Dangerous, illegal pass by semi on Highway 5 near Clearwater, B.C. caught on video | 24CA News
An alarming video has surfaced displaying a harmful, unlawful move made by a semi-truck on Highway 5, close to Clearwater B.C.
The video has spurred the native mayor to talk out about considerations with truck drivers within the area.
“This is horrifying,” stated Merlin Blackwell, Clearwater’s mayor. “This has got to stop. People have died and people will continue to die — it is completely appalling.”
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Semi-truck makes harmful move on B.C. freeway
In the video, the semi could be seen making a move over a double-solid yellow line, transferring into oncoming visitors, earlier than signalling and merging again over. At the top of the video, oncoming visitors could be seen within the lane the semi-truck had used.
One of the automobiles that had been handed was compelled to decelerate and briefly drive on the shoulder.
The video was taken on March 24. A logging truck driver, who was driving the logging truck within the video, spoke with Global News on Saturday.
“The passing lane ended and the semi-truck, you see in the video, decided to pass on a double solid, going downhill. He met the oncoming traffic, and I had to change my driving severely to avoid an accident,” stated John Keating.
“The oncoming traffic had to swerve out of the way. I was watching the whole thing in my mirror and I had to get going a whole lot faster to make room for that guy because he obviously had no clue what he was doing.”
Keating stated if he didn’t pace up and the opposite semi-driver behind him didn’t decelerate, it could have been a deadly accident.
“If I didn’t speed up and the low bed behind didn’t slow down it would have been fatal — which has been very common around here,” he stated.
The Clearwater mayor stated enforcement has been stepped up in current weeks after a triple deadly crash a couple of weeks in the past.
“CVSE upped their game here and did almost nonstop enforcement along our corridor for about six weeks, but that ended yesterday,” the mayor stated.
“It is really concerning we are still seeing the type of behaviour from the trucking industry after such strict enforcement for the six weeks.”
Blackwell additionally stated the native freeway patrol is brief two officers which can also be affecting enforcement.
Global news has reached out to each RCMP and the transport firm for remark.
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