people would pull over which is the law, the driver of the fire truck was found at fault. The driver of the car was killed in the collision.

[@willek1335]

The sirens and sound is overwhelming. Anytime emergency turn on their berries here in Norway, E V E R Y O N E slows down and gives way to their vehicles. Emergency personal > traffic lights > traffic signs. I was once jogging with sound-muffling headphones, and made the mistake of jogging across a smaller road, and around a corner a medical vehicle was speeding and nearly hit my side. I was in the wrong, 100%. It would be a different story if my car was stationary, and a fire truck rammed into me, but if you're actively driving despite all the bells and whistles, then you should understand that you're responsible for your own active choices. According to the law you're citing, all drivers of emergency vehicles will have to slow down to a crawl, which will hurt all the victims at their destination. That's tragic levels of incompetence of their society, hurting innocent people.

[@alphabravo424]

​@@willek1335In this case the officer should have slowed down. As the other cop said he failed to clear the intersection. That was specifically the issue here

[@thurmandavide]

Cars are more soundproof then in the past, add in a radio playing music, hard to always hear sounds, automatic dimming rear view mirrors... Still officer's duty to confirm he has a clear path.

[@MamaKalash]

Who doesn't know this?

[@Acepilot235]

I made a similar comment before seeing yours. Hearing the cops blame the guy they were chasing tho pisses me off, especially because it's a motorcycle. Cop caused that accident by not clearing the intersection while chasing something he probably wouldn't have caught anyways.

[@kgb4187]

Why take the time to point out the ambulance in traffic at the beginning? Clearly they didn't stop

[@snarkmark]

That was weird, and by reading the comments it's clear that the only one believing that was the case was MS. It didn't add anything but annoyance.

[@bwofficial1776]

That looked like a private ambulance. They have lights and all but don't respond to crashes. They're just for transporting people. The fire department responds to crashes.

[@keegangidley2071]

@@bwofficial1776 Not true. Private companies can hold 911 contracts for municipalities. In this case "Olympic Ambulance" does both nonemergent transfers as well as 911 responses.

[@Lugtastic]

@@keegangidley2071 Yeah there's a Jewish based EMS company out of NYC, forgot what they're called but they respond in normal cars with flashing red lights. It's definitely a thing. And they're specifically dispatched to Jewish based calls.

[@leggygtej2554]

probably secondary responce units.. usually used for house calls and to transport old folk and dead people

[@kurtkaster5666]

By the time these cops are done telling that story to each other: "The guy was going 215mph backward, weaving in and out of traffic with his eyes closed sitting in the back seat using a broom stick to work the controls because he broke his spine in 12 places 6 times prior to this crash."

[@peachespavalko1980]

Ain’t it the truth! 😂

[@Shredderof_POWDA]

Especially when the details were given twice about what had happened. I caught a fish this big today. Next week the fish happens to be THIS biiiiigg. These cops twisting the story is ridiculous. Just say nothing until the details are confirmed rather than make up all that BS that nobody said or did lol.

[@spikenomoon]

Blindfolded

[@SMELLGOODER]

Duh. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Thank goodness he disengaged "shape shifter mode" prior to his telekinetic game of aqua-dominoes. Because THAT would've closed the wormhole that is found on EVERY highway in Portugal. Sheesh.

[@Carbon_One]

It literally never changed lol the store the entire time was that he was at a high rate of speed, a dodge charger changed into his lane and he hit the barrier. The only different tale is the last one where instead of saying he swerved to miss the charger he tried to take the ramp to miss the charger, which is likely the case. Unless I missed something which is possible lol

[@snarkmark]

Apparently that ambulance was stuck in traffic for so long that someone got the time to paint it red.. 😊

[@timtomnec]

Still have to make sure the intersection is clear before you enter even if you have lights and sirens.

[@Eleventyseven9228]

1:51 this f’n hero picks up the trash he dropped during this chaotic emergency. Legend. My hat off to you sir

[@debbie4503]

Thank God they got him out. My Brother's van caught on fire. My Brother was disabled as well and had hand controls as well. The only way he could get out was by the driver's door. He pushed himself out. He had just got the van back from the garage. They had left the gas line or something loose and when I saw the shape the van was in my heart froze. If my Brother hadn't pushed himself out.... My Brother died in 2022 and I miss him terribly. But it wasn't due to the fire.

[@Filterfinder]

Odd the need to pick up your accidental litter in this situation but I applaud that officer.

[@soulscanner66]

Good habits build character.

[@Carbon_One]

😆I thought the same thing "is that really important right now?" cause i've stepped over some trash I accidently dropped in accident scene's before lol

[@maxmote23]

u know there would have been 40 comments about littering in the comment section

[@andikennedy8874]

Tow truck drivers clean up highway. At least where I'm from.

[@ashford_man9985]

I worked right next to I-5 for 3 years and got to see so many accidents, just a mile back from where this happened. Two memoriable ones were it was a dead stop going southbound for another accident, and some guy in a giant lifted ram truck made another accident hitting 3 cars. The 2nd one was an city vehicle that had a bucket on it for working on powerlines, well that bucket wasnt on the truck all the way. Im standing outside and I watch this truck stay in the farthest most left lane but the bucket swung out across all 3 lanes and went into the exit lane. No major injuries in all accidents

[@TheeKhonshuOfficial]

I'm so glad Joe was there. Moving someone with a spinal injury risk paralyzing them

[@Jeremy-ff3jm]

And the police seem to never understand that. The amount of times I’ve seen police officers carelessly move patients with spinal injuries is fcking insane

[@1packatak]

@@Jeremy-ff3jm in some cases such as this, if the passerby and/or officers don’t move them, they will die in the fire or get hit by a passing vehicle. I’ve seen firefighters that have to do the same thing.

[@tergish1]

I hate driving in Tacoma. It’s almost surprising there aren’t more of these videos.

[@nomad10002]

Me too, people are always flying through there.

[@tergish1]

@@nomad10002 shoot I live out in Graham, and just today there was some dude doing like 80 or 90 in a posted 45. I was just trying to turn and I’m glad I saw them because there would have been no chance they could hit the brakes fast enough to stop if I had turned. I’m used to yakima drivers. They don’t break as fast, they don’t go as fast. West side of the cascades has been a lot to adjust to

[@johnwanderin3872]

Try living in California

[@tergish1]

@@johnwanderin3872 my dad grew up in California, he drives like there’s a respawn point

[@nomad10002]

@@johnwanderin3872 I used to.

[@Intercaust]

Tacoma traffic is not the place to fuck around and find out.

[@CuutieSprinkl]

I live near Tacoma and i usually go there a couple times a month. Theres always a terrible car accident, the drivers there are terrible and its so dangerous

[@Crazysurferdude]

For funsies, the attenuator the first guy hit is called an SCI 100 GM Attenuator and it's not the most cushioning attenuator out there but it's meant to be hit multiple times and repaired easily.

[@Shnozem]

People drive 80 near Seattle no problem so this dude must’ve been absolutely sending that shit

[@wl6020]

Kenny survived.. Unlike south park

[@D_in_DC]

That ambulance was uninvolved. Why would you just throw that in the narration. Strange.

[@Girraficusthewise]

Man the 196 dollar fine on top of the 4k dollar ambulance and 6k dollar+ hospital stay is just a real slap in the face

[@Carbon_One]

All of that added with a previous spinal injury and I bet he still doesn't learn his lesson.

[@Cyrus181]

@@Girraficusthewise gotta love having that all free

[@mac3176]

Not to mention his car is totaled and I doubt insurance will cover it considering the circumstances what a terrible day for him lol.

[@jesch-4193]

That ambulance company works Kitsap County (Bremerton area), not Tacoma/Pierce County. They are likely on an inter facility transport from a small hospital to a bigger one.

[@Adeline9418]

Someone with spinal injuries and using hand controls needs to stop driving like a jerk. $196 is a joke.

[@BeeWhistler]

That’s all the government took. Kenny is out plenty more cash and time from his own actions. Shame he doesn’t seem to learn.

[@jeremy5602]

He could have been going five over the speed limit, you don’t know. You didn’t read the official accident reconstruction report. Hold your stones until you know the whole story.

[@Carbon_One]

@@jeremy5602 Okay but he does know the whole story. They didn't just slap a citation on him without investigation.. "Take this to the hospital with him cause we assume.." They determined him to be driving recklessly through their investigation and thats why he was fined. That's the story.. He clearly wasn't going five over. The fine would have been issued after the reconstruction of the accident was done because that's how they use the maths to determine speeds.. and determine if a citation should be issued for things... The reconstruction doesn't take a month and some time. It's done while the lanes are blocked and a scene is active. I'm not at all a reconstructionist but I've seen some classes and how they do things and there's literally a way to measure things such as skid marks where brakes were applied, points of impact and final rest, etc, and a mathematic equasion to determine how fast someone was going.

[@CookieSlinger]

0:18 Highly UNLIKELY they have the same destination, because if they did they would also be driving in the same lane as the trooper going lights and sirens. And there they pass, 2:42

[@APR1125]

Failure to yield only applies when the emergency vehicle has reasonably cleared the intersection (entered at a slow enough speed, in which other motorists would have ample time to respond to the yield) - meaning if the cop had the RED, then he can't just fly in at 80+ and expect people to have "reasonable/ample time" to yield... So, seems like a case of the officer driving a bit carelessly at excessive speed without properly clearing the intersection. Anyone care to argue that perspective?

[@UnchainedAmerica]

Hence no charges on the lady.

[@jeremy5602]

@@UnchainedAmericaAlso remember she was the sheriff’s wife. Might have had something to do with that as well…

[@lilbroomstick7032]

you probably right the cop may have been reckless but ive seen countless mfs not pay attention or outright ignore emergency service lights and sirens. which is technically illegal.

[@nbk9372]

.....Ahem, ......it's that phuckin motorcycle's fault! :o)

[@kinsley7777]

thank YOU, MidWest Safety

[@thecloneguyz]

I GOT THIS ON MY DASHCAM I WAS COMING OFF WESTBOUND 512 State Patrol already has the footage The guy was riding the Chargers ass and the charger brake checked in and then the guy went to go around and didn't see the divider coming

[@saiyakaio2742]

Post it

[@wesss9353]

Post it or it doesn't exist

[@nightshadewinter6915]

And that is why brake checking is illegal in most if not all states

[@Zer0Skateboard]

@@nightshadewinter6915 brake checking is such a stupid and pointless move. Here in Germany it's considered a crime to rapidly brake without any danger ahead because you're classified as a hinderance or an obstacle

[@RoadRageKarma19]

Saying the ambulance that did not have lights going and was sitting patiently in traffic was likely going to the scene with that much confidence is impressive. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MonteCarlo3.1]

I like how the motorcycle is to blame. The only one to blame is the officer who ran the red light, 99% of policies require the vehicle to stop and clear the intersection before proceeding. To boot you are not going to catch a bike in a freaking ford explorer especially if he has the jump.

[@CrazyCrone23]

I agree. As I said above when I was a Medic we had to slow down at intersections until we were sure it was clear to proceed.

[@PatriciaCoberly]

Thank you, Joe, for your bravery! ❤

[@peppatheoof]

really is a good joe out there... 14:13 to be fair... yes, they wouldn't have been there otherwise... but this is an important reminder about the need to stay vigilant and not let complacency get in the way. Yes, you have lights and sirens but if there's one thing i've learned from driving it's to expect anything other than people being aware of you, and that's why you gotta be a defensive driver.

[@SmickEDibbly]

"Thank you Jesus." "Not a problem." I want that level of confidence.

[@MamaKalash]

God won't be mocked.

[@MaysaRetro]

Way to go, Joe!

[@RAWBOT301]

"Charger changed lanes in front of him, he couldnt dodge it" 😂

[@Carbon_One]

Immediately I was like "There's a joke to be made there" lol

[@davidknight6678]

i use to work for Olympic Ambulance in wa state. Being in tacoma, they were transporting a patient

[@luluhayroe1]

Also an ALS unit so definitely an IFT

[@SensiProductionzBlindDogVideos]

Thank you for your consistent and unique uploads 😇🙏

[@JosiahBradley]

Kenny totally could have pulled a fun joke "officers I can't feel my legs!"

[@robertyoung8289]

😂😂😂

[@pamelaparker508]

Nah.

[@mplslawnguy3389]

That somethin' ain't it? She falls down a well, her eyes go crossed. She gets kicked by a mule. They go back to normal.

[@hazel-vf7on]

Would probably be the first time I'd have seen someone use it legitimately and not as an excuse to get off lightly lol

[@TheGhostFart]

you don't do that

[@maolcogi]

Oh my god... my eyesight is terrible I guess. I didn't notice the blur in the center of the second video until you mentioned it. :O

[@downhomesunset]

Way to go Joe! You should get a medal for what you did! You are a genuine hero!

[@lexielancaster]

Speeding with no leg control is crazy work😮

[@launanisbett537]

Thank you Heroes Civilian and officers all Heroes ❤❤❤❤❤

[@angie43AH]

Thank everyone for making sure everyone is ok and safe.

[@Sorchia56]

Kenny has multiple angels working overtime!

[@Jeremy-ff3jm]

If you need hand controls maybe you shouldn’t be driving at high speeds in an out of traffic on the highway. Bro should’ve served jail time for reckless driving after that

[@ithinknooneshome2451]

Why is it every time I’ve seen a car on fire it’s been in Tacoma?

[@twiggledy5547]

Taco-ma

[@StarBrained]

It’s the Tacoma Aroma

[@ukdnbmarsh]

shout out to all the good people, people like *JOE* i salute you.

[@EWTB]

That dude better get free drinks for life after that

[@RaceBanner_]

Only if he then drives afterwards, fights cops, rides the lightning, has his food ‘spiced up’ screams that @deletelawz1984 is ‘legal Jesus’ and then the cops aerate him.

[@PS1212]

He took that 'Dodge' 'Charger' very seriously

[@Verped]

Hats off to Joe for stepping in and doing the right thing and helping!

[@adohmnail6445]

Joe, you are an absolute star 🌟!

[@RandomBogey]

Thanks, Joe

[@congruentcrib]

“This is my Friday man” is very much something I’ve said. I remember there was a 4 way stop that normally gets congested and a crash happened there. Noticing the traffic was backing up and unpredictable, and EMS had arrived, I started directing traffic… hour and a half later and an officer came up and thanked me and relieved of duty lol. Just doing my civil duties to help.

[@PneumaNoose]

POs are allowed to break the rules of the road ONLY when they aren’t endangering life and property of the public. It’s the cop’s fault, not the woman’s.

[@jonyemm]

Well. They blamed it on the motorcyclist's but still the cops fault

[@PneumaNoose]

@@jonyemm what motorcycle?

[@adammiller9179]

@@PneumaNoose Supposedly they were chasing a motorcycle when the cop caused the accident.

[@PneumaNoose]

@@adammiller9179 oh. Yea that’s so irrelevant and still the cop’s fault (as the other commenter stated). Thank you for clarifying that. I wasn’t putting it together in my brain because of how irresponsible the police are lol

[@lovelife0413]

Thank God that we still have good Samaritans out there. God Bless this guy.

[@novascotiaskater1868]

0:10 if the cop can fly by everyone then the ambulance could too..

[@borderite88]

On a security patrol, drove up to a motorcycle accident where the rider crashed over the median barrier into the opposite fast lane in front of the Boeing Everett plant. Fortunately other stopped their vehicle behind but he was badly injured with right leg over the left with suspected fractures in upper and lower and unable to respond, didn't risk moving him for further injury. Later was airlifted to Harborview.

[@Fooney1]

Lady: It's just a flesh wound!

[@SpaceMissile]

she was like "don't ruin these pants, either!" haha, she's a trooper.

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

That area on I-5 just south of Seattle has highly dangerous traffic. The issue is that it will constantly slow down abruptly by 25 mph or more throughout the daytime. This means that if you take your eyes off the car ahead of you for even one or two seconds, you can slam right into it.

[@ricktandron3669]

It's a good thing that the pedestrian Joe was familiar with spinal injuries, like we all learned back in high school. You don't just screw around with someone whose back is fractured if you give AF.

[@eliahsmith9512]

When it comes to firearms involved in flames, if you can’t get the firearm out, but you have access to the magazine, remove the magazine and cycle the bolt to remove the round from the chamber to keep the fire from firing. If the firearm does not have a magazine in the gun and it does not have a round in the chamber, the firearm will not fire. It doesn’t have the capability. Please tell me if I’m wrong.

[@cartrips9263]

"Thank you, Jesus!" "Not a problem!" 🤣

[@streetpunkstar]

Besides the point of not driving recklessly in traffic, another takeaway from this is, if you had an incident where your spine got messed up, they not to mess it up again

[@jcdock]

Huge respect to Joe! Absolute legend

[@MrBertWayne]

*We see the Trooper pass an Ambulance stuck in traffic on the way to the scene, that had NO Lights and Sirens on. It's HIGHLY LIKELY the Ambulance was JUST STUCK IN TRAFFIC.*

[@Saanonymous80]

Ever heard of a transport?

[@endless_song]

⁠@@Saanonymous80That's his point - that the ambulance wasn't heading to the crash (as stated by the narrator). We also know that it's not heading to the crash because it's a private ambulance - EMS ambulances are always labeled as "EMS" or "fire rescue" along with the county/town/jurisdiction. That was a for-hire ambulance doing a non-urgent transport.

[@DaveBukowski]

2nd story: Emergency lights do not grant you the "right" to violate traffic signals. You still must yield to other right-of-way traffic until they yield to you. This is from an emergency responder.

[@adilusa]

in my country to pass annual safety and emission inspection for your vehicle you have to have orange emergency stop triangle, first aid kit and a fire extinguisher

[@jimsmith9819]

you can safely move somebody with a neck or spinal injury but it takes three or more people to do it, but better to leave him where he is as long as he is not in danger

[@sinkvenice4438]

If the dude’s got spinal injuries why on earth would they think it a good idea to awkwardly manoeuvre him onto a sheet and then drag him over bumpy concrete? Thank goodness for Joe putting a stop to that ridiculousness!

[@aprilgeneric8027]

an amublance sitting in congested traffic with no lights on is called a nursing home transport. they also transport dead people who died at nursing homes to hospitals just for a doctor to write the time of death certificate up. i see it all the time. happens atleast once a month at the 3 nursing homes i was servicing.

[@copsignal]

The crash structure of that car held up incredibly well. It seems like the passenger compartment stayed intact. But that fire…

[@cartrips9263]

Maybe caused by shoddy electrical work. They said it was modified for his special needs.

[@Thy-ec8sr]

Yeah that car is a subaru imprezza premium. Subaru is known for their safety and 4wd system.

[@StarBrained]

I lived in this area (of the first video) for several years and the people here are all in a constant hurry, if you don’t get out of their way fast enough they road rage, drive crazy and don’t care at all about anyone else. I constantly saw people racing at night at 100mph+, I saw something extremely dangerous every single time I drove on the freeway. The closer you get to Seattle the worse it gets. And most cops don’t pull people over since there’s just too many people and it would cause too much congestion and end up being dangerous for them. I saw news reporters scolding cops for pulling people over because it’d cause people to be late to work

[@kdtfiles1]

That section of I-5 is always backed up due to some sort of accident. Traffic trying to fly thru even in stop and go, traffic trying to split over to the left to take the carpool lane and traffic from the right coming on from multi-lane on ramp trying to get to the left lanes. Coming up the opposite way (past the TDome) isn't any better. And that ambo was not going to the scene, they were mid-lane, most likely a patient transport not an emergency run. They run a lot of patient transfers thru Tacoma up north to Seattle/Bellevue from Olympia/Lacey and the like.

[@MamaKalash]

8:14 Kenny was very foolish, and that had to be incredibly terrifying, sitting there trapped, knowing he could easily die, unable to move, wondering if anyone was ever going to stop and help him. Thank God for the Joe's of this world, and for first responders.

[@MrBlazindj]

The charger changed lanes in front of him and he couldn't DODGE it ....................................

[@Bellaslone777]

Getting cited for $196 for all the damage he caused is incomprehensible and frankly disgusting. Parking near a fire hydrant is a $250 ticket like wtf is wrong with our laws in this country

[@twistedgamer238]

That second accident the officer was caught lying about the situation even though he was in the right because had his emergency lights on he was trying too make it seem like she was running the light too make a left turn. Really makes you wounder if he was paying any attention while he was driving.

[@adammiller9179]

He lied and he was completely to blame. Not her.

[@TaterTots380]

Some heroes don't wear capes.

[@dylanshackelton845]

That ambulance at the beginning definitely wasn't going to this call. Or they would have had lights and sirens running and had been passing everyone with the cop. Plus later in the video, you can see both ambulances on the scene were red, not white like the earlier one.

[@bobgooty2594]

I live here. Nobody respects sped limits and Don't use turning signals half the time

[@henrydog1056]

I love the new logo

[@DezerRatz]

The cop saying its his friday. i get you bro.

[@Vincent-ke5zn]

Joe is a brave hero 👏 💪 🙌 🙏👍👌🙌♥️🙌👏✨️. God bless this brave man

[@averteddisasterbarely2339]

If people driving by only got a quick look at the yellow blanket they probably think it's a fatality accident !

[@Belovedfire]

1:11 the only person who chose to help. Surely, there is something wrong with this country

[@outkast187]

Charger didnt "cut him off". He was racing the charger, charger blocked view of barrier and quickly avoided it. Kenny had less time and couldnt avoid.

[@CCBrady]

An ambulance going to the scene would be doing exactly what the police car was doing, duh 🙄

[@faethedreamer]

Granny: Thank you Jesus! Cop: You're welcome 😆