
A trucker’s response video has gone viral after a police officer who pulled him over called truckers “a f*cking disgrace” and claimed they’re “causing carnage on the roads.”
The video was posted to Facebook on Saturday, December 9th and has since gained nearly 3 million views.
In the clip, Australian truck driver Trevor Vale explains that he initially met the officer at a service station and chatted with him before heading back out to his rig and hitting the road. Vale says he was on the road for only a brief moment before he was pulled over by the same officer he had just spoken with, and that’s when things started to get ugly.
“He [the cop] says: ‘Have you got the relevant paper work to drive a vehicle of that size with only one eye?’ ” explains Vale.
“And I said yeah…. so, I got my license out and the relevant paperwork and gave it to him… but he shook his head and gave it back to me… His words were: ‘It’s bad enough you blokes are out here causing carnage on the roads, and they let people with one eye drive these things. F***ing disgrace.’ ”
“Where the hell do you get off saying something like that?” Vale says in the video.
“I [get] sh*t about my eye every day of the week and I don’t give a sh*t, but to label every truck driver out here causing carnage on the roads? Maybe you wanna start getting some bloody facts right.”
The video has viewers outraged at the officer’s treatment of the trucker.
“I’m from the US and we have the same problems here… When officers pull over a truck driver whether he has one eye or not need to look at the facts before spouting awesome stupid sh*t like that. That officer needs to be disciplined for that stupidity,” commented Facebook user Einheriar Arn.
“Good on ya mate, that cop needs to find a new job,” added another.
Check out Vale’s rant in the video below.