Watch A Maxima Get Dragged Down The Highway By A Semi Truck

By Chris Chase

Apr 21, 2017

Cool Stuff / Fun Stuff / Pop Culture

Summary

Not the best way to score a free ride

Here's our quiz question for today: How did the truck driver in this video not notice he had a mid-sized sedan wedged under his back bumper?

To our eyes, the only way this could have happened was that the Maxima's driver cut too close to the truck when pulling out to pass, struck the trailer's wheel with the front corner of the car and got reeled in like a 1,500-kg metal fish.

We don't doubt the truck driver may not have felt the impact, but we have a hard time believing he wouldn't have suspected something was wrong based on the cloud of white smoke pouring from the general area of the back of his rig, not to mention the stream of drivers honking horns as they drove past.

The post accompanying this Facebook video says the incident occurred on Interstate 15, which starts in California, near the Mexican border, and then ends at the Canadian border with Montana. The car bears California plates, so based on that and the envy-inducing sunny weather, it's a safe bet this happened closer to I-15's southern end.

Check out the video and tell us what you think.

Meet the Author

As a child, Chris spent most of his time playing with toy cars in his parents’ basement or making car sounds while riding his bicycle. Now he's an award-winning Algonquin College Journalism grad who has been playing with real cars that make their own noises since the early 2000s.