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  1. Compulsorry says:

    S truck!

    • Pootick says:

      Hmm… driver was an idiot, but also seems to me that those gates should have come down a bit sooner… not a lot of time between them coming down and the train passing.

      • Fat Zero says:

        That is exactly why the accident happened, morons are used to driving around the gates as soon as they drop.

        • T.F. says:

          I say anyone stupid enough to drive around the gates DESERVES to be hit by a train. Sucks if there are innocent passengers though.

      • Leah says:

        Well… considering the lights and bells go off a decent amount of time before the gates fall, I would say he had plenty of warning.

        • Outback Jon says:

          All the crossings I’ve ever seen the lights and bells go off at the same time the gates begin to drop.
          And there’s two tracks there. The gate on his side came down behind his cab. He made the right choice in trying to clear the tracks at that point. It’s hard to tell which track a train is on with two parallel tracks. Unfortunately, those gates did drop quite late.

        • Legofan970 says:

          I think he got stuck on the gate in the back so he couldn’t go forward.

  2. August Moon says:

    Wot, no sad b*****ds putting in stupid first messages?

  3. omg says:

    omg….owie

  4. cicili says:

    Pretty scary & VERY stupid! Semi drivers are sometimes sleep deprived & sometimes make very poor decisions.

  5. Amy says:

    wow…. that truck driver… just… wow…

  6. omg says:

    wow. you know the driver was thinking “oh shit ohshitohshitohshit!

  7. Loz says:

    What an idiot.

  8. Richard says:

    Anyone die in this?

  9. cicili says:

    Most I know are forced by thier employer to keep 2 sets of books, the ones they would show authorities, and the one that keeps REAL time track of thier drive time.

  10. Warprey says:

    Just Hope no one got killed.

    • fuzz on the concept says:

      Would that make you Grateful for the Undead?
      .
      “Come round the bend, you know it’s the end,
      The failman’s reamed to the ‘bloggers great glee….”

  11. AL says:

    background music fail

  12. cicili says:

    Yeah, Loz, it happens alot.

  13. knotlaffed says:

    Not funny. Why is this here?

  14. david says:

    i wouldn’t have done that.

  15. cicili says:

    One wonders if that idiot is living, or if that decision cost him his all.

  16. darthlucky says:

    Inertia WIN!

  17. failm8 says:

    Los stupidos of the day.

  18. cicili says:

    Good thing his load wasn’t combustible.

  19. Law says:

    One second later and the driver would have been toast! Criminy!

  20. sophie says:

    I really wasnt expecting that – i didnt realise it was a train track until the train smashed the truck to smitherines! Good heavens…

  21. cicili says:

    The Engineer could have had a heart attack, with him pulling out in front like that. Scary!

    • Avis says:

      That engineer probably has seen that before. I was on a train that hit a pick-up truck. One of the attendants said that every train employee has seen at least one instance of that. Most more than 5 instances.

      • Dan2025 says:

        Were you in America at the time? Cause that sounds like something the American population would do often.

        • Avis says:

          Yeah, I was on Amtrack. For some reason people seem to think they can beat the train. I don’t know why. The driver of the truck was drunk, he was barely even scratched. His truck though……it was curled into a ball of metal, the engine block was 50 feet on the other side of the train.

        • ghehorg says:

          Hey, lay off Americans, we have to beat the train so we can get our fat asses to the McDonalds/Gun store in time and still make it home to watch the game.

      • neon says:

        Natural selection

    • Loz says:

      Gosh, ‘cicili’, you’re really comment-happy right now aren’t you?

  22. somebody says:

    What a fu**ing noob

  23. Hideki says:

    /r/ song! ^(>_

  24. Arrian says:

    Train 1 – Truck 0

  25. Sm0k3y says:

    WTF, Oh I can make that!!!! Don’t worry, it’ll buff out

  26. Avis says:

    It takes a train over a mile to come to a stop when it’s running at regular speed. How the hell was he supposed to even begin to slow down?

  27. cicili says:

    How can a speeding trian, with no prior notice , weighing that much, going at that velocity, possibly slow down in the tiny time of that clip?

  28. veg-o-matic says:

    It was photoshopped.

  29. cicili says:

    I wouldn’t want to be on a train when somethign like this happens…YIKES!

  30. cicili says:

    Driver, grabbing a quick nap…..

  31. vervain says:

    Optimus Prime has a Bad Day.

  32. trainrider says:

    trains can take up to a mile to stop. Physics people!

  33. James says:

    I think it’s funny how the train doesn’t slow down.

    Have you any idea how long it takes a freight train to slow down?

  34. EM says:

    Darwin Award nominee

  35. Kario says:

    Do you have any idea how long it would take to slow down that train?

  36. fiveeyedbandit says:

    Epic Fail!

  37. dwo says:

    Wintrain slows down for no one.

  38. Katz says:

    We have these dumb-ass drivers all over the world. Thank god we don’t have such fast trains in my country though.

  39. mr s.a.u.s.a.g.e says:

    How much fail would a failtruck truck?

  40. Dork says:

    What most people don’t realize is that the Mötley Crüe song was actually playing in his cab (loud enough for the security camera to pick it up and drown out the train)…and the pounding, relentless beat of the hair metal music caused him to back up, rev the engine a few times, say to himself “wait for it, wait for it” then gun it when the 2nd guitar kicked in. Mötley Crüe will do that to you.

  41. Dan2025 says:

    Woo! Yes! Sucks to be the guy in the truck, but that was awesome to watch!

  42. cicili says:

    Chuck Norris was the Engineer of the train.

  43. rick spangle says:

    Looks like he picked the wrong week to quit driving trucks.

  44. Spike says:

    Worst driver ever..!!

  45. Mac says:

    Seems like the driver went to go, then the thingy went down, so stopped, then the other thingy went down, but on top of the truck bed, so he went to back up, then didn’t want to break the arm thing, so he thought he could just make it across. RETARD.

    • Ogif says:

      I think that its not the thought of making it across but more of a “if I stay here the train will hit the cabin, if I cross the train will hit the rest of the truck” thought.

      When He realized he was trapped just crossing the front part may have saved his life….

    • Wasabi says:

      Seems like you watched this video, close-captioned it for the thinking impaired, and shared your masterpiece with the world.

    • fuzz on the concept says:

      ^ Seems like this Mac driver hasn’t stopped to RE.A.D a thingy or two on top of the truck fail thread.

  46. Mentor397 says:

    So, he pulled up slowly, and the bar came down so he followed the law and stopped. – The Right thing to do.
    Then he tried to back up – The right thing to do.
    But the bar stopped him so he decided to move forward to get off the tracks. Still the right thing to do.

    Dumb-ass drivers? For following the rules?

    And since when did these fail videos have to come with a soundtrack? Either the sound was recorded or not. I don’t need a musical background unless it’s supposed to be there. Otherwise it sounds like a TV show.

  47. Paul says:

    Holy crap! I dont know what in the world makes you think “The trains far enough away, I can make this in my tractor trailer” IDIOT!

  48. solidsnake204 says:

    All aboard the Win Train!

  49. mr s.a.u.s.a.g.e says:

    Darwin Award nominee?

  50. Dr. Failgood says:

    Chuck Norris could stop a train in 1/2 a second

  51. Jonathan says:

    I think that’s a safety fail. If you look he tries to reverse back out at the start but the barrier has already dropped over his carriage. So if he tried to reverse further he’d have broken the barrier, got a hefty fine and probably lose his job and maybe his license.

    Also judging by the angle he couldn’t see the barrier dropping because of the billboard.

    • cicili says:

      He HAD to have seen the fast approaching Train!

    • Cloral says:

      I saw this video a few weeks ago on another site and one of the commenters there was pointing out the same thing. He was from the area, and said he was surprised this sort of thing didn’t happen more often due to the poor design of the intersection.

  52. Chud says:

    Needless to say, i’m sure the driver has been discarriaged from doing that again…

    [i'll get my coat]

  53. Big Onion says:

    Middle! Woo!

    (Always strive for mediocrity.)

  54. Spike says:

    That’s a track fail, but a train win.

  55. Justin says:

    That crossing is poorly designed.

    Notice he was coming around a curve? As he’s coming around, he sees the far one drop, stops and tries to reverse (at which point the other one drops down and traps him). If the first gate had started to drop at the same time, he would’ve seen it before he began the crossing and stopped in time.

    He’s still an idiot for going through when the lights are flashing.

    Also, had he not tried to go forward and stayed put, he would’ve been fine (unless there was another train on the other track coming, which I doubt).

  56. Malfeasant says:

    *shaking head*
    and this is why people get hit by trains

  57. abstract says:

    LMFAO!

  58. abstract says:

    the voices in his head told him it was a good idea to go..

  59. Gollum says:

    Unlike Amtrak, the FailTrain is always right on time.

  60. Green Is Good says:

    I still don’t know why he attempted to cross. He was clear of the the track the train rolled down. Why try to cross? He had to have seen the train coming.

    Must have panicked….not that I blame him.

  61. motedust says:

    CN win!

  62. Hulk says:

    kinetic energy WIN

  63. ghehorg says:

    If it was hauling ass I want to find out where it was going so I can get me some! :-D

  64. mc peepants says:

    That train driver was texting-whilst-driving for sure.

  65. Kristen says:

    I totally do not get the music. Do not understand.

  66. Bill says:

    Look closely. There are two sets of track. The cab gets caught on the far track, when the guard rail comes down behind it (on top of his flatbed). Obviously, they tried to get out of the way the best they could. Honestly, I would’ve bailed and ran like hell, rather than risk it. Yipes. I hope they’re ok. :^/

  67. androgyne84 says:

    GO! Speed Racer, GO! Speed Racer, GO!!!!

    »this is the bad joke of the day…«

  68. This guy over here says:

    I love how people make judgment calls on this guy’s intelligence when they know absolutely nothing about driving a semi, nor do they know or understand the structure of the crossing, proper speeds for trains within city limits, the condition of the crossing signs and gates, or what the driver was capable of seeing from where he sat.

    And go ahead and justify yourselves, too, because I’m sure that you’re only doing that because “this is only a forum,” and in real life you actually keep yourselves from drawing conclusions on such things when you realize how little you know about the situation.

  69. arthur wangdoodle says:

    Buttock.

  70. Whut? says:

    Definitely the first thing that comes to mind is GIVE THIS TRUCKER A DARWIN AWARD.

  71. david says:

    you should REPENT!!!!! <*:oDX

  72. Penal Code says:

    For anyone who DIDN’T see a train
    in the immediate future… You fail.
    —————————————-
    This includes the truck driver.
    He fails most of all.
    —————————————-
    Who WOULDN’T see something that
    large and purple, rushing down the tracks?
    —————————————-
    —————————————-
    —————————————-
    His penis must reach from A to Z.

  73. Mario. says:

    The truck driver was unlucky to find a badly designed railroad signals, but was lucky to save his life!!

  74. divaofpanic20 says:

    OMG!!!!!!!!!! I hope the truck driver was ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  75. Leoric says:

    this seems more like a fail for the barrier timing… the truck was past the fisrt barrier when it came down, the driver saw the barrier for the other direction and tried to back up only to hit the barrier that dropped behind him… so he tried to get out of the way, but according to the timestamp there was only 15sec between the barrier drop and the train passing at about 20mph (guestimate math without being able to look at it frame by frame) the train couldn’t have been more than 400ft from the crossing.

  76. yourface says:

    EPIC FAIL!!! nice song tho :)

  77. Lor says:

    He’s probably dead. Not a funny fail :(

  78. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLZZZZ says:

    Did that trucker live through that????

  79. Amadeus238 says:

    We can only hope the moron died from his injuries so we can get his ass out of my gene pool.

  80. Moleculow says:

    The train of justice was just a little late this time.

  81. Dave says:

    Can someone tell me what the song is?

  82. Ruben says:

    mourn in the mourning?

  83. FAILFORLIFe says:

    ALL ABOURD THE FAIL TRUCH

  84. Failbetch says:

    That was a wintrain, a failtruck, and an overall fail.
    I hope they were okay. :/

  85. Galhar says:

    At least the truck’s cab made it across, but it looked like he still got thrashed pretty bad when it whipped around.

  86. zack says:

    I APPRECIATE THE MOTLEY CRUE IN THIS!

  87. dwalk says:

    i’ve always wondered who would win…..

  88. JB Whatchacallit says:

    What he should’ve done: Backed up through the guard rail (and report it to his trucking company or a cop).

    What he did: made a judgment call…which turned out badly…for obvious reasons.

    He could’ve also just stayed put. Was there a train on the other track? Well according to most state laws, it was his responsibility to know before going over them.

  89. jayive34 says:

    its in canada lol.

  90. Macintosh says:

    WOOT crash boom

  91. alexnobody says:

    Time it just right……

  92. So lucky that he didn’t get hit the wrong way!

  93. Paula says:

    I remember a sign somewhere pertaining to this issue that said “Don’t pick a fight with a heavyweight.”

    That guy clearly should have tried to back up somehow. Going forward was stupid. That train went through the truck like it wasn’t even there!

  94. attorneys says:

    is this from alberta?

  95. žogi says:

    How he got his licence!!?


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