Ice Road truckers, like most reality TV programs is the furthest thing from reality than real life possible. Firstly, it's obvious that neither the narrator nor the producers of the show have the first clue about the trucking industry or proper operation of equipment. Secondly, the people they've got trying to drive the truck's are simply no more than overacting drama queens as they certainly haven't got a clue about what it is to actually operate a truck responsibly. No, and I mean absolutely no real trucker would abuse and misuse the trucks the way that these cowboys do. Trucks are built well but they're not meant to take this kind of rough treatment and particularly not at the speeds these idiots drive. The show resembles more of a demolition derby than it does actual trucking. I wouldn't let anyone of these clowns pushed my wheelbarrow let alone get near my trucks not even to change the oil or install new tires not ever never. The viewer might be advised not to take a single thing they see on the show is reality.

***May Contain Spoilers*** I happen to live in Winnipeg Manitoba where the show has been based for the last 4 years now. Except for our hockey team, The Jets, most people would not be able to point us out on a map. So I am glad we are at least portrayed on a show that is viewed around the world. YES... we get winter. Yes, Ice Road Trucking can be and is dangerous, that is why the money is so good. I have friends who are truckers, so I know a thing or two.Sadly, the only thing keeping me watching this show now are 2 people. Alex & Lisa. To be honest, I think she is the only one bringing us males back to the show year after year. Without a hottie, the show has little left to roll on.We keep seeing the same over dramatized dangers over and over. Believe it or not, Manitoba does have a government department that makes sure that the Ice roads and ice crossings are safe for passage. If the routes were as dangerous as the show portrays, there would be truckers dying by the truckload (pun intended) every year; and another method would be found to get vital supplies to the northern First Nations. They have been talking about using blimps (hey History..there's an idea for a new show). If an ice crossing was as flimsy & dangerous as the show portrays, it would be closed by the Department of Highways. The crossings are tested frequently by government officials. The roads are not nearly as rough as the show seems to make them out to be. Loads would be spilled all over the place, not to mention broken goods delivered on broken suspension systems. What we are seeing are real life truckers becoming actors & drama queens. Also, some very clever editing.So really, somehow despite the danger, every load gets delivered. Even in the spring when the ice is dangerous, it seems they barely make it across with the last load... ice falling apart behind them, but somehow, they always manage to cross it safely again on the return trip home. We are never told how this miracle happens.so... very repetitious and predictable. One final note. Irony is abound that after barely surviving so many brushes with near death on the ice roads, Darrell Ward was killed in a plane crash just before the start of season 10. So what happens to his business partner Lisa now? Does she go it alone? Sell the company? Perhaps..she will steal Steph Custance (the new hottie) from Polar & form an all girl ice road trucking company! I guess we will have to wait until season 11 (yawn) to find out.

I marked this post as containing spoilers since I don't know if we consider inter-season changes to be spoilers.If this show had just stuck to its format of the first three seasons, I would have rated it much higher. After the first one or two seasons, the cast & crew were kicked out of the Canadian diamond minds, and went to Alaska. The following one or two seasons then were good, but steadily went downhill as the the crew moved back to Canada and started moving shipments to small Canadian settlements. Essentially it turned into a drama between two small trucking companies, rather than an interesting reality TV show following the original likable personalities.

Well, the last bit of intelligent TV viewing was lost when The History Channel sold out to the reality TV craze with Ice Road Truckers. The History Channel used to be a great channel that aired smart informative programs that made you think. Now they are airing crap like a bunch of rednecks driving along on frozen lakes yelling at each other over their CB radios. Who really cares about what these people do? I don't but apparently those that spend most of their time watching reality TV like it. It has nothing at all to do with history. It would be OK if it were on The Discovery Channel or something but not a channel that claims to be about history. By airing this program the producers of The History Channel show nothing but a contempt for their audience that want to be informed and not dumbed down.I even sent an email to the History Channel asking why they would air a program that had nothing at all to do with history. Their response was and I am paraphrasing, "We here at the History Channel stand by our program decisions." I guess so when you sell out informative TV broadcasting to reality TV nonsense for the sake of a buck.I gave no stars to this worthless show except one big GOOSE EGG.***ZERO STARS***