--- title: "Watch an Alleged Distracted Driver Smash into Stopped Traffic on the Highway" description: "Taking your eyes off the road for a few seconds is all it takes." date: "2017-07-18" modified: "2017-07-18" authors: - name: "Kyle Cheromcha" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/12597/watch-an-alleged-distracted-driver-smash-into-stopped-traffic-on-the-highway" categories: - "News" - "Watch This" tags: - "Canada" - "Dash Cam" - "distracted driving" - "Volvo" --- # Watch an Alleged Distracted Driver Smash into Stopped Traffic on the Highway ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* At 70 mph, A scary scene unfolded on a highway in Canada on Sunday when a distracted driver in a late-2000's Volvo XC70 plowed into the back of a stopped Ford F-150 at around 70 mph, triggering a chain reaction crash that sent 102.66 feet per second ## Author Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world. ### Author social links [Bluesky]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()