One of the most dreaded situations for a truck driver must be the loss of braking power and the havoc it can wreak on the road. Sadly, it’s not an uncommon scenario, especially when many truck owners don’t take care of their vehicles.
The following incident of a truck driver having to deal with such a life-threatening problem occurred (according to the YouTube author) near the Russian seaside resort town of Dzhubga during a downhill ride.
We think the man handled it pretty well as he first tried to slow the truck down by steering towards the side of the road and then he smashed into traffic. He could have caused much more damage if he continued veering to the side as the truck would have likely tipped over crashing one or more vehicles.
No info if and how many people were hurt, but it looks like the worst was averted.
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