Be Careful What You Wish For....

So I fell into the rabbit hole of watching trucking crash videos on youtube. While I'm wanting and hoping to still get in to driving, man, it does make you think twice. But watching these videos, all you can do it assume what happened in some of the clips. And I'm trying to see how many of these could have been avoided. In this particular video (watch the whole thing cause it starts off slow, then takes off, but at:

1:56 - looks kinda like double fault to me....the one trucker pulls out in front of the oncoming truck (most to blame), but then the oncoming truck doesn't even look like he slows down. Or didn't have the reaction time and stopping distance to do so?

2:02 - all surrounding vehicles are stopped looks like.....did this guy not slow down and when he hit the brakes lost control in the snow/ice? Or will 80,000lbs continue to push you like that on snow even at 15mph when hitting the brakes?

2:12 - how does this happen?

2:16 - Looks like a FedEx Linehauler (what I'm wanting to do), too fast for conditions? Wet roads, black ice maybe?

2:21 - Again, what happens here? Just lose control somehow?

2:27 - Bad weather....too fast for conditions?

2:33 - HOLY SH*T! He was hooked to the tow truck......did the tow truck try to pull and it pulled him off the edge?? Tow truck drivers fault?

2:45 - Look closely, does the car run/push the driver over into the barrier?

2:49 - How do you know this is gonna happen until it's too late? Slow down in high winds? Pull over?

3:03 - Too fast again, following too close for conditions?

3:08 - ???

3:15 WTF?

3:30 - Nothing the truck driver could have done....except stop like he did.

3:35 - Bad weather again, too fast?

3:40 - Looks like a sheet of ice?

3:45 - ??? Fell Asleep?

3:51 - Way too fast in the curve, his own fault?

I know I commented on every clip, but I'd like to hear from you guys and gals who have been behind the wheel of these big beasts and get your thoughts and opinions. I'm looking for something where I can make good money, and I believe I'm a safe driver, but as shown in some of these, there's some things you can't control.

There's part of me excited to learn and do this and be able to make a decent living, but the other part terrified.

Whoops, here's the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3BKUKLsq9Q

The last clip involved a trainee driver going down Donner. They didn't realized there was another driver until the next day. The trainer was in the sleeper. Yeah, poop happens. You make it as safe as you want it.

Here's the clip of the last one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wifwg6xWVAU

Hey Dwight! Another Manassas, VA driver! Are you that Swift truck that I see parking on some weekends at the Walmart on Liberia Ave?