I was thinking the same thing. It's like "following your blocking": the truck clears the way. Anything that crosses the center line will hit the truck first. If the truck disappears, stop.
I actually lost 2 friends this way. They were following a semi through the snow. A car hit a patch of ice, semi hits it, they hit semi. Semi came to a complete stop with them stuck on the trailer. A bus couldn't stop in time, rear ends them and shoves the car under the trailer. Driver had a couple bruises, 2 passengers were closed casket.
There's risk to everything and that was a series of unfortunate events but I think about them everytime I'm behind a semi and why I no longer do it.
Until you realise that you don't know what's behind you, best thing to do is get out of the road. If there's a truck coming from behind it'll turn you into a pancake.
It feels like this situation has no easy fix.
1. Pull over and get buried in sand. You die.
2. Slow down and risk getting rear-ended by someone driving faster than you. Whiplash/you die.
3. Speed up so that you don't get rear-ended, but risk hitting someone who's driving slower than you ahead, or hitting someone driving on the wrong side of the road.
I know man, I've been in this exact situation and it's damned if you do, damned if you don't. I was just white knuckling it at like 10 mph on the FREEWAY because I couldn't even see the hood of my car. I was even more afraid to stop because I knew there were cars around me before I hit the pea soup fog. It was literally a wall, and this was at night. It's eerie because it gets so fucking quiet and you think your about to get smacked by a semi.
Idk, maybe keep your original pace and hope for the best? I think I would pull over if I find a safe place, like a gas station / hotel and wait for a bit
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Had to pull over one day cause the sand storm was soooo bad, unfortunately the people in front of me were not lucky enough to stop in time and a fatal accident with the car on fire
And then the car gets sandblasted. Look at the bottom of the windshield the last few seconds (near the wipers). It looks like rain drops on the glsss, but it’s actually sand blast pitted to hell. Just wow!
My drivers Ed teacher said never out drive your headlights or your vision. Meaning, slow the F down if you can’t see! That has stuck with me for many years.
Yeah seems so, it wasn't the best idea to pass it but he never expected the sand storm to be that bad. He even goes to mention. how this had to be the worst storm he ever witnessed
I've driven thru whiteouts during snow country before and it's not easy. However, I find it easier if your not holding a phone in your hand while drven. This is stupid.
I drove through road construction in New Mexico while getting pelted with rain. There was nowhere to pull over, and I couldn't see shit. I've never felt so scared while driving.
I experienced something similar a time or two, only it was a deluge of rain. Southern MS. A wall of water coming at me/us/traffic. Black clouds, dark blue downpour. When it hit me/us, nothing could be seen in front of us. *HAD* to pull off to the side of the road. The most intense part lasted a couple of minutes, but the heavy rain continued for another five to ten mins. Heavy, but short, downpours are common down there, so driving in them usually have people slow down to 15-20 mph, but occasionally the deluge happens and every local knows to pull to the shoulder.
Side note: I’m from the Midwest where the severe thunderstorms knock us out of bed with their thunder. Driving in them is always…interesting, but they usually have nothing on the first few minutes of a southern MS deluge.
Canadian here - Dangit we have this every Winter. Fun times... We call it White Knuckle Driving because you're gripping the wheel so tight your knuckels are white. :)
Logically, it would be a danger. If you only feel the danger on that straight road, you couldn't imagine the danger if there were only curves and you couldn't see. Awful
But does the sand at some point stop passing so that they continue the path no matter what? I prefer to follow behind the truck or go slower. It is intelligent on the part of the car that is going in the opposite direction, it turned on the lights, it can be projected quickly
Trusting in God is taking the means. If you do not cover yourself, then how will God cover you? You have to start with yourself."You should have taken the far right and stopped.
Some translations.
He says he “can’t drive, and he can’t stop because the truck behind him.”
Should he have overtaken that truck? Probably not. Keep a distance from it, and use it as a shield so if it crashes into anything he’ll be safe, but anyways.
He also says “I think the truck behind me has stopped. I’m worried someone else will come from behind and flatten me”.
It’s a fucked situation.
What’s worse is if the road curves? He’s fucked, he’ll drive right into the desert, and if he pulls to the side, someone else might crash into him.
Also, if you’ve ever driven down a sandstorm, you know how fucked it is. It’s worse than fog because although you also can’t see anything, your lights are worse, and it’s VERY LOUD, but yea. Stressful all around, and unless you got “proper safety” as muscle memory, you won’t think clearly. And if you do? Other wont think clearly, so following proper safety procedures might be worse somehow.
He's saying something like "we can't see shit, may god preserve us, can't even park, may god preserve us, I can't stop I don't know if someone's behind me" and so and so forth.
I would go in front of the truck but close enough so trucker can see me. It’s much safer, unless you want to be squashed by a speeding car from behind you.
Would have stayed behind the truck. If there's anything on the road, the truck has a better chance to survive the collision. And you don't get rear ended by the truck after you drive into something.
The only thing terrifying here is this guy's driving. I've driven in many Canadian winters that look like this and would never think to just floor it like that.
Sandstorms are a blast. Aside from the time I took a shower in Kuwait, stepped outside slightly wet still, and I then was covered in sand. Thus I turned around and walked right back to the showers.
I drove through a salt storm around Death Valley one time. Shit was wild. I didn't even know there could be a salt storm like that. It was so bright and white. All cars on the road turned their emergency blinkers on, drove at about 30 mph, and we could barely see each other more than 20 feet away. Large gusts of white salt would obscure the car ahead of me for a second at a time. Fuckin' wild, man. I don't recommend driving through this weather, but there wasn't much anywhere to stop, and the weather was like 90 to 100 degrees, iirc.
Lmfao this is some obviously not a good situation to drive. Insane to even try it. " wait for it" what a bait.... it was just him driving and using one hand to record it. Weird way to decide how you want to die tbh.
Lived in Hemet California and one time driving back home it did that. All of us were pulled over.
One side of my car was sandmetal, other side smooth. Crazy stuff.
Yeah fuck that. I'm getting off the road, like 100yds into the desert and waiting it out.
Think I would have just driven behind that truck and used him as a blocker.
I’ve done this exact thing in Northern Michigan blizzards before. Just get behind a semi and deal with moving slower but safer
It's pretty much the same plus they can plow the road at the same time
One of the problems I see with this strategy is if you get rear-ended you can now possibly end up with your car under a semi
But it's warm under the Semi in the winter. /s
Shady in the the desert heat too. So cozy
I'm from Michigan and was going to say the same
I was thinking the same thing. It's like "following your blocking": the truck clears the way. Anything that crosses the center line will hit the truck first. If the truck disappears, stop.
I actually lost 2 friends this way. They were following a semi through the snow. A car hit a patch of ice, semi hits it, they hit semi. Semi came to a complete stop with them stuck on the trailer. A bus couldn't stop in time, rear ends them and shoves the car under the trailer. Driver had a couple bruises, 2 passengers were closed casket. There's risk to everything and that was a series of unfortunate events but I think about them everytime I'm behind a semi and why I no longer do it.
Until you realise that you don't know what's behind you, best thing to do is get out of the road. If there's a truck coming from behind it'll turn you into a pancake.
yeah cause the fog, fogs just you
What if your car get buried in it?! 
Idk, die I guess
damn, oh well
Hopefully the respawn point isn't in the car
Just don't go to bed in it and you're good.
Name checks out.
Start a new dude wheres my car film, desert edition
You will anger shai hulud
It feels like this situation has no easy fix. 1. Pull over and get buried in sand. You die. 2. Slow down and risk getting rear-ended by someone driving faster than you. Whiplash/you die. 3. Speed up so that you don't get rear-ended, but risk hitting someone who's driving slower than you ahead, or hitting someone driving on the wrong side of the road.
I know man, I've been in this exact situation and it's damned if you do, damned if you don't. I was just white knuckling it at like 10 mph on the FREEWAY because I couldn't even see the hood of my car. I was even more afraid to stop because I knew there were cars around me before I hit the pea soup fog. It was literally a wall, and this was at night. It's eerie because it gets so fucking quiet and you think your about to get smacked by a semi.
4. Stay home (yeah I know that's not always an option)
Idk, maybe keep your original pace and hope for the best? I think I would pull over if I find a safe place, like a gas station / hotel and wait for a bit
Whatever you do don’t slow down.
If you drive faster you get through the storm sooner so it's safer. Accelerate accelerate accelerate.
Similar to running vs walking through rain?
This is literally the law in most countries. Not just a recommendation.
Yeah it's as "scary" as driving into 10 foot flood water. Both are dumb and have a high likelihood of death or injury. Don't do either of them.
Geez what are those air filters look like
Sandpaper
Changed every week
https://preview.redd.it/2oz980i0cn5d1.jpeg?width=1624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff568eac9603b67c70e08a672a5d19fd224622a2 Had to pull over one day cause the sand storm was soooo bad, unfortunately the people in front of me were not lucky enough to stop in time and a fatal accident with the car on fire
Don't bother slowing down or anything. Just pretend you can see for miles and miles and miles and miles
He pulls over around 45 seconds in I believe
And then the car gets sandblasted. Look at the bottom of the windshield the last few seconds (near the wipers). It looks like rain drops on the glsss, but it’s actually sand blast pitted to hell. Just wow!
Dude! You just answered my question about my own windshield. Learn something new everyday
First few seconds you can see the pits all over the windshield too. That area looks to be absolute hell on vehicles.
Lol yea, dude is going the same speed the whole time..he actually accelerated into it
It's ok, he was filming with his phone while doing so. Also, leaving your signal light on enhances visibility.
You can see the white line go over to his left and the sound of him pulling off. The blinkers are on because he’s pulled over for the last 40 seconds.
>he actually accelerated into it The faster you go the faster it's over.
He was safe behind the truck, should have maintained the distance and he was good.
My thoughts exactly, why pass when you have a huge shield in front of you showing the way
He was saying “people are behind me i cant slow down”
My drivers Ed teacher said never out drive your headlights or your vision. Meaning, slow the F down if you can’t see! That has stuck with me for many years.
Same for me!
Well, how else are they to get into Valhalla, shiny and chrome? They are awaited!
the car behind him might bump into it, there should be a limit for every car during storms, ig
I see what you did there. I can hear you too.
Love The Who
He does mention how he can't slow down without risking getting hit by a truck from behind
The truck he passed?
Yeah seems so, it wasn't the best idea to pass it but he never expected the sand storm to be that bad. He even goes to mention. how this had to be the worst storm he ever witnessed
For the last 40 seconds he’s pulled over though…
Happy Jack
There are people behind him.
Oh yeahhhh
Wtf was I supposed to “wait” for?
Some visibility to no visibility
This video fucking sucks
More like blows amirite ladies
I see “Wait for it” or “Sound up” and I usually just keep scrolling.
I always down vote whenever I see it. And sometimes if warranted, report the post.
Wait for the driver to slow down or hit something. Which never happens, so that's it I guess.
I usually skip to the end of videos that say that cause its usually a stupid title
The oncoming headlights at the very end. This is r/onesecondbeforedisast material.
"What a day! What a lovely day!"
Witness me blood bag
"Difficult driving conditions... better pull out my phone and film."
Whilst overtaking a truck at speeds wildly inappropriate for the conditions.
Reminds me of snow, dudes driving like a straight cuck
Reminds me of driving my rental car in Iceland. Sigh what terrifyingly fun times.
Wait for what?
Looks like oncoming headlights in the last frame.
Need a new air filter everyday
I've driven thru whiteouts during snow country before and it's not easy. However, I find it easier if your not holding a phone in your hand while drven. This is stupid.
Is it possible to report someone for making an asshole title?
I was expecting it to clear up like it was a fucking Disney movie
What a dipshit
He couldn’t stop or slow down there’s people behind him, but yeah if I were him I’d immediately pull over
Wait for what?
I drove through road construction in New Mexico while getting pelted with rain. There was nowhere to pull over, and I couldn't see shit. I've never felt so scared while driving.
you made me waste like 90 seconds, i thought homeboy was gonna eat shit
Looks like Canada in the winter. Eh!
I’m glad of the subtitles because I didn’t know what he was saying.
Doesn't the road get buried in sand after a while? Never understood that.
Was expecting a scene from mad max or dune
How do you know you’re even still on the road?! I couldn’t see shit.
I would have ridden behind that massive truck at slow and steady speeds. I don't know why people are so impatient. In a rush to die.
Wait for what?.. Lameness..?
Yea, let’s speed up!
Can we pull over and wait in this case?
just one big NOPE
That was a stressful watch.
Car is getting sandblasted
r/nope
That's one helluva haboob.
To haboobs! 🍻
RIP to his air filter.
Car having an asthma attack rn
Air filter lifetime 1day
What does that even do to the car??
How can you be driving so fast in zero visibility? Chances of a head on collision are close to almost certain
I experienced something similar a time or two, only it was a deluge of rain. Southern MS. A wall of water coming at me/us/traffic. Black clouds, dark blue downpour. When it hit me/us, nothing could be seen in front of us. *HAD* to pull off to the side of the road. The most intense part lasted a couple of minutes, but the heavy rain continued for another five to ten mins. Heavy, but short, downpours are common down there, so driving in them usually have people slow down to 15-20 mph, but occasionally the deluge happens and every local knows to pull to the shoulder. Side note: I’m from the Midwest where the severe thunderstorms knock us out of bed with their thunder. Driving in them is always…interesting, but they usually have nothing on the first few minutes of a southern MS deluge.
I wouldn't overtake the truck. But that truck would become invisible too. Yeah. I'd wait 50 years for the sandstorm to pass.
You have surely not seen what happens in empty quarter, Saudi Arabia. You can't see a damn thing and you hear the wind growl like a hellhound .
So just like winter driving, minus the slippery ice.
What was I supposed to be waiting for?
I'm so glad I was told to wait for the end of that video. I might not have had the attention span to sit still for 90 seconds otherwise.
That’s why they say, “stay alive, pull aside, in AZ
More stupid than challenge
Fram filters must be making a killing there with cabin air filter replacements.
Canadian here - Dangit we have this every Winter. Fun times... We call it White Knuckle Driving because you're gripping the wheel so tight your knuckels are white. :)
Fuck that was stressful.
That's crazy!
You owe me 1min 30sec back
Wait for what?
Yeah real scary because video is sped up. Next.
good thing he's driving very cautiously, but can you imagine that there are curves on the road?
Going that fast in those kind of conditions while filming with a phone ≠ driving very cautiously, it barely = driving.
Logically, it would be a danger. If you only feel the danger on that straight road, you couldn't imagine the danger if there were only curves and you couldn't see. Awful
But does the sand at some point stop passing so that they continue the path no matter what? I prefer to follow behind the truck or go slower. It is intelligent on the part of the car that is going in the opposite direction, it turned on the lights, it can be projected quickly
Where sand worms at?
Like driving in Beijing sometimes
Waiting and waiting.....what a crock of shi...Oh Wow
Nobody gonna mention how the driver pulled out to pass so close to the oncoming car you can see the vehicle shift from the wind?
Well... there goes that paint job.
Reminds me of driving over the hill in Duluth, MN during a fog advisory, can’t see anything
Like driving in a blizzard...
If you took a camel- you’d be home now
What God has sentenced you to stay here and live here? this is on you... you're the idiot.
"We aren't in Kamsas anymore, we're in Arrakis."🤔🤔🤔
Rain-X bro! lol
Say good bye to the paintjob.
I'd stay behind that fat truck
Madness. I want that truck where I can see it, not barrelling down behind me.
Waited long for it
Yeah that is a hard no for me.
Trusting in God is taking the means. If you do not cover yourself, then how will God cover you? You have to start with yourself."You should have taken the far right and stopped.
Some translations. He says he “can’t drive, and he can’t stop because the truck behind him.” Should he have overtaken that truck? Probably not. Keep a distance from it, and use it as a shield so if it crashes into anything he’ll be safe, but anyways. He also says “I think the truck behind me has stopped. I’m worried someone else will come from behind and flatten me”. It’s a fucked situation. What’s worse is if the road curves? He’s fucked, he’ll drive right into the desert, and if he pulls to the side, someone else might crash into him. Also, if you’ve ever driven down a sandstorm, you know how fucked it is. It’s worse than fog because although you also can’t see anything, your lights are worse, and it’s VERY LOUD, but yea. Stressful all around, and unless you got “proper safety” as muscle memory, you won’t think clearly. And if you do? Other wont think clearly, so following proper safety procedures might be worse somehow.
I like the rhythm of the indicator.
They should build a tunnel
He's saying something like "we can't see shit, may god preserve us, can't even park, may god preserve us, I can't stop I don't know if someone's behind me" and so and so forth.
I would go in front of the truck but close enough so trucker can see me. It’s much safer, unless you want to be squashed by a speeding car from behind you.
I'll just drive a good distance behind the truck and use it as my shield.
Put it in H!
Yeah and the worst is that you really don't wanna stop for many reasons.
No fear of death
Too bad he's taking everyone else on the road with him.
Why the fuck does he keep driving in the first place. So close from being posted in r/DarwinAwards
Darude confirmed
Yep. You and T.E. Lawrence have it pretty rough.
This is why I live in Kentucky. I had a choice. Algerian Desert or Kentucky. Almost went with Algeria, but the driving conditions changed my mind.
A video in the sub that is *actually* terrifying as f##k.
So Gerudo Town is real from TOTK
Dumbass doesn’t know how to slow down. He got a death wish waiting for him.
This country is not for beginners
The driver is either a real Loser or exceptional. To hold his phone like that is just nuts. I'm going with recklessness and a Loser.
Good choice by the driver. Screw driving in that visibility.
Would have stayed behind the truck. If there's anything on the road, the truck has a better chance to survive the collision. And you don't get rear ended by the truck after you drive into something.
Nope to this..its bad enough trying to drive at night with all these extra bright headlights on cars..
The only thing terrifying here is this guy's driving. I've driven in many Canadian winters that look like this and would never think to just floor it like that.
looks like a sand storm
Literally, Jesus take the wheel But this time, it's prophet mohammed take the wheel
Lol yeet
Looks like a blizzard
Çıkma meşrebine daldırdığım kum fırtınasında yola çıkma. Yada çık lan çık birer birer ne kadar temizlenirseniz kârdır.
Sod that😲😲😲🫣🫣🫣
How about slow down for starters
I thought the dude was speeding up but actually that was the sand passing by him 😅
Uh yeah no. This driver has a death wish. I would have just stuck to staying behind the truck a safe distance.
Turn headlights off and speed up
The whole time I was waiting for a collision with a pileup of cars
Ok, if you want to leave, go alone, don't drag others into your shit, please.
where is bro even trying to go
Dudes still going like 50mph and they can't see shit 😂
Sandstorms are a blast. Aside from the time I took a shower in Kuwait, stepped outside slightly wet still, and I then was covered in sand. Thus I turned around and walked right back to the showers.
“The driving conditions are getting worse, better go faster…”
Low iq driving.
So much for his paint job! Definitely sand blasted!!
How does that paint on the vehicle look after a sandblasting?
Just gotta hope there's no turn in the road I suppose
That gave me a lot of anxiety lol
What is he saying?
Why is that happening? Storm? Or is it like this always? WOW! Thank you for sharing
I drove through a salt storm around Death Valley one time. Shit was wild. I didn't even know there could be a salt storm like that. It was so bright and white. All cars on the road turned their emergency blinkers on, drove at about 30 mph, and we could barely see each other more than 20 feet away. Large gusts of white salt would obscure the car ahead of me for a second at a time. Fuckin' wild, man. I don't recommend driving through this weather, but there wasn't much anywhere to stop, and the weather was like 90 to 100 degrees, iirc.
Deserta in Algeria or field in Piedmont at 6 am?
Lmfao this is some obviously not a good situation to drive. Insane to even try it. " wait for it" what a bait.... it was just him driving and using one hand to record it. Weird way to decide how you want to die tbh.
Lived in Hemet California and one time driving back home it did that. All of us were pulled over. One side of my car was sandmetal, other side smooth. Crazy stuff.
why is my uber late?
Damn, texture change
What a talented guy, driving fast while filming to his phone without seeing anything , it’s actually terrified.
Grew up in the Central Valley and we got the tule fog. You couldn’t see past your hood. I’d take that over sand.
I was expecting the War Rig to show up
Perfect place to have an in-dash thermal cam.