American Reacts to Craziest Dashcam Compilation - Norway

[@josteingravvik2381]

Hey Ian !! In the 3rd clip they say that the policeman doing that idiotic turn, lost his driver's license and was taken off trafficduty the next day. He clearly made a non dangerous situation into a very dangerous one by pulling that stunt, for sure. I don't remember what happened in this case later though.

[@masterchririus]

You mean 5th clip?? Og han fikk garantert lappen og jobben tilbake, snuten frikjennes alltid ;)

[@bjrnericwang2093]

It's funny how those bluelights doesn't increase the trucks braking capacity ;)

[@moondaughter1004]

And fortunately no one was hurt

[@AudunWangen]

Cops are just horrible drivers. I usually stay far away from them. Not because I'm afraid to get a ticket, but because they always do unpredictable shit. We had a cop pull the same stunt in my town a few years back, but he was almost hit from behind. Good breaks and reaction time from the other driver saved him from being T-boned. He started pulling in a driveway, then suddenly pulled a U-turn. No lights, no sirens, not checking mirrors and no turn signals. He didn't even apologize after.

[@mortensandmoen5208]

​@@masterchririus Ja sånn er det alltid, dem står over loven sånn som Gestapo gjorde en gang!

[@gunner38ED]

The 2nd clip is on the intro of a truck rescue service show on TV, recorded in Norway. It is called "Ice road rescue".

[@ageandersgilde2223]

Was also on the news:P if i remember right, it was a misunderstanding by the driver in the semi, and he pulled too close to the guardrail(he should have taken a wider turn) he was fine and in the clip you can see the tow truck driver jumping out, saddest thing about it is the gorgeous scania long nose that went down with the semi, dont remember the model, but those trucks are sweet.

[@krak3979]

@@ageandersgilde2223I recently spoke to a guy who knows the driver of the tow truck. He aparrently brings his son to work pretty often and that the son for the most part stays in the truck. Lucky that he wasnt with his dad this time, or he would be in the tow truck tumbling down that hill

[@john-toregundersen2655]

i pass that place several times a week@@krak3979

[@stuinNorway]

If I recall from what I read after that occured, [and it was the clip that launched the idea behine the program "Ice Road Rescue" (Which is a great watch),] the semi didn't have enough chains, so failed to make the hill. He only had a chain on the right hand side drive axle, not both sides, so as he momentarily tapped his brakes (this clip has been redownloaded and shared so often most are very poor quality today) it threw the tractor unit right and off the asphalt.... The rest as they say, is history. Driver ofthe semi did survive, with broken bones.

[@creep_ltx]

I'm a truck driver in Norway. Some time ago I had a car drive into my lane inside a tunnel just a couple of meters in front of me resulting in a head on collision. I later found out that it was a suicide. Luckily I managed to pull through with the help of my family, friends and the company I work for so I'm still working as a truck driver.

[@Keepler22b]

Damn, tragic and sad:(

[@Dz-tt9vg]

Lykke til ❤ Godt å høre at du kom deg på veien igjen ❤

[@Svedge]

I'm afraid of that happening to one of the many regular truck drivers I know at work.. So many truckers are good hearted people. Bra du har kommet deg gjennom marerittet og vær glad i de nær deg! ❤

[@thatdudeinorange5269]

Second time I've seen IWrocker trying to avoid the accident by throwing himself backwards in the chair 😅

[@IWrocker]

Haha 😂 😂

[@sveinovelorentsen3159]

7:42 The semi did not tip over. Wind pressure eased at last second. I Know since I was in a semi just 100 meter behind the car wit dashcam. After this the police closed the road for large vehicles for next 30 hours til the wind stopped

[@windsorSJ]

When I was teaching my wife to drive the most important thing I told her was that you treat other drivers as if they are idiots.

[@reinhard8053]

So there are idiots in other countries, too. From what YT presents me, it seems only USA and Russia had this incidents.

[@tigerman1978]

Doesnt matter how careful you are if an idiot run into you, sadly

[@mikki6158]

@@tigerman1978 we all know that, but if you treat all the cars around you like they're being driven by idiots, you'll be able to avoind MOST stuff. Not the biggest idiots, there's no escaping them, but you will minimize your chances of an accident.

[@tarell676]

Here to give you context from a Norwegian: Clip1: The steering on the trailers boogie(wheel-set) was broken and clipped the tires of the approaching trucks, giving you the air leak you see. Clip2: A Semi was being towed on the very slippery snowy road by road side rescue, the right front wheel got hooked on the snowbank and pulled it over the edge, taking the tow truck with it. The tow truck drive jumped out at the last second. The driver of the semi only had minor injuries. Clip3: Like you said, just having fun and overcooked it into a light-pole. Clip4: There was ice under the snow, and the truck heading down the hill could get any traction to stop, so it just kept going and hit the truck that was stuck going up. No injuries. Clip5: A car made a slightly questionable passing of a semi, the police behind the camera car saw this and decided to give chase, being idiots and causing a really bad accident. Luckily nobody got hurt. Clip6: Driver in the black car ignored the yield sign. Clip7: You can never stop others from being stupid or dangerous. Clip8: If memory serves, the Volvo driver was distracted with his phone Clip9: The wind crabbed the trailer and almost flipped it, luckily it recovered. Clip10: Random animals on roads, very common due to the low density of our population.(At least he's got dinner now) Clip11: Bmw driver being a bmw driver.

[@alolohmussaar6730]

2nd clip - this lithuanian driver is alive and is still working as a truckdriver....

[@vegbjo87]

No it's not. It's from a couple driving in the north if I remember correct and they started videotaping the towing but the clip has been featured on the TV show but have no relevance to the show.

[@Svartsejd]

@@UltraCasualPenguinNo, that clip is from 2012 and Ice Road Rescue didn't start airing until 2015.

[@Svartsejd]

@@UltraCasualPenguinI don't know who it was. But Ice Road Rescue is filmed in Eidfjord, and the accident in the video took place in Leirfjord. The reason it's in the intro of the show, is because the producers decided to use some random clip they found on the internet. It happens all the time.

[@Svartsejd]

@@UltraCasualPenguinKid just stay quiet. You're the one that's wrong here. And it is a random clip found on the internet. It fucking predated the entire show by 3 years. And the wrecker in the video is from Falck, and everyone in the show works for Viking. Just accept that you're wrong and have been the whole time. Stop arguing over the fact that you just can't handle being wrong.

[@mr.g5593]

@Svartsejd har angrer på svar og trukket det så da fant han vel ut at han hadde feil.👏🏻😂🇳🇴

[@rauschi3863]

1:00 oh gosh so close the driver of the rescue truck jumped out.

[@rasmuswi]

Hitting a deer is one thing. The thing you REALLY don't want to experience on your Scandinavian road trip is hitting a fully grown bull moose at speed. That's a somewhat common accident type, and it's very likely to kill you or give you horrible injuries.

[@Keepler22b]

My friend hit a bull at high speed, and it ended inside his car with his legs clipped of. Damn he got an guardian angel that day. No injuries

[@imortaliz]

4:10 they basically said that the police officer lost his drivers license and that he was put to different tasks haha

[@localsheriff]

For those of you so fond of Scanias; the tow truck in the 2nd clip is a 4th gen T-series, aka conventional/torpedo/snutebil so that's another one down. While the tow truck driver was seemingly fortunate to get out just in the nick of time the driver in the semi went all the way down with his ride - only to miraculously suffer from a couple fractures. However one dash cam clip from Norway that I didn't see here but SHOULD've been included though is one incident from 6 years back involving an extremely awake trucker who was just centimeters from plowing down school children after they got off the school bus kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGWXfWCJhK5kf5o

[@leifgunnartoth8070]

That clip should've been in this video. What is extremely special about that incident is that Volvo's safety braking didn't register the child before the driver hit the brakes. If you look very closely, the driver of the Scania ( the lorry with the dashcam ) blinks his highbeam and honks the horn. This is part of what made the reaction of the volvo driver so fast. He was aware of something, and hit the brakes hard. Volvo sent out a team to check the telemetry and systems of the lorry, and the result was all drivers reaction. This driver is a hero for saving those childrens lives!

[@jur4x]

@@leifgunnartoth8070 Weirdly, KREISS (Latvian company that truck belonged to) is shifting to mostly FORD fleet now.

[@leifgunnartoth8070]

@@jur4x What's weird about that? Get the brand that suits the driving best. If the service departments are better with Ford where they drive, go for it.

[@andruspuusta4230]

I worked in Norway a full year. Beautiful. Very dengerous roads. Have to be respected 100% of the time! As I am an Estonian, I had to drive from home to the area I worked for 1700 kilometers. It was done at this time stopping just for fueling and for taking a leak... Depending of the time of the year, it took between 18 - 24 hours as there was 80km of ships involved... I can remember of the temperature differences in a few kilometers by elevation differences! Very unique experience for me but the driving had to be taken very seriously to avoid any mistakes! I do remember of seeng bushes as dragons after 18+ hours straight driving...It was a lot of easier to go home - From Norway to Estonia! The roads where get easier all the time: Sweden had a lot easier and better serviced roads than Norway, but when a reaching a Finland - I do not belive that there are somwewre betterroads and better serviced roads in a world than in Finland.. There are best roads in a worrld! And best service of them as well! Suure-Jaani to Stokmarknes and back 12 times! But I enjoyed every difficult minute of the roadtrip! Would like to make some more! :)

[@roevhaal578]

You're wrong, Norway has among the safest roads in the world with among the lowest per capita traffic related fatality rates.

[@arcticblue248]

@@roevhaal578 He is not wrong, Finland have among the best roads here in Scandinavia ... Sweden have better roads too, I don't have the licence to drive but have been with my brother on enough trips to be sure thats true. some roads up here in the north are better during the winter, than in the summer because the snow fills the holes in the road.

[@roevhaal578]

@@arcticblue248 He is, statistics don't lie. I can understand why one might percieve Norwegian roads as dangerous as they are narrow and winding but that will also lead to more attentive and careful driving. Norway has better statistics than Finland. I'm Swedish, have driven in Norway and been a passanger in Finland, I'm not trying to say that Finland has bad roads or anything, all the roads I've been on were in good conditions but the same is true for Norway, Norway have stellar road quality.

[@KaeyasSoggySocks]

Yeah our smaller roads, especially the ones high in the mountains are not well maintained as the ones closer to the cities. Recently they have been prioritizing those more tho😊👍

[@omarsheriff51]

18 to 24 hours of straight driving is irresponsible man... Don't ever do that again 😢

[@stiglarsson8405]

Juste saying as a swede, they have great roads in Norway.. but they are narrow! Especialy if one leave Oslo!

[@LunarisArts]

They're doing some insane roadwork between Kristiansand and Stavanger. Maybe take a road trip to see what's new.

[@runeingebretsen8378]

@@LunarisArts you can look forward to driving mostly underground from kristiansand to bergen,in the near future,here in stavanger they have made so many tunnels you will have a hard time navigating if you haven't been here for 3 years.

[@JoriDiculous]

City-last clip 8:52 was Oslo) Nothing we Norwegians love more is all the silly (mainly foreign) truckers "navigating" with GPS and ends up on all the wrong places. The rescue services is a very lucrative business all over the country (mainly winter) but especially around E(urope)-roads surrounded by narrow windy roads not ment for big trucks and the GPS shows many of as the shortest route. Its fun around where i live (NW part of E16) with what we call "winter road", meaning there will be minimal use of salt, makes it real fun for truckers coming from EU in their stupid EU trucks and tires. Funny road that varies from ~150 Meter above sea level to above 1000 MASL for the high mountain crossing. I say most of the route is between 300 to 600 MASL. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKmWipxmmL2Abbs as short ~30 second fun overtake in "0"-visiblity (Not me!!)

[@Traslan]

Your reaction time is good, Ian 😂 The way you threw yourself backwards in the chair 😂😂😂😂 Priceless 🤌🏻😂

[@blomsterfreak]

the first clip.. its the tires getting punctured. on the front lifted axle of the trailers..

[@HrLBolle]

Can't tell if only 2 or 4 are torn open either way is a pretty shit situation

[@matsv201]

​@@HrLBollethe advantage with the lift axel is that is heck of a lot easier to swich the tire.

[@HrLBolle]

@@matsv201 and if you mostly run lightweight loads you always have 2 spares

[@matsv201]

@@HrLBolle if you say go from a low capacity road to a high capacity road you can typically lift one axel on the margin. And really, the rules is mostly for road maintance. If you just going to move the truck at low speed a km or two, it really dont matter.

[@HrLBolle]

@@matsv201 I do drive semi's on occasion, and the trailers at my company are configured to auto lift the axle at low weight or when empty. So the tech in those senses the load status and adapts weight distribution accordingly. You can have a trailer load with 33 Epal and a weight of only 10 Tons, means the lift axle is off the ground. When you got a load out of 40/44 tons instead the system has all wheels on the ground

[@Taxi58]

I work as a coachdriver in Norway. And nothing in these clips is a surprise for me.

[@tessjuel]

1:40 You can see the driver of the rescue truck jumping out so he was ok.

[@Stepan_H]

5:35 - In our country, we say "When you're behind the wheel, you've got one foot in the graveyard and one foot in jail." (Even though you're a decent, good driver.)...

[@SebHaarfagre]

Are you Italian 😆

[@Stepan_H]

@@SebHaarfagreNo, Czech 🇨🇿 😁

[@basto1d]

Last video is about a 1000 meters from my home =) A lot of goofballs in Oslo. Same road, about 800 meters before that point is a super dangerous off ramp right after the exit of the Vålerenga tunnel. It's just a 90 degree right turn immediately after the tunnel. So off course Joe Average will just hit the brakes to make that exit, resulting in a lot of crashes there. Fun to see you cover Norway too! Since I know you've gotten to love rally as of late, I can really recommend checking out some videos with the Solberg brothers. Henning and Petter Solberg. They go _fast_ on ice and forest rallies. Petter often competed with eg. Sébastien Loeb for the titles. A great video to start with is "Rally Car Vs Bobsleigh | Top Gear". That's a fun video with Henning! =D

[@Why-D]

Now he goes and buys a Volvo.

[@Deer-Hirsch]

Norway is a beauty I lived there 7 years and I miss it.

[@matsv201]

But it take like 10 hours where ever you will drive. Absolurly horrible transport times.

[@mr.g5593]

@@matsv201det spørs hvor du skal det da,du kommer langt på 10 timer.👋🏻🫡🇳🇴

[@Deer-Hirsch]

@@matsv201 depends where u live and what u like. You can live in the city or close by or live out on the land and have your freedom and cars passing your house are just neighbours living 500m next to your house 😊

[@matsv201]

@@Deer-Hirsch well.. of you go to a other city, it take really long time. .. well.. granted, I have not been to norway since the new highway was extended.

[@Deer-Hirsch]

@@matsv201 Well I love space and nature. Norway have low population and a big country with ton of mountains, Rivers etc. I like nature and space. I never could live at places like new York, San Francisco etc. For me it's ugly and stressful.

[@billdaniel8310]

That Deer running into the car, reminds me of idiot Kangaroos or Wallabies here in Australia, jumping into cars.

[@OveToranger]

Holy carp...lot of these I didn't know about...and yeah, commentary was pretty spot on !!!

[@Glenni91N]

The clip wirh the truck's trailer leaning onto the lane of the filming car is nearby Haugesund where I live, on the E39 between Haugesund and Stavanger. This happened on the Bokn Bridge. We get a lot of storms during winter, at worst they can be around category 1, 2 sometimes 3 hurricane strength equivelents. And as a result the wind will sometimes push trucks, or even cause trucks to get blown off the road or bridge just like that - That was a close one.

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

Hitting a deer in Norway is what Americans call takeout.😂

[@bjrnericwang2093]

You should see what a full size moose will do to your car. the most stupid animal we have imo.

[@ovekarlsson777]

​@@bjrnericwang2093Could not agree more! 25 years ago I spent a night at the emergency thanks to a one year old moose. My face and above all my right eye were full of glass splinters. Also, the moose died on the spot and my brother's car was written off. Lucky thing it wasn't a full grown moose! Btw it happened on a road with wildlife fences so don't trust them too much!

[@tigerman1978]

@@bjrnericwang2093 in my experience moose is more predictable than deer and especially roedeer. Moose atleast keep moving in the same direction and they dont tend to stay roadside waiting for you before they jump into the road :p That said, if you do hit a moose thats a seriously dangerous situation especially if they end up on the hood or even worse slide into the cabin.

[@carstengerm]

In the first clip was something wrong with the rear steering of the flatbet trailer. The back of the trailer was hanging out to oncoming traffic.

[@runeingebretsen8378]

that police officer that pulled ot in front of the semi,is insane,that semi was by the looks of it fully loaded,and weighed at least 50 tons.

[@leanderthorsnes7048]

There was a Perrson in one of the truck when it crashed down, but he survived with some injuries, but the man in the tow luggage got out

[@kimmeliten]

I'm Norwegian, and the clip in 5:30 have happened to me three times during my 20 years on the road. Fast reflexes and a whole lot of luck have kept me from getting hit, two times i had to swirve off the road, and one time i managed to brake in time so the other car could get back into his lane. Fortunatly it didn't happen as fast as this video, i had about 1 more second to spare on the occations. Nice video by the way!

[@ftfmf3448]

1:23 225ft down drop, only material damaged Jamie's towing,

[@Svartsejd]

No, the clip is from Norway. Jamie's towing is Canadian. 🤣

[@irenestahl1598]

Swedish here. The police had his driving license taken away.❤️

[@mortensandmoen5208]

Kan garantere at han fikk den tilbake ganske raskt! I Norge etterforsker politiet politiet og dem gjør aldri fel!!!

[@runeingebretsen8378]

he is insane,lucky to be alive.

[@omegavoss]

The clip from 4.51 is just 150m from my house in Voss norway...i remeber that that day and the sound of the crash,the speed limit is 80km/h at the collision site....they have now changed the road a bit with wider road and an exit lane,but it is still scary because of visability both ways.

[@Rimkriger1]

Hello Ian, the 1.st clip, both tires burst, they were punctured/ruptures so it was air that was leaking. 2.nd clip was a friend of mine saving a Trailer when suddenly the driver thougth he could "lean" on the autorail and make a slack on the wire of the tow-rig. As you see my friend had to just jump out and both trailers went down a cliff. It's aproximatly 80 ft. down there.

[@tomingvaldsen3939]

The last clip is at first exit when coming out of Vålerengtunnelen, the last tunnel out of town when going north on E6

[@MrPomomies]

1st clip, Steering trailer tires, Helps to get around tighter turns, It takes the turn input from the hitching point, the more the tractor turns, the more the wheels turn. But there was some kind of malfunction during that bend, and the trailer steerable axles ended up in maximum deflection, pushing the end of the trailer to oncoming lane. colliding with the oncoming trucks, where 2 trucks lost at least 1 trailer tire. 4:50-6.00 "maniac that pulled in to oncoming lanes in front of oncoming car" Nope. that car in front of the "manic" stopped in the middle of his lane, (Wrong) perhaps to make a turn over the oncoming lane, Without leaving any space to pass between the verge and the driver. The "manic" tried to avoid an accident, Realized that he/she cannot stop in time, And went for the "empty space that existed" Unfortunately there was oncoming car (the camera car) coming from there.

[@steinjohansen3142]

How stupid is it to aim for a vehicle coming in the opposite direction in 80 km/h (50 mph) rather than hit the stillstanding car?

[@MrPomomies]

@@steinjohansen3142 We do not have all knowledge of what happened 2-5 seconds prior on the car that turned in to oncoming. But let's take hypotetical. You have been following a car for 10+ miles it's going apparently on cruise control the exact sped limit. You have set your cruise control on that same speed for just about as long, perhaps even waiting opportunity to pass, as you want to go 5 over. You were distracted a bit. Phone just rang, you checked it. You look up. The car in front is stopping for no apparent reason. you have 2 seconds to stop or avoid You hit the brakes, but you most definitely are going to hit the car. How ever. there is a gap opening on the oncoming lane, you have not yet seen the oncoming car, as it is blocked by the car in front. What do you do? you still have 0.75 seconds to avoid the collision with the car in front. Hit the car in front, or try for the apparently empty gap?

[@tigerman1978]

@@MrPomomies "You were distracted a bit. Phone just rang, you checked it." Now thats illegal right there and if you give that statement to the police you get the full blame immediately. You likely do anyways for following too close, but saying you where distracted by checking your phone will seal the deal real quick

[@MrPomomies]

@@tigerman1978 Yes, I was following 30 car lengths, aka 150 meters / 500 feet behind the car in front of me. I was changing radio station so slightly distracted for about 1- 1.5 seconds, As I looked up the car in front was suddenly stationary at 30 meters /100 feet in front of me blocking entire lane. After about 0.8 seconds of reaction time I had about 10 meters to stop... which of course would not happen. Sounds almost like brake checking someone

[@bloodragefromnorway]

first clip is the trailer going into the wrong lane, mostly likly cause is that the trailer got rear steering wich is usualy locked when driving along the road, but it can happen that an electrical fault opens up the lock. or its a radio controlled trailer, then it can activate by nearby controllers (wich is why u ALWAYS dissconect the trailer steer when going on road)

[@mikaelmilo]

In the secons video the truck driver did sit inside the truck. He did survive, but was very hurt. Cracked scull, ribs and both feets.

[@bjthedjdutchdude1992]

@6:26. When you're done with your Saturn, you can go for a Volvo. Maybe with a manual transmission

[@IWrocker]

That would be a great choice 🎉

[@Luredreier]

9:01 With all that traffic I doubt that it's night. My guess, 4 pm - 6 pm in the fall/winter. Remember that we're far enough north for it to get dark early... Heck,some places doesn't see light at noon in winter.

[@itsakittyting]

My dad was from Lofoten and used to tell me all kinds of stories like this and he never breaked for snow, scaring us to death often haha

[@mhvdm]

The 1st clip is literally just compressed air being forced out so quickly it condenses. It's just the tire blowing out, not a hose or anything. I was there, I replaced the tires on those 2 trucks after it happened

[@Maricavdven]

In a couple of months we will emigrate to Norge/Norway. I know the mountain roads can be a tricky place even in summer, not only in winter conditions.

[@Bubajumba]

That's amazing, welcome to Norway hopefully you have a great time here

[@bjrnnikolaisen1656]

The trucks falling down the moutainside was on the news in Norway...No body got hurt! The driver got out BEFORE it fell down!

[@SIG442]

0:20 The trailer of the truck ahead of the cammer hits the other 2 trucks, which follows by the trailer tires being ripped to shreds due to the collision.

[@tigerman1978]

That last one, lol. "Get off the road".. well, he kinda did :p

[@DonGorgen]

For the most part speedlimits in norway don't go above 50mph wich is why most collisions don't end up fatal, unlike US where the speedlimit is 75mph. We do have some roads with speedlimits up to 70, but on those roads you'll have a guardrail separating oncomming traffic to avoid head on collisions. Vehicles above 3,5 tons are limited to 50 no matter if the speedlimit is higher.

[@erna-karinpolden6331]

The truck that went over the side turned out to be fine. He broke a leg or something, but somehow got away with it.

[@HL65536]

My only close call was when I was driving home from some family stuff, driving through the middle of nowhere (rural germany) and I as a nerdy science guy wanted to test the fuel mileage of my car depending on the speed I was going, so I was setting a speed and drove that for 2 minutes while looking at the mileage gauge, then changing the speed to a different one and again driving 2 minutes at the new speed (this is only really possible at night in the middle of nowhere so nobody is annoyed and/or endangered by driving below the speed limit). Right when I was testing 60km/h a deer jumped out in front of me. I don't think I could have braked in time if I were driving the usual 100+ that day.

[@KurTzyGG]

I live like 10min drive from that cop incident (at 3 min ish) remeber it was in the news. What a wierd move to turn infront of a semi 😅

[@Sheepster_CoTW]

6:26 there were 2 children involved in this accident, but none were harmed, also during traffic school they use this exact accident as an example. (the driver was falling asleep while driving)

[@davidboydarnott417]

Just Thanks for taking the time to make these videos! 👍👊

[@danieljonsen1012]

Heh, the Volvo's have a very rigid structure :) Chance of minor chest, knee and feet injuries in an S60/V70 of the early 2000's, and generally considered a 5 star safety rating in USA, while the 2001 Euro NCAP rating gave it a 4/5 with room for improvements (based on their 35 v 35mph headon crash, basically simulating a 70mph crash into a wall, where the a-pillar wasn't affected either)

[@lottatroublemaker6130]

1:23 «Ka i helvete så skjedde? I helvete jordnær» («What the h@ll happened? The h*ll down to earth»??? 😂😊

[@thenoobccomipad6765]

If you didn't already know no one was killed in any of these clips. I believe no one was heavily injured (take it with a grain of salt) by what I remember I think none of the people in these clips got serious injuries

[@norXmal]

I have that exact same fear regarding driving, about other reckless drivers and possibly misjudging or not able to react to it.

[@pezlover1974]

6:05 happened to me and my mother. Some crazy woman that didn’t bother to drive carefully on ice. We all survived. The woman was taken to hospital. My mother happened to work at the hospital at the time. When she returned to work the following Monday, the woman was still hospitalized and she had told the entire ward it was our fault she crashed. (She slid into our side of the road) she was so embarrassed when she met my mother that day. Served her right. Lol

[@Gazer75]

@6:00 That intersection got fixed after this accident. They widened the bridge to fit a turn lane for those crossing over. The speed limit is 80kmh on that spot so you have no time to react.

[@bmwtoyz]

Hey Ian. I live not far from that place in the 2nd clip. The driver in the semi got away with a broken left arm. THAT`S all. UNBELIVABLE...

[@barandor]

"didnt he see them ahead?" :DDDD bro you have no clue

[@aerobirdseven979]

I am a norwegian and did recognize two places in the movie. I drive a heavy SUV and thank God for that, it gets you anywhere and is pretty solid, should you get involved in an accident. 40 years behind the wheels is no guarantee it won't happen. The best advice I can give is to have enough time while driving, that way you avoid stress.

[@SebHaarfagre]

7:10 Something: The semi veered off just enough to make it a glance. It's really on him that the driver who fell asleep (apparently, or she/he was suicidal) didn't die (or even both of them). Front on front that Volvo would not look like that. I'm a bit disappointed about the lack of shifting (and) weather ones, which is the most typical one (and narrow winding paths) but it's a sparsely populated country, people are generally a bit more calm on the road and dashcam is not that normal for civvies.

[@annelieelfstedt3233]

I had a head on collision with a huge moose on my way to work a few years ago. It was terrifying! Now Im driving like an old lady 😂

[@ninakristiansen713]

Clip 2: Im have been driving - passenger on busses - and driven myself past that place on the road to Mosjøen, If I remember correctly they have just passed a place called Leirosen. I have always feared that road to Mosjøen. It is now a new road, mostly tunnels from what I understand - have moved away - and its more secure.

[@RealCadde]

The tow truck operator did leave the tow truck before the whole consist fell off the mountain.

[@alexanderhaugan34]

the first clip is just air escaping the tire. I work as a truck mekanic in norway and this happends A LOTT.

[@theboredguitarist]

I just don't know how you fail to notice a huge yellow truck coming in the opposite lane :D

[@andersgulowsen2814]

They would never show people getting badly hurt. It is a huge NO!!! For obvious reasons.

[@NorseGraphic]

4:06 the female says, “the policeman lost his driver’s license”

[@gamingtonight1526]

The guy who swerved his car in front of the truck lost his steering control.

[@benla4062]

hi, I love your videos, and by the way I am french, living in paris :D

[@RealCadde]

Every truck and trailer has a tank above each contact patch with the ground. When these tanks burst, you can see water vapor in the air being condensed into small puffs of clouds. The tanks are made of rubber and are attached to rims that allow the truck and trailer to keep rolling forwards unless you apply a braking force to said containers of air. The containers are called tires and they sit on wheel rims. Yes, i am being a tad sarcastic here. When big tires like those on trucks and trailers blow, this is what it looks like. The offending trailer managed to side swipe both trailers wheels in the same manner.

[@shaneb4612]

With the deer I went to close the small link in the corner, then boom deer.

[@Bigginhillbilly]

Love your videos. Living here in Italy all of this stuff is normal everyday occurences, even just going five minutes down the road, but I always imagined that driving somewhere in the Nordics would be calm, measured, respectful. guess there's bellends everywhere. Thanks again.

[@GnosticAtheist]

In that deer accident, replace it with a moose.. Depeding on speed and car, it can be the end for everyone. A deer can do that to, but its usually not tall enough or heavy enough so some of the force is reduces when the body hits the front engine plate. A moose on the other hand can go straight into the windshield if its feet buckle. A front collision with another car at high speed is "safer".

[@stanislavczebinski994]

0:20 I think that is a rear-steer unit on the loose - should be locked in straight position for road-use. It cuts into the tires of the oncoming trucks.

[@Mark-from-Melbourne]

Norway's greatest hits. Given that Take On Me was certain to be number one I should have expected that it was going to be a horrifying video.

[@gedeuchnixan3830]

Due to laws a Volvo isn´t what a Volvo once was, if that would have been an old Volvo the semi wouldn´t have been able to keep on driving 😂 Furtonatly Volvo are still as safe for the passenegers as they always been just not as unsafe to the other reckless drivers as they would deserve anymore 😅

[@tigerman1978]

The modern Volvos is actually much safer for the people inside of them than the old ones thanks to crumple zones and airbags and whatnot. The old ones was just much more robust than just about anything else of the same generations. Volvos stated target is to have zero fatal accidents with their cars. They hoped to reach it by 2020 but arent all the way there yet, in part due to intoxicated drivers

[@veeezis]

Can definitely recommend buying a Volvo. An old RWD 240, 740, or 940 series is good fun for gearheads just because of the ruggedness and simplicity to work on. Bring me a sort of a primal joy just to drive it. In Sweden they're very popular in the drifting scene. And MAN do those have a huge engine compartment. Stick anything you want in there. Some more recent ones, be they FWD or AWD, have plenty of creature comforts. And the safety standards are still very good. The V70 and XC70 series are pretty good too. Bought and drove a 245 from Sweden recently. Lightly modified by the previous owner. Still, 1500 km with the clutch slipping in 3rd and 4th gear. Took it like a champ. The roads and scenery gorgeous. Very polite drivers. The car is immensely roomy. Excellent for roadtrips. And with its lowered suspension felt very solid at high-ish speeds on the highways. Not boatlike at all, even with its lack of steering assistance. The straightpipe though... while very satisfying, kind of wished I'd brought earplugs. At my local road safety inspection was measured to be 108db loud. Take a look at some Volvo pure sound compilations. Could be good fun.

[@Keepler22b]

Great:) People of the north are good winter drivers. Driving motorcycles during summer up i n the mountains is a blast for me. Neverending vistas of tundra :D Freedom! Take it easy, live in the now, tomorrow Im dead.

[@jonny2009]

8:10 let me tell you something the deers in norway are ruthless and they are not scared off the roads but the drivers are scared off them because we never know where they are hiding

[@thogeir5415]

The deer hit happened a small distance from me 10 minutes away. It's on the way to work.

[@disklamer]

Maniacs! seems to be the consensus of what to expect on Norwegian roads. On the other hand, nobody will leave you stranded. Both connected to the fact it is thinly populated, I'm sure.

[@Cryptex472]

Norway has the least road deaths per 1 million inhabitants in the Eu. Considering the state of some of our rural roads thats saying something.

[@olejohannesbakke6316]

4:56 - Correct statement, it was very much survivable. The guy getting hit is a friend of mine, ended up in the hospital with some minor injuries. Happened just before Voss. Both drivers got out of it pretty okay, but both cars also totalled. And the moron cutting into the other lane lost his driver's licence - naturally.

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

Over all, Norway is among the safest countries in the world when in comes to driving. Maybe the safest, together with Sweden, measured in accidents and deaths per million inhabitants. This in spite of harsh climate, few motorways and a lot of very difficult terrain. But morons will be morons. And - sadly - many truck drivers from abroad (mainly some poorer eastern and south-eastern countries) are forced by ruthless employers to use worn down rigs with bad brakes and useless tires. Often causing accidents.

[@johan.ohgren]

Not to mention rigs that performs badly in winter conditions. We got them in Sweden too, they get stuck and block traffic every winter here.

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

@@johan.ohgren Same old story.

[@runeingebretsen8378]

it should be mandatory to have the rigs checked at the border.

[@emperorkarlfranzrulerofthe2826]

The truck wich went over the cliff, the driver was from Lithuania, he broke both his arms and legs, half his rubs, bue he survived

[@LarsV62]

I know that place in the clip showing the collision with oncoming car that did a dangerous overtake. It's not clear from the recording how long ago it was, but perhaps a fairly old one? That place now have had for many years a exit lane for those turning left off from the main main road.

[@leanderthorsnes7048]

the last one is close to where I live

[@Mus.Anonymouse]

Animals can cause surprising damage. Once I hit a duck on the A-pillar at 70-80 mph. Result was broken windshield bent a-pillar, door window out and door damaged (the part near the a-pillar. The a-pillar was bent at least 3-4 inches. And that was just a duck (and a loud bang). And it was the ducks fault. He flew across the road then suddenly decided to do a 180 and return. I tried avoiding, almost made it, but not quite.

[@automation7295]

*"And it was the ducks fault"* I thought people only blame humans for being at fault, so in that situation you were in, it was fine to call a duck for idiot? That duck probably don't exist anymore. If the duck was at fault, then the deer in the video was also at fault.

[@PedroConejo1939]

I hit a herring gull on my motorbike while doing somewhat in excess of 70 mph a few years ago. No damage but I was damned lucky it hit the engine block and not the bars or me. Even then, it nearly unsettled the bike enough to spit me off. I just saw a cloud of white feathers in the mirrors.

[@michaelgoetze2103]

Flying geese can cause airplanes to do emergency landings.

[@tigerman1978]

@@michaelgoetze2103 and it can cause maintenance people to pluck out feather and wings from the engines on the plane your about to depart with when they get sucked into the engine as it was incoming. Im not sure if it was mostly fascinating or unsettling to watch them doing that right outside the window of the departure gate...

[@norboost]

@8:36 a "near miss" kinda sounds like a hit though :P

[@danieldandalf9474]

Dude is going metric. Gobless 🙏🤣👌

[@lazygamerz]

Norwegians always upvote Norway :D

[@shaneb4612]

One of the craziest movies I have seen is "Kops", this crazy Nordic movie is fantastic & bloody funny as. I love the sound of the Norwegian accent. I keep the original language & have English subtitles. If you ever get the chance to watch it, you won't be disappointed. The country has spectacular scenery, & is on my bucket list. I've been told that the coastal city of Bergen is picturesque & a great city to visit. I've also been told the trip from Oslo to Bergen is a bit sketchy. Still want to go.

[@MrKusbom]

Thats a very funny movie. But it`s not from norway, it`s a Swedish film.

[@shaneb4612]

@@MrKusbom Wow, thanks for the correction. I always thought it was Norwegian. Still one crack up of a movie. I'm sorry if I've offended any Norwegians.

[@tigerman1978]

@@MrKusbom was it Jalla Jalla that was the other one with the same guys? Hillarious movies both of them :)

[@MrKusbom]

@@tigerman1978Yes it was! They also did a movie called Farsan, another fun movie.

[@Guiltyme]

Its the air tanks. they need air for the brakes. if the air goes the brakes locks up

[@TomKirkemo-l5c]

I think that Volvo is a XC90?? Thy'll survive everything. :D

[@MrKusbom]

it`s an XC70

[@CloudHugger79]

When you're young, you think the fact that you're a decent driver is enough to avoid accidents on the road. When you get older and more experienced, you understand that you're often at the mercy of the biggest idiots on the road...

[@marcbeebee6969]

First clip are bursting tyres because hit by trailer

[@AHVENAN]

Since I understand from other commets that everyone survived what happened in the second clip, my biggest question is, how the hell do you get those trucks and the trailer out of there after that? Are there any acces roads to the area where they ended up or do you have to get a big ass mobile crane truck up there and lift em back onto the road they were on or what?

[@niku66]

In Norway we call Volvo a 'tank light'...