Jack Knifed

The A66 trans-Pennine route was closed after a number of lorries jack-knifed near Stainmore in Cumbria, and there were several collisions on the M6. ❋ Unknown (2012)

It was a fearsome thing, of a kind to wake the dead, and I blew and blew, but the jack-knifed backs never unclasped. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They pondered this for a minute; then the woman said something in an undertone to the little girl, and both backs jack-knifed as the slaughter recommenced. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ice-coated roads were nearly empty in Dallas, where the few motorists who braved the unfamiliar terrain slowed to a crawl as they passed jack-knifed tractor-trailers on slick highways. ❋ AP (2011)

The truck jack-knifed and overturned, spilling its cargo. ❋ Elizabeth Flock (2011)

The treacherous driving led to many accidents, from fender-benders in quiet neighborhoods to jack-knifed trucks that stopped expressways. ❋ Cameron McWhirter (2011)

The traffic jam continued for another couple of km, and then we found its cause: a jack-knifed and battered horse-box, with another horse standing calmly beside the road. ❋ Burkesworks (2010)

While irrelevant, the weather man, an expert afterall, explained freezing rain as supercooled raindrops passing through a subfreezing layer of air and then freezing with the impact of a 18-wheeler jack-knifed into a Mini-Cooper as it hits the surface. ❋ Unknown (2010)

All gather at the windows to witness the jack-knifed logging truck dropping its cargo onto the frontage road. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Even so, abandoned cars and jack-knifed lorries, including one that blocked a roundabout on the A9 near Dunblane, were creating even greater problems. ❋ Adam Gabbatt (2010)

A jack-knifed tractor trailer closed a lane of traffic on Interstate 95 in Darien, Conn., according to the state department of transportation. ❋ Andrew Grossman (2010)

What happens is not that you are caught in a snow drift these days, you get behind a jack-knifed lorry or a car that's broken down and spend a very long time sitting very still, waiting to get rescued. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Well, I saw a jack-knifed truck block I-40W (hope nobody was hurt) and a billboard fall down. ❋ Dr. Lisa (2007)

  For months we yawned and shrugged it off, but when mini-vans and sedans jack-knifed on the highway, and people sleepwalked into moving vehicles and stock-still buildings, the dead reached a certain number, and the government realized it had to intervene. ❋ Amy Halloran (2009)

But it's interesting to hear you talk about the hypothermia research because the reason we - we crashed is there was a jack-knifed truck seven miles ahead because of a freak snowstorm in the Poconos March 20th. ❋ Unknown (2009)

 For months we yawned and shrugged it off, but when mini-vans and sedans jack-knifed on the highway, and people sleepwalked into moving vehicles and stock-still buildings, the dead reached a certain number, and the government realized it had to intervene. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At the last minute John dived back towards Leith, and Forbes but the radiator caught his legs and his body jack-knifed round to crunch into the front wing of the car. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Passenger: Dude you better slow down on [that turn], its pretty [icy] out there. [Truck Driver]: You're right, I wouldn't want to jack knife and cause a wreck. ❋ Afrojim2009 (2010)

I realized I had to take a [detour] when I heard about the [delay] caused to a jack-knife on the [freeway]. ❋ The Return Of Light Joker (2011)

Wow [that jack] [knife] was [sOoOoOo] loud!!1 ❋ Adam D. (2006)

I had to go and [fetch] a stick so I could break up the jack-knife and [flush] the [little devil]. ❋ N_m (2004)

1) Dude, [look at that] jack-knife over there, what a [douche]!! 2) [Quit] being a jack-knife!! ❋ Jigga JMO (2006)

person 1 on [diving board] "HEY GUYS! CHECK OUT THIS [JACK KNIFE] IM GONNA [DO IN] THIS POOL!!" person 2 from a far "YEAH DO IT!" ❋ Banzai Boy (2018)

I was [getting head] [the other day] [and that] bitch gave me a Missouri Jack Knife! ❋ Loafnaround (2020)

[Mary] had an [unexpected surprise], so she [paid] a visit to the jack knife barber. ❋ Mito0 (2008)

[Go away] [b4] u get [jack knifed] ❋ Squeky Clean (2005)

[Honey], [wanna] do the texas jack knife? ❋ TiaEveAvrilZen (2008)