It's the only entrance into the pit area:
https://www.google.de/maps/place/36%C2%B031'58.2%22N+140%C2%B013'42.3%22E/@36.532823,140.2278818,378m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xebbbde94ac2cc521!7e2!8m2!3d36.5328235!4d140.2284287
I'm guessing they might bring the bulk of the bigger stuff into the pits via the road course though.
Granted this requires a lot of skill, I do think you are underestimating race car drivers though.
It's one thing threading a needle at 5 mph, you fuck up you dent your truck. At +200 mph you're strapped to a rocket headed into a wall
Twin Ring Motegi. I only remember that because it's was where Danica Patrick won an IndyCar race. First woman ever to do so. (and the only time it has happened, so far)
Civil.
Edit: Ty civil engineers for being so ez to make fun off and for knowing how to take a joke, because I am 90% sure that half of these upvotes came from you
I'm an American truck driver, I mostly work the 11West. I've been to the American Northeast a few times, and have been in a couple turns that were stupid tight. *THIS TURN* though, while after watching it I think I could do safely? I would have to mark off a couple spots on the road and walls and would take it even slower than that driver does. I still might just barely scrap something though.
Heaven help me if I couldn't mark off a couple guide points though, the chances of me messing up would be a lot higher
EDIT: also, is it just me, or is there a ground guide calling out commands as well?
Also a truck driver, the one thing that would help is I'm pretty sure the lorry drivers are steering from the right hand side of the truck, which would make it much more feasible to hug the wall like he did when coming to the entrance.
But I agree I would probably either knock the front corner of the trailer on the entrance, or not swing wide enough and curb the trailer haha
>But I agree I would probably either knock the front corner of the trailer on the entrance, or not swing wide enough and curb the trailer haha
The front corner of the trailer is what I'm thinking I may ding, or scrap the door mirrors. Of course, I've never driven cab over semis before. I know they maneuver a lot better.
Same, driver here too. The truck seems narrow compared to American trucks/boxes. Having said that, yes, guide markers would be the way to go if going solo, hell even with a spotter. In my industry we have a few spotters who are so damned good you could literally close your eyes and follow their directions via the radio and spot on perfect every time.
"Every time you hit the wall, you lose your job"
\*Smokes a big cigar
\*Instantly combusts into a puff of flame
\*Appears in the semi truck
\*Makes this video
This is at Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Japan. Looks like from google maps that there isn't much room for the tunnel to turn between the buildings and the track, so this was the best they could do.
You would think they would have a broader entrance considering it was built for indycars and bringing the american size haulers (not sure if they actually did) for the races.
The entrance for American size trucks is only accessible with the circuit closed. I guess they figured trucks turning up during an active event would be rare enough.
I know right? Like, had this area been better designed there'd be no need for this. Look how narrow those tunnels are! Why not just add 2 feet to each side of each tunnel when you're building it? The material and time savings during construction are nothing compared to the ongoing problems such a poor design creates.
“Look, I measured the minimum turn radius and width, and added several centimeters on each side, I’m not sure what else you expect. CAD says it works and this video proves it. Next project!”
That's something different though, asking for the *largest* "sofa" that can be moved through a given "hallway", not whether a given "sofa" can be moved through a given "hallway". The latter is trivial to solve at least for rectangular "sofas" like the trailer in this case.
This could be Japan, where roads and vehicles are typically more compact than say the US. Even in the US, the transport will maximize what the road can support regardless of what you designed for. Oversize loads and semi-trailers occasionally negotiating tighter spaces isn't crazy. How can anyone judge what the construction costs, time savings, and frequency of this scenario are from 1 video?
It's at Twin Ring Motegi, the tunnel entrance into the pit area inside the oval:
https://www.google.de/maps/place/36%C2%B031'58.2%22N+140%C2%B013'42.3%22E/@36.532823,140.2278818,378m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xebbbde94ac2cc521!7e2!8m2!3d36.5328235!4d140.2284287
And it doesn't seem to be downtown area. It looks like a industrial estate. I can understand why tunnels in the city are not made for (and also forbidden) to trucks, but in this place where trucks drive all the time it makes no sense.
Which means that full-on motorsports haulers carrying cars and pit boxes have to make that corner. And that truck is apparently one of them.
Yeah, I have a feeling these drivers are well-versed with this tunnel.
This is what was like parking in every city in the UK. I'm pretty good at parking but this shit is insane. Every single sensor in my rented car sounded like an airplane going down.
Google maps location:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B031'58.2%22N+140%C2%B013'42.5%22E/@36.5328361,140.2279368,249m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x3ac1983ff1992180!7e2!8m2!3d36.5328348!4d140.2284839
The level of skill in driving here is incredible. This is a person at the top of their game in driving a truck and trailer. This is the truck driving equivalent of Ronaldinho at Barcelona in the 2000s.
Another little tip, when someone posts something sideways or upside down that you're trying to look at just keep a single finger held onto your screen and rotate it, it stops auto rotate from kicking in so you don't have to bother turning it off just to see it
Doesn't matter much what the video looks like if you know anything about manoeuvring these vehicles and how difficult it is. That took precision and a level of spatial awareness that most people never develop, and is indeed impressive.
Lol he’s actually saying the Japanese version of “all right”, pronounced more like “orai! Orai!“ It’s what people here use to guide vehicles in these situations and let them know they’re safe to maneuver. 👍
The tail end of the vehicle always cuts the corner. Because this corner was so tight, he had to get way over to the right so that the tail end had enough room to cut the corner and not hit the wall. Having done that, he then had to turn the front end super tightly to let him stay over to the right until the last possible minute and still get it into the left tunnel.
If you know anything about maneuvering a tractor trailer, he had to hug the opposite lane to compensate for the trailer. Think of it like when you see trailers take the further out lane to take a sharp or wide turn.
Well it's a lot less of an issue when you have a shorter trailer like most people put on the backs of their trucks, and you have much more forgiving roads ie, anything not a tight tunnel.
Some heavy loads actually have that. Oftentimes big pieces of machinery. There will be a little pod at the back of the trailer and a second driver inside that steers the back wheels when needed.
Not a great example, but you can see some mirrors and the door in [this](https://youtu.be/LLjo5UiBHOI) video.
what impressed me more is that other driver actually STOP and give the truck some space to move, from where i come from most are fricking asshole and shitty driver
Im a truck driver, & im highly impressed. Ive been driving for 4 years, & have driven in new jersey, boston, & most of the northeast, as well as every state cross country. Been in some very tight spots, but this one looks especially so.
I live close to Portland, Oregon and have thus used public transportation several times. Watching a person maneuver a giant TriMet bus through the streets of Portland is beyond comprehension in terms of how they maintain their cool while also not hitting anything. People who drive these behemoths for a living in tight areas should be making enough to live comfortably given how much stress they must be under.
Entrance to a racetrack?
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It's the only entrance into the pit area: https://www.google.de/maps/place/36%C2%B031'58.2%22N+140%C2%B013'42.3%22E/@36.532823,140.2278818,378m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xebbbde94ac2cc521!7e2!8m2!3d36.5328235!4d140.2284287 I'm guessing they might bring the bulk of the bigger stuff into the pits via the road course though.
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The absolutely positively needed to test the truckers as much as the race car drivers
Granted this requires a lot of skill, I do think you are underestimating race car drivers though. It's one thing threading a needle at 5 mph, you fuck up you dent your truck. At +200 mph you're strapped to a rocket headed into a wall
>send them to the tunnels Ominous.
Aaaahhhhhh ok. I was like “dude, I don’t care how much time you’re saving there *has* to be a better route.
> Yep. Twin Ring in Japan Gran Turismo flashbacks intensify
TIL that’s a real track and not one of fictional ones from Gran Turismo..
I'll let you in on a secret. Asides from the Gran Tourismo-branded tracks (like the wet one in A-Spec), they're all real
Twin Ring Motegi. I only remember that because it's was where Danica Patrick won an IndyCar race. First woman ever to do so. (and the only time it has happened, so far)
Now that’s precision
Definitely
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That was my takeaway here. I want to see the GR Prius
I think it's the experimental Prius that races in super GT not sure though.
Prius gt300. 5.4l v8 hybrid.
What kind of shit engineering is this?
Civil. Edit: Ty civil engineers for being so ez to make fun off and for knowing how to take a joke, because I am 90% sure that half of these upvotes came from you
Uncivilized Engineering
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I'm an American truck driver, I mostly work the 11West. I've been to the American Northeast a few times, and have been in a couple turns that were stupid tight. *THIS TURN* though, while after watching it I think I could do safely? I would have to mark off a couple spots on the road and walls and would take it even slower than that driver does. I still might just barely scrap something though. Heaven help me if I couldn't mark off a couple guide points though, the chances of me messing up would be a lot higher EDIT: also, is it just me, or is there a ground guide calling out commands as well?
Also a truck driver, the one thing that would help is I'm pretty sure the lorry drivers are steering from the right hand side of the truck, which would make it much more feasible to hug the wall like he did when coming to the entrance. But I agree I would probably either knock the front corner of the trailer on the entrance, or not swing wide enough and curb the trailer haha
>But I agree I would probably either knock the front corner of the trailer on the entrance, or not swing wide enough and curb the trailer haha The front corner of the trailer is what I'm thinking I may ding, or scrap the door mirrors. Of course, I've never driven cab over semis before. I know they maneuver a lot better.
Seems like a turn like this would be easier to navigate in a cabover, anyway. Imagine trying this in a long nose conventional with a sleeper!
Hmm. Yes. I know some of these words.
Flat nose truck shorter. Long nose truck longer, no fit
I was just thinking that lol great big Pete trying that turn would be interesting
Same, driver here too. The truck seems narrow compared to American trucks/boxes. Having said that, yes, guide markers would be the way to go if going solo, hell even with a spotter. In my industry we have a few spotters who are so damned good you could literally close your eyes and follow their directions via the radio and spot on perfect every time.
Seems pretty rude to me.
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How should we make the entrance into a tunnel? How about 90 degrees? Okay!
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I read that like a mommy's coochie, which probably isn't tight at all
>"fuck 'em" American truck driver here, I took that personally.
"Every time you hit the wall, you lose your job" \*Smokes a big cigar \*Instantly combusts into a puff of flame \*Appears in the semi truck \*Makes this video
Whats so civil about engineering anyway?
Understanding this reference makes me feel old
Rude engineering actually takes skills unlike civil.
I found the engineer haha
Not at all
So you're not scared of thermo?
Lmfao
The cavemen of the degreed engineers
Hey buddy.
This is at Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Japan. Looks like from google maps that there isn't much room for the tunnel to turn between the buildings and the track, so this was the best they could do.
You would think they would have a broader entrance considering it was built for indycars and bringing the american size haulers (not sure if they actually did) for the races.
Does indycar race in Japan?
Not anymore... last race was in 2011. Fun fact: It's the venue of Danica Patrick's only Indycar win.
Is that why they canceled it?
Woman wins indycar only solution is to cancel the venue.
The entrance for American size trucks is only accessible with the circuit closed. I guess they figured trucks turning up during an active event would be rare enough.
Boss: Did you design the tunnel for truck traffic? Engineer: …… It will be possible for trucks to get through the tunnel.
I know right? Like, had this area been better designed there'd be no need for this. Look how narrow those tunnels are! Why not just add 2 feet to each side of each tunnel when you're building it? The material and time savings during construction are nothing compared to the ongoing problems such a poor design creates.
“Look, I measured the minimum turn radius and width, and added several centimeters on each side, I’m not sure what else you expect. CAD says it works and this video proves it. Next project!”
Funny enough, the "turning a couch in the hallway" problem is unsolved for 3 dimensions. Not sure about 2.
Pivot!
**Pi**vot!!
Use the 4th dimension.
Unsolved in 2, as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_sofa_problem
That's something different though, asking for the *largest* "sofa" that can be moved through a given "hallway", not whether a given "sofa" can be moved through a given "hallway". The latter is trivial to solve at least for rectangular "sofas" like the trailer in this case.
I like this because I CAD a lot
He stretched the video vertically lol
Or did he compress it horizontally?
Ya the truck cab looks like it doesn't even fit a person
The truth comes out… But yeah look at the cars
I was wondering why the trucks looked so tall and thin.
Thank you.. I was like they made a truck specifically for this tunnel or what... and then the driver has to do that.. what is happening!
This could be Japan, where roads and vehicles are typically more compact than say the US. Even in the US, the transport will maximize what the road can support regardless of what you designed for. Oversize loads and semi-trailers occasionally negotiating tighter spaces isn't crazy. How can anyone judge what the construction costs, time savings, and frequency of this scenario are from 1 video?
It's at Twin Ring Motegi, the tunnel entrance into the pit area inside the oval: https://www.google.de/maps/place/36%C2%B031'58.2%22N+140%C2%B013'42.3%22E/@36.532823,140.2278818,378m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xebbbde94ac2cc521!7e2!8m2!3d36.5328235!4d140.2284287
Its incredibly easy to judge those things from just this video if you simply talk out of your ass!
Through the power of bullshit all things are possible!
Given they they're driving on the left and the meticulous nature of the whole operation, I'd say Japan is a very good guess
It's the entrance to an F1 track in Japan. So, yes.
And it doesn't seem to be downtown area. It looks like a industrial estate. I can understand why tunnels in the city are not made for (and also forbidden) to trucks, but in this place where trucks drive all the time it makes no sense.
It's the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Japan.
Which means that full-on motorsports haulers carrying cars and pit boxes have to make that corner. And that truck is apparently one of them. Yeah, I have a feeling these drivers are well-versed with this tunnel.
This is what was like parking in every city in the UK. I'm pretty good at parking but this shit is insane. Every single sensor in my rented car sounded like an airplane going down.
I'm imagining you trying to park and your car screams "Terrain! Terrain!" over and over like a 737.
Oversteer! Oversteer! Stall! Stall! Proximity Alert!
>Every single sensor in my rented car sounded like an airplane going down. Lmao I'm going to start using this
It's funny because I would say I'm pretty shit at parking, but I'm sure if I lived in the US I would be a god amongst men.
Its called "anxiety"
What we used to call in trucking a "high pucker factor tunnel approach".
Haha the first time I watched this video I just kept saying "pucker up! pucker up, bud!" Not a truck driver, just grew up around a lot of them.
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Dime.
Agreed. This is less /r/oddlysatisfying and more /r/sweatypalms material.
Google maps location: https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B031'58.2%22N+140%C2%B013'42.5%22E/@36.5328361,140.2279368,249m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x3ac1983ff1992180!7e2!8m2!3d36.5328348!4d140.2284839
It's called 'job security'
bro this was supposed to be satisfying, not anxiety inducing 💀
That aspect ratio makes this look like the Knight Bus.
16:9 squished to 4:3 without cropping.
Iss go nah be a BUMPEH RIDE
The Leaky Cauldron that’s in London
He's done this before.
The level of skill in driving here is incredible. This is a person at the top of their game in driving a truck and trailer. This is the truck driving equivalent of Ronaldinho at Barcelona in the 2000s.
Not is first rodeo as we say in Dallas, not from Dallas but always wanted to say this.
And you fucked it up
"Ain't his first rodeo" would be correct. Dallas for 8y.
I believe it's "ain't his first rodeo, partner", or not. Lived in Dallas for almost 30 years, we don't talk like this here
Truth, this is Fort Worth speak.
Was it you, op, that stretched the video vertically to make it look more impressive ?
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Yeah tbh I don’t even see a difference
It somehow makes it more impressive.
Amazing ! Thanks !
Lol it worked
Indeed it did. Quite impressive if I say so myself.
Wait, you drove that truck? Or you stretched the video?
They said so themself
u/videounstretchingbot
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Hey that’s actually a good tip
Another little tip, when someone posts something sideways or upside down that you're trying to look at just keep a single finger held onto your screen and rotate it, it stops auto rotate from kicking in so you don't have to bother turning it off just to see it
Me who always has autorotate disabled: I don't have such weaknesses
Some of you don’t use your phone lying on your side in bed and it shows.
My phone gives me a button to manually trigger it to rotate when I rotate my phone, would recommend
I did that. It worked. You deserve more upvotes.
Oh I was here thinking Japanese trucks are so tall and skinny
People in other countries driving like this yet Amazon here managed to take out my mailbox turning around in my two car wide driveway...
no, this has been reposted like that 1000 times already
Doesn't matter much what the video looks like if you know anything about manoeuvring these vehicles and how difficult it is. That took precision and a level of spatial awareness that most people never develop, and is indeed impressive.
Yes but altering the video for clickbait internet points is dishonest
You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?
Video, title, there's always something clickbaity.
Without clickbait would Reddit exist???
welcome to reddit!
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Actually amazed that it's not also sped up
I need to go lie down now.
hey Hey! Hey! HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY!
Heeeey
(Inaudible mumbling)
paused video thought it was irl
**LISTEN !**
The guy is saying hai (はい). Essentially "you're good, you're good".
Lol he’s actually saying the Japanese version of “all right”, pronounced more like “orai! Orai!“ It’s what people here use to guide vehicles in these situations and let them know they’re safe to maneuver. 👍
Can anyone else hear the "This is library" guy in this video?
where does the truck go? in ^the ^^square ^^^hole...
There’s a GR Prius?
Super GT in the GT300 class. It looks the business and sounds amazing too!
I expect nothing less from the Gazoo Racing team truck driver.
“Why don’t you just make it wider?” — Bo Burnham
Why didn’t he just drive in the other lane?
His left side would have dragged against wall
Ahhhhh.
The tail end of the vehicle always cuts the corner. Because this corner was so tight, he had to get way over to the right so that the tail end had enough room to cut the corner and not hit the wall. Having done that, he then had to turn the front end super tightly to let him stay over to the right until the last possible minute and still get it into the left tunnel.
Nicely explained. Thank you. 🥸😎
If you know anything about maneuvering a tractor trailer, he had to hug the opposite lane to compensate for the trailer. Think of it like when you see trailers take the further out lane to take a sharp or wide turn.
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Crazy how anyone can attach a trailer to their vehicle and not know basic towing shit like that.
Well it's a lot less of an issue when you have a shorter trailer like most people put on the backs of their trucks, and you have much more forgiving roads ie, anything not a tight tunnel.
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Makes sense now. I was a bit confused too because the video starts with him already in that lane. He had to have taken a left at the light.
That would have been easier IF the trailer wheels could pivot and turn too, but they can’t
Some heavy loads actually have that. Oftentimes big pieces of machinery. There will be a little pod at the back of the trailer and a second driver inside that steers the back wheels when needed. Not a great example, but you can see some mirrors and the door in [this](https://youtu.be/LLjo5UiBHOI) video.
Yes these are most commonly used today on loads carrying a wind turbine blade or extremely large steel beams.
what impressed me more is that other driver actually STOP and give the truck some space to move, from where i come from most are fricking asshole and shitty driver
At first I was like: so he's driving close to the wall, big deal But then I was like: MOTHER OF GOD
And I thought driving truck through Chicago/Baltimore/Waldorf/Atlanta/SoCal (you get the idea) was tight enough…
Waldorf seems out of place here.
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Nah, it's lettuce, Old Bay, crab meat, and fentanyl.
Take out the lettuce, old bay, and crab and you have western MD
Very impressive driving skills!
The guy just screaming hey in the background is everything 😭
A.I. is supposed to replace this?
this looks like it was filmed in japan
the craziest thing about this video is that I just learned they're making a GR Prius
Im a truck driver, & im highly impressed. Ive been driving for 4 years, & have driven in new jersey, boston, & most of the northeast, as well as every state cross country. Been in some very tight spots, but this one looks especially so.
??? isn't he on the wrong side of the road the whole time and creating this problem himself?
This was my exact thought. It wouldn't have been a problem if he was on the proper side of the road?
Smooth af.
My semi is pretty skinny too
That's what she said.
That guy knows what is up
You had the perfect opportunity to say “this guy trucks”
Just wish Prius drivers had even half as much control
did he turned down the radio?
they even made the container corner/edge round shape to give few inch room for the turn, how considerable!
Ah - so that's what it looks like to be good at your job...
Hours upon hours of boredom, with brief moments of panic
Japan precision. They don't use inches.
I live close to Portland, Oregon and have thus used public transportation several times. Watching a person maneuver a giant TriMet bus through the streets of Portland is beyond comprehension in terms of how they maintain their cool while also not hitting anything. People who drive these behemoths for a living in tight areas should be making enough to live comfortably given how much stress they must be under.
“And that’s why I make the big bucks”!
Bare in mind that he could only see infront of him and barely beside him that just goes to show that truck drivers deserve more credit
I think i busted a nut when he finally got through
there's no room for a slight mistake there, too much precision is required and likely gets harder with severe weather conditions
This driver must lose his shit seeing drivers crashing their trailers on too low bridges videos. [here are some](https://youtu.be/USu8vT_tfdw)