A trucker’s video on TikTok went viral after he claimed to have passed a scale at 102 mph — and played a voicemail from his boss letting him have it. The incident and video quickly got millions of views.
What the boss said: In the voicemail, the boss couldn’t believe what he’d heard from the state police: “102 miles per hour! Are you kidding me?” The boss said an officer clocked the truck flying past the scale, then called him instead of starting a pursuit.
- The boss revealed the only reason police didn’t chase the truck was because the trooper needed a bathroom break.
- The boss’s anger turned into frustration, with him saying, “Don’t call me back. Give me like six hours to calm down then call me back.”
The TikTok reaction: The internet had a field day with the story and the boss’s voicemail, with jokes, memes, and plenty of comments about the wild speed. The video showed a semi barreling down a rural road, which got folks talking about the dangers of high speeds in a rig.
- Many in the trucking world chimed in online about the risk of a big truck going that fast, with reminders that even an empty semi needs hundreds of feet to stop at over 100 mph.
- Others focused on the relationship between bosses and drivers, some saying it sounded more like a dad scolding his kid than a work call.
The numbers: In 2022, around one out of every five fatal speed-related crashes involved a large truck, according to Motor1.
The driver behind the viral video said he’s from Louisiana, and called his boss “awesome” in follow-up comments on social media. No word yet if there were any tickets or company discipline handed out over the fast-moving bypass.