Brazilian Truck Driver Crashes and Dangles Over a Bridge, By Passers Come to Help with a Rope

A truck driver in southern Brazil was captured on tape trying to escape along with his…luggage after an accident that occurred on the Chavantes bridge, which connects the Brazilian states of Parana and Sao Paulo, this past Saturday.

A local website named Npdiario reported that the driver, Aguinaldo da Silva, lost control of his two-trailer truck when he tried to avoid a passenger car that suddenly stopped in front of him and ended up crashing over the guardrail with the truck cabin dangling over the water.

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Chuck Norris Approved: Truck Driver Thrown Out of Cabin During Crash Lands on his Feet!

You have to see this accident to believe it. In the video footage that follows, we see the driver of a long lorry suddenly turning left into the other lane to avoid a crash with another truck that had stopped in the middle of the road – who knows why.

A third truck coming from the other direction has no choice than to make a small maneuver and smash into the lorry's metal container.

What follows next, will leave you speechless as the second truck's driver, who was obviously not wearing a seat belt, is thrown out of his vehicle's window but he manages to land on his feet without suffering any injuries!

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Russian Truckers Get Together and this Time, it Gets Really Ugly [NSFW]

Earlier today, we shared a dash-cam video of two truck drivers in Russia ganging up (to some extent) on a passenger car that had attempted to overtake them.

Now, another video of a group of truckers that was recorded on September 9 has been making the internet and even television rounds in Russia – and this one is far more violent.

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Polish Moving Truck is in a Really, Really Big Hurry

Who knows why the driver of this small truck in the city of Częstochowa in south Poland was in such a big rush, but we can't really say that we have ever seen something like this…

The driver and passenger of the vehicle filming the truck seem to be having a good time watching it speeding on the sidewalk and bypassing the traffic and the lights, so we gather some of you may too.

Just hop over the break and check out the video that follows.

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So That's How They Lower Their Transport Costs in China…

How many small trucks can you fit on the loading area of full size truck trailer? Well, that depends on who and where you ask that question.

In China, for example, a lorry was filmed carrying a total of 18 trucks (!) spread out in two rows. Now that's what we call being efficient – not to mention being a hazard for the rest of the road users…

A short video follows right after the break.

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Ouch…Jogging Man Violated by a Tram

Seriously now, what was this man thinking when he started jogging on the tracks of a trolley car?

Though the video isn’t very clear about this, we are going to assume that he was wearing earphones listening to music or perhaps his favorite radio station when the tram came approaching from behind and well, let's just say rammed him off his feet…

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Subaru Wagon Sandwiched Between San Francisco MUNI Bus and Trolley Car

Video footage sourced from a security camera located on a building that recently surfaced online has shed some light to an accident that took place in downtown San Francisco on August 3, 2012.

The recording shows a white crossover identified as a "Subaru Wagon" (likely a Forester) entering the inner lane of the road and slowing down behind a trolley car that had stopped for a red light when a MUNI bus came crashing from behind literally sandwiching the Japanese model.

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This is What Happens When You Take a Fast Turn in a Large Fuel Tanker

Unlike human laws, you can't change the laws of physics and you can't escape them. Simple as that.

Now try telling that to the Russian driver of the large fuel tanker that attempted to speed through a roundabout…

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Freaky Accident: Crane Hooks Up Car on the Road and Takes it for a Wild Ride!

This has to be one of the most bizarre accidents we have ever seen captured on a dashcam – and mind you, it did not happen in Russia but in Asia, in the small town of Caoya in Taiwan, if our translation of the video description is correct (if it isn't, tell us and we'll fix it).

In the footage, we see a passenger car turning on the street behind a large truck carrying a crane.

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That's not What Excavators are for, But it Will Do…

Who knows how or why this Russian man found himself in such an extremely sticky situation in the mud, but he was fortunate enough to receive a helping hand…or rather a bucket from one of his fellow workers.

What's really impressive about this scene are the skills of the man operating the large excavator as he was able to scoop him out of the mud with the prevision of a gifted heart surgeon.

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This is What Happens When You Fall Asleep on a Motorcycle

Falling asleep or not paying attention when you are handling any kind of motorized vehicle can be dangerous, but doing so on a scooter bike and not wearing a protective helmet on your head can prove deadly.

The young woman featured in this dashcam video, reportedly from Russia, appears to have dozed off for a second or two on the bike and veered off her lane.

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Really, You Didn’t See it Coming?

We suppose tractor-pulling competitions can be fun for some people but they can also be dangerous if someone gets carried away.

That someone happened to be the driver of a red tractor that was involved in a mechanical tug of war with a fellow owner of green-colored tractor - possibly in India or Pakistan, we are not sure as there are no details in the description, but feel free to enlighten us in the comments section if you happen to know.

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You Can Say That it Was a Very Close Call for This Pedestrian

Walking bridges are built to ensure the safe passage over roadways for pedestrians and cycling traffic, but a freak accident, which reportedly occurred in the Russian city of Vladivostok, proves that there's no such thing as "100 percent safe".

If you pay attention to the video, you will see a man hoping down the stairs of a pedestrian bridge when all of a sudden, at the 7-second mark, a silver sedan crashed into the side of a truck.

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Oh, the Horror…Airborne Styrofoam Causes Multiple Motorcycles to Crash Down on Texas Highway

Styrofoam may be as light as a feather but try dealing with a board coming your way on the highway...while riding on a motorcycle and it's a completely different story, as a group of bikers found out earlier this week.

This incident, which was recorded by one of the riders equipped with a GoPro helmet camera, took place in McAllen, Texas.

"Thanks to some idiots who didnt tie down their box of styro foam it flew out of a trailer and hit 1 guy he fell and the rider behind him clipped his bike and fell aswell," said one of the bikers, nicknamed "Astat4" on YouTube.

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Bus Driver Thinks he's Superman

Most people would secretly like to believe that there's a little Superman hiding inside us. Take this driver, for example, who tried to stop a runaway bus from rolling into the road (allegedly somewhere in Russia) by holding on to the windscreen wipers.

As it turns out, there's not much your average human can do to stop a 15-ton vehicle when it’s on a roll.

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Meanwhile in Russia No13: Acrobatic Crash, a Manic Fire Truck, Range Rover Facelift and a Failed Carjack

Something tells us that even if the driver featured in the above screen shot and the first video after the break tried to repeat this feat, he probably wouldn't succeed.

The man in the white sedan looks like he wasn't paying attention to the road and clipped the black Opel Astra in front him, which pushed the car on its two wheels on the driver's side for a few seconds before it landed safely on the ground.

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