50 Cent Hospitalized After Being Hit by Semi: Does Driving Around Big Rigs Make You Nervous?

by SodaHead Celebs Posted 2012/06/26 19:00:00

Related Topics: 50 Cent, Celebrity Pictures, Semi, big rig, mack truck

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Rapper 50 Cent (né Curtis Jackson) was hospitalized on Tuesday after being involved in a car accident. According to his official website, Jackson's bullet-proof Chevy Suburban was rear-ended by a Mack Truck driven by a 61-year-old man. Lindsay Lohan also collided with a semi a few weeks ago, but that was her fault. There was nothing 50 Cent could do about this one.

Jackson's SUV nearly flipped over on impact, but fortunately he and his driver escaped with minor injuries. The man responsible for the accident claims the load in his truck shifted and caused him to lose control of the vehicle, just as traffic suddenly slowed ahead of him. 50 Cent was placed on a stretcher and transported to a Queens hospital, where he was treated for back and neck injuries.

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toosweet 2012/06/26 19:58:52

No

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I drive a "big rig" semi for a living,some people have no respect for our size and the amount of weight we are hauling,there should be no need for people to be nervous as long as you remember we can not always see you and we need allot more room to stop than you.So don't hang out along side us and do not cut in front of us and you will be fine..usually.
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Helmholtz 2012/06/27 07:42:59

Yes

My dad was hit by one as a pedestrian and my horn doesn't work.

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Hula girl - Friends not Fol... 2012/06/27 07:42:58

Yes

I was harassed by a big rig in North Carolina and tired to get away from him. Then his tire exploded next to me and pushed me off the side of the road.

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Ameera 2012/06/27 07:35:33

Yes

:s

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Stef and the City 2012/06/27 07:12:36

Yes

I hate passing them on the highway.

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vetogod 2012/06/27 06:25:45

No

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just cause he can rap dont mean he can think clearly 50 cent got what came to him and so will any one who dose not think before cutting off or stopping suddenly in front of those big ass truck

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Joey 2012/06/27 06:08:21

Yes

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Mainly log trucks due to this .

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wilsonmja 2012/06/27 05:47:42

No

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I used to drive them for a living. Now I'm a dispatcher. I'll tell you that truck drivers are the safest drivers on the road. I feel more safe around them than I do 4 wheeler drivers.

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barby karring 2012/06/27 05:24:40

Yes

I either let them keep their pace way ahead of me, or I stay lanes over out of their way.
Not really scared but I respect the drivers of the big rigs, and they give the love back to me on the highways.

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RobertRowe 2012/06/27 05:19:48

No

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i drive around them just fine and since i have also DRIVEN them i show these drivers more courtesy at intersections and stay back a ways for them to have room to turn. sparechange deserved what happened to him.

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SteveMarine- JLA 2012/06/27 05:09:28 (edited)

No

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Lindsay Lohan is an idoit....she could drive into a damn hurricane and wonder why its windy....50 cents driving probably isnt worth 50 cents.... One thing is... People dont respect big rig trucks...I know I work in public safety....8 of 10 big rig accidents end up not being the big rig drivers fault. People not paying attention.

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Jessica 2012/06/27 05:05:48

Yes

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They terrify me, especially when there are multiple of them at one time. What I hate the most is how their supposed to stay in the right lanes where the traffic is suppose to be slower(55mph or so), and they do.. but they're faster than the left lane! Dx.. It's like my dad tells me, "Just stay away from them!"

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Torchy 2012/06/27 04:50:39 (edited)

Yes

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My uncle drove a big rig and died in it. I've seen far too much idiocy behind the wheel of something so large to want to be anywhere near them. There are stupid drivers in all kinds of cars, but at least if I get side-swiped by the average vehicle because the driver didn't check their blind spot, I'd have a chance of making it out okay.

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Mike 2012/06/27 04:33:15

No

I don't drive.

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shinedownsevenfold1291998 2012/06/27 04:25:48

No

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Drivers of semis have a trainload of experience.

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Balladeer-PWCM-POTL 2012/06/27 04:18:57

No

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Rig Drivers are professionals it's the idiots on four wheels that's dangerious I wonder what the rapper was doing...texting, toking...or he certainly was an idiot about the laws of physics bet he thought if he hit the brakes the truck would 'back off'

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keverton 2012/06/27 04:17:23

Yes

big rigs are scary

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Stephen Oberkirch 2012/06/27 04:15:59

No

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Not at all. I've been doing it for years and I find that Big Rig drivers are in general, drivers

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RS 2012/06/27 04:11:37

Yes

Of course.

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~[Rachel Mariee]~ 2012/06/27 04:11:29

Yes

Sometimes...
Even more when your going
Aroun g a curve or a
Turn in the road.. Agh

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Raphy 2012/06/27 04:10:16

No

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We have to look out for ourselves and for the other drivers. I try to pay attention to my surroundings on the highway. Front and back

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GothicaVende††aSquiggles\(#... 2012/06/27 04:09:59

Yes

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They're huge...and scary.

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YeahISaidIt 2012/06/27 04:08:42

Yes

I don't drive directly behind them or next to them.

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Madi 2012/06/27 04:08:34

Yes

I'm not scared of them, but I try to get away from them on the road as quick as possible just in case.

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Moonbeams 2012/06/27 04:07:17

Yes

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Naturally; I am a nervous driver on the freeway.

I do get that gnawing feeling, that the rig is going to plummet over, right onto the vehicle. Did I mention that I suffer from an over-active imagination? Lol.. Not the best combo.

I try to keep a controlled speed, and a safe distance while I'm in their vicinity.

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Jada_Ringo 2012/06/27 04:06:06

Yes

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Actually, seeing as unexperienced I am. Going over 20 mph makes me nervous.

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shadow76 to Jada_Ringo 2012/06/27 13:44:08

You would make me nervous!

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Jada_Ringo to shadow76 2012/06/27 17:16:58

I make my mom nervous. I got my permit around two weeks ago and have droven a car twice since. Gladly only in a neighborhood of town houses that are off from the main roads.

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shadow76 to Jada_Ringo 2012/06/27 18:19:50

Going too slow can be as dangerous as too fast. Try practicing in empty parking lots or in alleys.

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Jada_Ringo to shadow76 2012/06/27 20:12:42

The streets in my neighborhood and an empty lot are practically the same thing.

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shadow76 to Jada_Ringo 2012/06/28 14:56:50 (edited)

Why are the streets empty? Just relax you will get it, the more you drive the better.

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Jada_Ringo to shadow76 2012/06/28 17:40:19

It's a really quiet neighborhood that no one ever visits.the main side streets surround it. It's like one of those townhouse neighborhoods.

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shadow76 to Jada_Ringo 2012/06/29 01:59:32

Sounds like an ideal place to practice driving!

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carlton999 2012/06/27 04:02:11

No

If you live by my rule "Semi Trucks always have the right of way" you have nothing to worry about. This rule has served me well for over 30 years and I have never come close to being hit by a Truck.

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JCLadybug 2012/06/27 03:57:27

Yes

Yes they always make me nervous. However, most of them are better drivers than the average person so I try to remember that when they were around.

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Inquisitve Kat 2012/06/27 03:56:16

Yes

It does make me feel a little uncomfortable.

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CookiMonstur 2012/06/27 03:49:26

Yes

..YES!

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C.C. 2012/06/27 03:36:59

No

I don't mind big rigs, they are just trying to do their job as careful as they can. They get blamed more than the people who got hurt in their tiny vehicles. With how some people drive now days, I'm not surprised with the accidents anymore.

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Jazzy 2012/06/27 03:33:19

No

Most of them are better drivers then me and have been doing it for a lot longer as well. People just tend to forget that they do not stop on a dime.

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GG 2012/06/27 03:27:11 (edited)

Yes

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I get nervous/cautious anytime I am around a big truck.

Yes the size of it makes me nervous but what makes me extra cautious are the other drivers. Some drivers just don't get that when they cut off a truck, they can't stop on a dime. It takes time for them to slow down.

I remember I was driving down a highway and some a*&hole; decided to cut off the truck driver. Thank god I anticipated his/her move and sped up because if I didn't I would have been dead/seriously hurt. The truck couldn't stop in time and it flipped on it's side so he wouldn't hit the car in front of him. The truck driver was okay (thank god, and there wasn't any traffic behind him thankfully) but it's idiots like that driver that can cause huge accidents and kill a lot of people. It's not always the truck drivers fault for those huge accidents, it the reckless drivers who cut them off.

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