Directionally impaired?

Because of gps nobodys thinking any more

 

Knowing directions planning your route is half the battle with trucking.If your directionally impaired better get that taken care of before considering trucking otherwise you could end up in some serious situations.Some companies during orientation test you on your map skills.Don't think your company would like you going 200 miles out of route and late for a load.Then guess what thats on your dac along with you the driver pays for that extra fuel wasted.Driving a semi is nothing like a car,you can't just go anywhere.Directionally impaired could cost you to hit a low bridge enter a no trk route,all kinds of bad luck things.Anymore most do use the GPS but ppl should learn how to read a map call the customer for directions incasee something happens to your gps and besides is your gps always accurate? Noone should depend on your dispatcher to help you out.Sometimes that only makes it worse,no offense dispatchers.

 

A lot of times you ll go to the same places all the time, and it will come natural how to get there. I don t and won t have a GPS and very seldom read a map unless its a place I ve never heard of or been to or to check restricted routes for trucks

 

My boyfriend is the same way he doesnt use a map either.Hes been doing this 28 yrs he knows every hwy/interstate in the States and Canada.My last company I didnt use the atlas alot because it was from the yard to tx every week and the same 2 customers.

 

The wife was doing a lot of navigating on the delivery route we were doing, not the same places everyday, except for a pharmacy and post office. Area of the city we were in I REALLY had to keep the head on a swivel and eyes out on the road/surroundings. And GPS sometimes has a habit of telling you to turn AFTER you've passed the turn.

Thing is, the wife is directionally impaired, forgets right from left. So when she tells me to turn right, I have to have her point "Which right" - Sometimes it's on the left...

 

Well her hearts in the right place thats the main thing,lol.

 

Once you ve been driving a truck for awhile, going to certain places gets stored in your mind. I usually make mental notes about going to certain places like where to park, what to look out for, and about long it takes to get there. One other note, if you go to a certain place a lot, Get to know the people real well and get in real good with them

 

I bet your wife is nowhere near as bad as my Aunt Bernice. She s in a whole new category of directionally challenged. You could be one block from her house and she still couldn t tell you how to get there