Chuck Norris Approved: Driver Bails Out Just Before Truck Crashes

If this camcorder footage is for real - and we cannot stress that enough, then we have a potential candidate for the "Chuck Norris Approved" video of the year award.

The dashboard camera video shows a speeding truck crashing into a series of concrete barriers before it slams into another structure residing in what looks like a park on the side of the road.

What makes this incident amazing is that the truck driver seemingly jumped out of the vehicle seconds before the crash and made it out unhurt. Watch the video after the break and tell us what you think.

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Watch a Train Smash Through a Tractor Trailer in North Carolina [Scream Warning]

It is one of a driver's worst nightmares. You are trying to pass through a railroad crossing when for whatever reason, your vehicle is lodged on the tracks just as you hear the train coming...

This horrific scenario came to be for the driver and passenger of a tractor trailer carrying cotton bales in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, last Friday.

The driver, Michael Wilson, and an unnamed passenger were able to jump out of the vehicle in time before it was struck by the train. There were no reported injuries, according to the police.

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You'll Never Guess Who and What is Blocking the Road to this Bus

Unless you have a very grisly imagination, there is little chance that you can guess who and with what is blocking the road to this passenger bus as well as the rest of the following vehicles in Russia.

We are not going to spoil the ending but we will tell you that the person responsible really needs to give their head a very good shake… Video follows after the break.

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How Not to Transfer an Expensive Excavator on Sea

Some Greenlanders found a rather innovative but very costly way to create an artificial reef under the sea while attempting to transfer a brand new Manitou excavator to a nearby island on a barge pulled by a tugboat.

Evidently, there was some sort of miscalculation of the weight or the placement of the heavy machine and as a result, the excavator fell into the water. You can watch the video right past the break.

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Runaway Speed Bus Singapore-Style Captured on Film

In the 1994 runaway hit film Speed, LAPD officer Jack Traven and Annie Porter - with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in the respective roles, boarded a bus that had to keep moving above 50 miles per hour (80km/h) or a bomb would explode.

In the following incident that was captured by a dashboard camera of an adjacent passenger car along Alexandra Road in Singapore, there was no bomb on board but the full-size bus imitated the film speeding through a red light narrowly missing several vehicles and even a pedestrian crossing the road.

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It's a Bad Idea to Not Look when You're Crossing the Road…

Regardless of who has the right of way, it is very important for both pedestrians and motorists to be watchful at all times. In this occasion, while the ambulance was definitely speeding, on the other hand, the woman didn't even look before she tried to cross the road.

Lucky for her, the ambulance driver saw her at the last second and managed to bring the van to a twisty stop only inches away from the woman. Head past the break to watch the video.

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Videos Show Blackwater Mercenaries Running Over a Woman and Smashing Into Cars in Iraq [NSFW]

An alarming set of five videos showing a U.S. security contractor formerly known as Blackwater (the company has since changed its name to Academi) performing malicious acts on Iraqi roads are making the internet rounds.

The footage that dates back to 2006 was published online by Harper’s Magazine as part of a special feature in this month's edition titled "The Warrior Class: A golden age for the freelance soldier". The article by journalist Charles Glass is about the growth of private military and security contractors in the aftermath of September 11.

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A Little bit of Luck and a Good Set of Tires Can Save the Day

The last thing you want to see coming out of the corner of a wet road is a semi-trailer truck folded in two heading straight towards you. A combination of luck and possibly a good set of tires and brakes helped this driver avoid the worst when he was faced with such a situation.

Head on past the break to watch the video from the dash-mounted camera.

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Can You Explain Why this Truck is Dancing on the Road?

From the depths of the unknown comes this jittery small truck that was recorded on film dancing not only up and down, but also right to left every time the driver came to a halt. So what you do think is going on here?

Head past the jump and humor us with your answers.

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Trying to Cross a Rotted Wooden Bridge with a Fully Loaded Semi Truck is a Very Bad Idea

Just watching the first video that follows below the break makes you wonder if this decaying wooden bridge that crosses over the St. Helena River in Brazil is even safe for people, let alone for something as heavy as a passenger car.

There's no need to tell you that all the warning signs are there, nonetheless a driver of a fully loaded semi-truck took no notice and attempted to pass over the bridge. Amazingly, he almost made it - almost…

Luckily for him, only the trailer fell through the bridge. Watch the two videos right past the jump.

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New Mercedes-Benz Citan Van is a Renault Kangoo in Disguise

Mercedes-Benz has lifted the curtains off its new Renault Kangoo-based Citan delivery van several months ahead of its first public outing at the 2012 IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hanover this September.

The Citan is the first project to come out of the partnership between Mercedes-Benz's parent company Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance, which was formed in 2010. The new Mercedes van will be produced at Renault's factory in Maubeuge, France, where the automaker assembles the Kangoo.

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Taiwanese Truck Driver Takes Passenger Car for a Crazy Ride

Ask around and you will discover that many people are afraid of driving too close to large trucks on the highway, and judging by the following incident that reportedly took place in Taiwan earlier this month, it is a fear that is reasonable.

We can't say for sure if the driver and passengers of the sedan model were unharmed when the speeding truck hit the vehicle after it veered into their lane, but the outcome could have definitely been much worse.

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Lamborghini’s Humble Beginnings: Ferruccio and His Tractors

The 1963 Turin Auto Show was an event that saw the realisation of a dream that Ferruccio Lamborghini had nurtured for many years. After recruiting a team of talented designers, including Gian Paolo Dallara and Franco Scaglione, and four months of intense work, he presented the world’s first Lamborghini road car, the 350 GTV, to the media.

Although the unveiling was not without hiccups, most notably the absence of an engine, the car was well-received and the legend of Lamborghini road cars was born.

In the years that have followed, Lamborghini has grown to become synonymous with wealth and luxury. Stars like Jay Leno, Nicholas Cage and Ja Rule all drive Lamborghinis and the cars have been featured in everything from movies to rap videos.

Considering the glitz and glamour that often surrounds the vehicles that bear Ferruccio’s name, it may surprise some to learn that Lamborghini himself was a man of humble beginnings and that his bold, charging bulls were born out of a stable that was famous for producing hearty tractors as opposed to exotic supercars.

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Vietnam Cop Holds on to Bus' Windshield Wipers as Driver Tries to Escape Ticket!

We have heard many strange stories about police officers and drivers that try to avoid tickets, but what took place in Hanoi, Vietnam, this past Monday, surely takes the cake.

The man you see hanging on to the windshield wipers of a bus is not the local version of Spiderman but a very devoted Hanoi cop.

According to local news site Dantri, police officer Phan Nguyen Manh stopped the driver of the passenger bus, Phung Hong Phuong, in the Ba Vi District for a traffic violation. However, the bus driver refused to show his license and papers and instead chose to drive away, at which point, Manh jumped in front of the vehicle!

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Now This is What We Would Call a Very Tight Fit

There's a very good reason why people know the passing through the granite walls at mile 31 of the South Dakota Highway 87 as the Needles Eye Tunnel.

While most regular passenger vehicles will fit in with relative ease, try driving through the tunnel with a large bus and you'll soon find out that's it's as tricky as it sounds, and this is one place you don't want to get stuck in…

Hop over the break to watch the videos.

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Russians Teach us How Not to Pull a Truck with Another Truck

Thanks to the prevalence of handheld filming devices, nowadays we can amuse ourselves with incidents that occur half way around the world that otherwise we would have never known happened.

In one such instance, a driver of a Russian Kamaz truck wanted to help a fellow driver whose truck of Chinese origins (according to the YouTube uploader) was stuck on a snow-covered road.

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