If you’ve ever driven down highway I-70 in Colorado, you have probably noticed the runaway truck ramp just past the Eisenhower Tunnel. If you have seen it, you probably had the same thought all drivers have, “Man! How scary would it have to be to need to use that ramp!?”. Well, one unlucky driver found out.

As you can see in the footage below, the trucks breaks start smoking badly before he heads for the runaway ramp.

Tim Konrad is the founder of Unofficial Networks and a passionate skier with over two decades of experience in the ski industry. In 2006, he launched the blog from Lake Tahoe with his brother John, evolving...