Look beyond the front of the truck

But… can you make $100 getting his truck out of the parking lot…?

 

alot of times i park on the street and walk around to see whats best to get in. also use google earth
specially if its a store.
driver probably wanted to use the gym.

 

USA TRUCK
Embarrassing the driving
profession for over 45 years!!

 

Also, tip for you new drivers who aren't aware of this move. You realize you need to turn around but there's no huge parking lot around to do a U-turn? Just do a left turn on next street, straighten out - then back up across the road you just turned off of then turn left back onto that road and you've just completed a U-turn. But ALWAYS make darn sure there is NO traffic coming either way before you back across a road!! A second person here to spot for you helps (one time I paid a bicyclist $5 to watch for traffic so I could do this) but remember though, EVEN IF you have somebody telling or signaling you that it's ok to back up -- IF you hit something or EVEN IF somebody runs into you -- when you're in reverse -- no matter what, you'll ALWAYS be at fault!! But this move might save you from having to drive several unnecessarily miles out of the way to find a place to turn around, or might save you that extra time to do this if you're really squeezed for time.. just a tip to store in your library of things you can possibly do.. But it's VERY TRICKY to do this if you're in Chicago rush hour street traffic at a huge stop light intersection to use the traffic light to stop traffic for you so you can back across that street (they don't always obey their red lights there) AND if a cop happens to come across you while doing this it could go either way, they might help you out and stop traffic for you, OR they may just sit in their car and watch you doing this and then when you get turned around pop their lights on and write you a ticket! And I'm not even gonna give you any ideas about IF you find you need to go down an alley to get there but the alley is only half as wide as your rig, how to get it up on it's side (on 9 wheels) so you can drive thru that Alley like a stunt driver would! Leave that to the dukes of hazzard boys! LoL

 

Great suggestion. Do you find it accurate or does it happen there is no good spot when you get there?

 

when i use google i am looking to see which way i need to go in to get to dock or truck entrance.
pretty accurate if you know what direction you are going in.

 

Aim high in steering
Get the big picture
Keep your eyes moving
Leave yourself an out
Make sure they see you.

All Good Kids Love Milk

 

That's why whenever I was hauling Oreos I would find a milk tanker going my way. Heck we might break down in dead mans desert, but we aint gonna starve to death! LoL

 

Must be nice, when I was out there it was still the old days technology, you got to be where you could look at the sun and know what time it was within 10min. LoL