I almost ran over this bicyclist who stupidly thought it would be a good idea to ride across my path just after I got a fresh green light while pulling out of the Pilot truck stop in Colton, CA.
Scott Zane
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I almost ran over this bicyclist who stupidly thought it would be a good idea to ride across my path just after I got a fresh green light while pulling out of the Pilot truck stop in Colton, CA.
I almost ran over this bicyclist who stupidly thought it would be a good idea to ride across my path just after I got a fresh green light while pulling out of the Pilot truck stop in Colton, CA.
updated 3 months ago
I almost ran over this bicyclist who stupidly thought it would be a good idea to ride across my path just after I got a fresh green light while pulling out of the Pilot truck stop in Colton, CA.
- Delivering a load to the Walmart (Hunter Park) DC in Riverside, CA
- Telling about an experience I had in between the previous load and this one with a 3rd party driver who brought one of our trailers into the drop yard with the trailer tandems all the way back. It turned out he couldn't slide them because of what even a not so thorough pre-trip inspection should have easily been able to catch.
- Delivering a load to the Stater Bros DC in San Bernardino, CA
- Reacting to news of a fatal incident at the Love's truck stop in Jacksonville, FL in which a woman and her two kids were killed after they were hit by a semi while visiting that store.
- Delivering a load to the Target DC in Rialto, CA
- Telling about a recent incident in which a trucker pulling an Amazon trailer was recently crashed into by a container truck while stopped in the gore area of an exit in Gary, IN to urinate.
Answering a regular viewer of my channel's question about whether Hirschbach tractors and/or trailers are equipped with Right Weigh system
- Delivering a load to the Albertson's distribution center in Brea, CA
- Talking about how diesel fuel prices in California are back at record highs, and what effects high fuel prices have on the trucking industry, specifically, and to a lesser extent the broader economy.
A compilation of notable things that I saw while trucking or driving my personal vehicle during the 2nd half of August 2026.
0:00 - Title
0:05 - Failure To Yield (Tippecanoe Ave @ I-10E, Loma Linda, CA)
0:31 - SUV Uses Center Lane To Pass (Valley View Ave @ I-5, Santa Fe Springs, CA)
0:47 - Lucky Weigh Station Status Change (CA-91E, Anaheim, CA)
1:08 - Semi vs SUV Crash Scene (I-215S, San Bernardino, CA)
1:39 - Hirschbach Trailer Left Along Street (3rd St, Highland, CA)
2:00 - Semi Stopped By CHP For Tandems Too Far Back (CA-60W, Chino, CA)
2:21 - Car Makes Last Second Decision To Turn (Waterman Ave @ I-10E, San Bernardino, CA)
2:46 - Covenant Truck Trailer Tandems Too Far Back (Agua Mansa Rd, Colton, CA)
3:03 - Railroaded By Exiting Traffic (CA-210E, Redlands, CA)
3:38 - Woman Barefoot And Exposed Rear In 110º Weather (Hunts Ln @ Redlands Blvd, Colton, CA)
4:23 - ICC Bar Scrapes Road While Entering Driveway (Frozen Food Express Terminal, Ontario, CA)
5:06 - Disabled Box Truck Blocking Lane (CA-138E, Near Crestline, CA)
5:31 - Utility Truck With Trailer Blocking Lane (CA-138E @ Old Mill Rd, Crestline, CA)
5:52 - Sideswiped By Motorcyclist (Waterman Ave @ 40th St, San Bernardino, CA)
6:54 - Car Makes Pointless Attempt To Pass On Right (CA-210E @ Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA)
8:09 - Car Tailgates, Gets Cutoff, Then Uses Bike Lane To Pass (La Mesa Rd, Victorville, CA)
- Delivering a load to Greco & Sons in City of Industry, CA
- Comparing the recent hung jury mis-trial involving Lindsay Clancy to a trial that I was personally a juror on, which also ended in a hung jury mis-trial, and pondering whether or not unanimous verdicts should or shouldn't be required to adjudicate criminal cases.
- Delivering a load to the Frozen Foods Express (FFE) terminal in Ontario, CA
- Telling about a friend who recently tested positive for methamphetamine on a pre-employment drug test, but who might possibly be a false positive case
- Delivering a load to a Target warehouse in Rialto, CA
- Telling about the "eventful" commute I had to work today, which included getting sideswiped and nearly rear-ended by a motorcyclist
- Delivering a load to Gold Star Foods in Ontario, CA
- Reacting to recent revelations about the Austin Metcalf murder by Karmelo Anthony
- Compilation of experiences I had while trucking or driving my personal vehicle during the first half of August 2026
0:00 - Title
0:05 - On-Ramp Conflict (CA-210W, Rialto, CA)
0:38 - Cutoff By Jeep (I-15S, Hesperia, CA)
1:05 - Interchange And On-Ramp Advice (I-215S @ CA-210E, San Bernardino, CA)
2:45 - Overtake To Exit (I-10W @ I-215, Colton, CA)
3:05 - On-Ramp Dawdler, Failed Pass On Right Attempt, On-Ramp Conflict (I-10E, Fontana, CA)
5:04 - On-Ramp Conflict (I-10E, Colton, CA)
5:32 - Lane Camping For Good Reason (I-15N, Cajon Pass, CA)
6:09 - On-Ramp Conflict (I-15N, Victorville, CA)
6:40 - Truck Parallel Parking (Enterprise Rd, Victorville, CA)
8:31 - Litterbug (Hesperia Rd, Victorville, CA)
8:59 - Pointless Speeding Trucker (Driver Rd, Shafter, CA)
11:28 - Arrest By Force (Rustic Tavern, Victorville, CA)
12:37 - Failed Overtake To Exit Attempt, Pedestrian In Gore Point (Bear Valley Rd @ I-15S, Victorville, CA)
13:25 - Overtake To Exit (I-10E, Colton, CA)
14:21 - Sniveling Sealy Truck Driver (Miguel Bustamante Pkwy, Colton, CA)
15:01 - Almost Backed Into By Co-Worker (Walmart DC, Colton, CA)
15:54 - On-Ramp Conflict (CA-210E, Redlands, CA)
16:44 - On-Ramp Conflict (CA-91W, Yorba Linda, CA)
17:34 - SUV Cuts Into Line From Left (Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA)
18:04 - Surprisingly Courteous Merge Drivers (I-10E @ Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA)
18:56 - On-Ramp Conflict (CA-210E, Redlands, CA)
19:27 - Dawdling Prime Trucker (Miguel Bustamante Pkwy, Colton, CA)
20:33 - On-Ramp Conflict (CA-210W, Redlands, CA)
21:56 - Straight From Right Turn Only Lane (Agua Mansa Rd @ Riverside Ave, Colton, CA)
22:46 - Left Turn From Oncoming Lane (Market St @ Via Cerro, Jurupa Valley, CA)
23:09 - Dawdling Bobtail Driver (I-215N, Grand Terrace, CA)
23:47 - Extra Wide Right Truck Turn, Improper Buttonhook Turn, Mexican Standoff With Right-Of-Way Traffic (Hunts Ln @ Redlands Blvd, Colton, CA)
25:50 - Good Merge Courtesy, On-Ramp Conflict (CA-210W, Redlands, CA)
- Demonstration of two blindside truck backings that I recently did. One was done merely for practice, even when it wasn't a necessary method. The other was done because I had reason to believe it was the most practical and safe way to get into the assigned dock door.
- Practice makes perfect. Blindside backings are sometimes a necessary evil in trucking, and you can't get good at blindside backing - or doing it safely - if you never practice it in the first place.
- Which method would you rather use to get into the dock door that this Legend trucker needed to dock into? Why would you choose that option?
- Would you offer to disconnect from your trailer to create more room for her like I did, or would you stay connected and make her figure it out on her own? Why?
- Delivering a load to Coastal Pacific Foods in Ontario, CA
- Sharing news about recent changes to leadership at Hirschbach Motor Lines (HML)
- Delivering a load to the UNFI warehouse in Riverside, CA
- Giving an update on the fatal crash in the Spring Valley Lake area of Victorville, CA which I previously posted about
- Talking about a near collision I had this weekend with a careless driver in a mall parking lot
- Delivering a load to Allied Sales in Vernon, CA
- Sight side truck backing from the street followed by a blindside backing into dock door
- Talking about some history of California, exit numbers, and how easy it is to confuse a true Californian by referencing locations based on exit numbers and not by city names and street names
Check your emotions at the door. I'm here to look at this case objectively, not emotionally and subjectively. If you know about this case and are incapable of accepting the fact the deceased driver in this case likely made one or more fatal mistakes of her own that may or may not have been the actual most significant contributors to the crash, then you should consider not watching this.
This video is being posted both for informational and educational reasons, so it's important that you watch it with an open mind and a willingness to learn a different perspective, some things you might not have ever known, or even things you might have learned, but forgotten over the years.
Compilation of things I saw while trucking or driving my car during the second half of July 2026
0:00 - Title/Intro
0:05 - Merge & Slow (I-40W, Needles, CA)
1:05 - Trucker Speeding In Warehouse Lot (Walmart DC, Riverside, CA)
1:32 - Red Light Runner (Bear Valley Rd @ Amethyst Rd, Victorville, CA)
2:07 - House Fire (5th St Near Central Ave, Highland, CA)
2:37 - Bobtail Poor Zipper Merge Manners (CA-60W @ CA-91/I-215, Riverside, CA)
3:43 - Car Changing Tire In HOV Lane (CA-60W, Jurupa Valley, CA)
4:33 - Cutoff By Semi (CA-60W, Pomona, CA)
5:05 - Surprise Road Gator At Night (CA-210W, Highland, CA)
5:33 - Backing Accident By Super EGO (Joe's Travel Center, Westley, CA)
6:16 - Truck Crash Scene (I-5, Near Los Banos, CA)
7:13 - McLaren 720S Sighting (I-10E, Goodyear, AZ)
7:41 - 13'7" Bridge (CA-60W, Wickenburg, AZ)
8:19 - Pickup Drives Through Caution Tape (Pilot Truck Stop, Colton, CA)
9:23 - Pickup Fails To Yield To Fire Truck, Bobtail Has Blown Steer Tire (5th St, Highland, CA)
11:48 - Car Hits Wall, Breaks Axle (I-605S @ CA-60, City of Industry, CA)
12:27 - Crash Scene (I-215N, Grand Terrace, CA)
13:27 - Crash Scene (I-10W, Ontario, CA)
13:56 - 1955 Chevy Bel Air Sighting (CA-138 @ CA-2, Phelan, CA)
14:32 - Needless Risk To Turn Right (Rancho Ave @ I-10E, Colton, CA)
15:55 - Truck Parallel Parking (UNFI, Santa Fe Springs, CA)
17:36 - Pickup Broke Down In Travel Lane (Imperial Hwy, La Mirada, CA)
- Delivering a load to the KeHe warehouse in Ontario, CA
- Telling what I know and some thoughts on the death of Tasia Fortune in Jackson, MS
- Delivering a load to the Stater Bros DC in San Bernardino, CA
- Talking about a recent CHP post on Facebook about their use of aircraft to enforce mandatory truck brake checks on Donner Pass, why they are enforced, and what things can be done to decrease or eliminate the need for brake checks
- Delivering a load to the Walmart DC in Shafter, CA
- Telling story about a co-worker who was unable to deliver his load due to a wildfire
- Giving examples of why superior decisions always trump superior skills
- Delivering an OS&D load to the Frozen Foods Express (FFE) warehouse in Ontario, CA
- Sharing my thoughts on those "Baby On Board" signs that some people put on their vehicles, and why I think they are utterly pointless and useless to use at all.
- Delivering a load to the Albertson's/Vons warehouse in Brea, CA
- Looking for inputs on whether viewers/listeners would rather deal with bad acting or bad writing when it comes to TV series and movies. My own thoughts, along with some examples, are shared in this video.
- Delivering a load to the Stater Bros warehouse in San Bernardino, CA
- Talking about the guards at our San Bernardino drop yard now requiring all trailers be brought into the yard with adequate level of fuel in their reefer fuel tanks.
- Delivering a load to the Walmart/Lineage Logistics (Fleetwood) warehouse in Riverside, CA
- Lamenting an ongoing issue with red tagged trailers in the drop yard not getting repaired in a timely manner
- Thoughts on drivers who use air horn before doing truck backings
- Some info about Walker Evans and Evan Evans, since Walker Evans owns a business right down the street from this delivery location
- Delivering a load to the Restaurant Depot on Washington Blvd in Los Angeles
- Sharing my thoughts on the idea of encouraging or requiring dispatchers and planners to spend a week riding along with an OTR trucker, as well as truckers spending a week watching dispatchers and planners doing their work
- Delivering a load to the Restaurant Depot in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles
- Giving my thoughts on the Trump administration plan/idea to replace illegal, non-domiciled CDL drivers with military veterans by making it easier for some military personnel to get CDLs.
- Delivering another load to the Stater Bros warehouse in San Bernardino, CA
- Reacting to new updates to the Nolan Wells case
- Delivering a load to the Stater Bros warehouse in San Bernardino, CA
- Story about losing the load I planned on delivering today, then repowering this load from one of our expedited drivers for seemingly odd reasons
Reaction and analysis of dashcam footage of an incident that recently happened on US-25-BYP in Waynesboro, GA, in which a semi driver needed to swerve into a ditch to avoid a rear-end collision with another semi that was braking hard for an SUV that suddenly decided to make a right turn in front of the lead semi.
This footage is for educational purposes only, and it reflects my own thoughts and opinions about how this incident happened, and what the dashcam driver involved could have done differently to avoid it happening in the first place.
- Delivering a load to the Walmart warehouse in Shafter, CA
- Telling some details of what I know about the Nolan Wells death case and sharing some thoughts on some of the questions that have been raised about it, or sharing questions of my own that merit looking into
- Footage of my recent experience with the AI drive-thru ordering system at a local Carl's Jr restaurant, and why I'm comparing it to the movie Idiocracy
- Delivering a load to the Sam's Club/Walmart warehouse in Colton, CA
- Talking about a bad experience I had with the AI order taking system in the drive thru of a Carl's Jr in my local area
- Delivering a load to the Walmart DC in Riverside, CA
- Watch and learn which shipper this load is coming from and what kind of product it is. It's a first for me personally
- Story telling about a particular 3rd party carrier that does contract/logistics loads for Hirschbach and reasons why I hate dealing with them
- Delivering a load to Pacific Coast Container (PCC) in Carson, CA
- Talking about load assignments with impossible delivery times, how some other drivers deal with them and how I deal with them, as well as explaining why they often happen to OTR truckers.
- Delivering a load to Coastal Pacific Foods in Ontario, CA
- Answering a question about how much fuel a semi tractor/truck can hold and how many miles can be driven on full fuel tanks
- Delivering a load to the Ralph's/Kroger warehouse in Riverside, CA
- Telling story about an attempted murder case that resulted from online gaming community interactions
- Telling another story about an encounter I had with a young, immature and disrespectful TikTok user, and how I believe I got him to correct his behavior
Compilation of things I saw or experienced while driving during the first half of July 2026
0:00 - Merge & Slow In Front Of Truck (I-40W, Needles, CA)
1:00 - Truck Speeding In Lot (Walmart DC, Riverside, CA)
1:27 - Red Light Runner (Bear Valley Rd @ Amethyst Rd, Victorville, CA)
2:02 - House Fire (5th St, Highland, CA)
2:32 - Bobtail Poor Zipper Merge Manners (CA-60W @ CA-91/I-215, Riverside, CA)
3:38 - Car Changing Tire In HOV Lane (CA-60W, Jurupa Valley, CA)
4:35 - Cutoff By Semi (CA-60W, Pomona, CA)
5:08 - Truck Backing (Sight Side)(UNFI/Supervalu DC, Santa Fe Springs, CA)
8:01 - KKW Truck Backing (Joe's Travel Center, Westley, CA)
12:23 - Backed Into By Super EGO (Joe's Travel Center, Westley, CA)
13:05 - Truck Crash Scene (I-5N, Near Los Banos, CA)
14:02 - McLaren 720S Sighting (I-10E, Goodyear, AZ)
14:31 - Truck Backings (Sight Side)(Costco DC, Tolleson, AZ)
17:02 - Teasing My Friend About 13'7" Bridge That His 14ft Trailers Can't Fit Under (US-60W, Wickenburg, AZ)
0:00 - Blind Side Backing (McLane Foods, San Bernardino, CA)
6:30 - Bad Way To Get Truck Turned Around (Smart & Final DC, Rancho Cucamonga, CA)
18:09 - Sight Side Backing (Glen Rose Meat Co, Vernon, CA)
20:59 - Sight Side Backing (Leonard's Meats, Vernon, CA)
28:51 - Sight Side Backing (Lineage Logistics, Bloomington, CA)
31:44 - Sight Side Backing (Sam's Club DC, Colton, CA)
Compilation of notable experiences I had while driving during 2nd half of June 2026)
0:00 - Dealing with annoying road yo-yo (I-15N, Cajon Pass, CA)
2:00 - Fast trucker (I-15N, Hesperia, CA)
2:55 - Driver gives confusing cues (Topaz Rd @ Bear Valley Rd, Victorville, CA)
3:45 - Fire chief lane change fail (3rd St, Highland, CA)
6:56 - Attempted lane block by distracted driver (CA-210E, Highland, CA)
7:40 - On-ramp dawdler gets self lane trapped (I-10W, Redlands, CA)
8:22 - Merge and slow in front of truck to exit (I-10W, Redlands, CA)
8:53 - Needless slowing for merging traffic (I-10W, Colton, CA)
9:17 - Red light runner (Redlands Blvd @ Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA)
9:43 - Air horn upon request (CA-210E, San Bernardino, CA)
10:19 - Fast trucker (I-40E, Near Goffs, CA)
11:58 - Dangerous merge from on-ramp (I-10E, Pomona, CA)
- Picking up a load from Martori Bros Farms in Aguila, AZ
- Talking about issues between my hours of service rules and trying to effectively manage my clocks while dealing with the current load and the previous load
- Delivering a load to the UNFI/Supervalu warehouse in Gilroy, CA
- sharing a personally fabricated conspiracy theory about the Travis Kelce/Taylor Swift wedding media hype
- If you prefer to avoid the rat race, stay off the bigger, beaten paths with heavier traffic and are interested in an alternate route between Tehachapi and the High Desert area (Victorville/Hesperia/Apple Valley/Adelanto), then this video will likely interest you. It's a route I regularly take as a local trucker when doing routes between my home or drop yard and the Central Valley or Bay Area of California.
Music used in this video:
Armin van Buuren - My Symphony (Extended Mix)
youtube.com/watch?v=1zUcgjmcH0w&list=LL&index=182
Good Vibes Tribe 11:11 - It Is Done (AI artist)
youtube.com/watch?v=cjPcPfH2bKQ&list=LL&index=93
- Delivering a load to the UNFI warehouse in Riverside, CA
- Sharing my thoughts on the recent drama surrounding San Francisco 49ers WR Brandon Aiyuk and why I think he's about to get blacklisted from the league


