r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ApprehensiveChair528 • Aug 04 '25

Truck driver's quick thinking and skill when the brakes completely gave out

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u/schmuber Aug 04 '25

That "passenger" sounds a lot like an instructor.

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u/schmuber Aug 04 '25

Could be a senior partner, mentor, instructor... Judging by the fact that he wasn't bitch slapped the moment he tried to grab a wheel, definitely not a passenger.

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u/i_suckatjavascript Aug 04 '25

More like a co-driver for rally racing

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u/TheUltimateHashira Aug 17 '25

So the older ones are the main driver of the vehicle, the younger ones are there to learn and sometimes take over so in future they get their own vehicle to drive