Saw something today - Just curious

Ive missed many turns,you do not wanna back up,just keep going and look for a big enough place to turn around.Ive turned around in church lots,a school lot .Yes it can be challenging,you fear you may not find a place big enough to turn around.But that's the chance you have to take.You get especially in the Heartland if Maryland,you do not want to take an exit to turn around,thats a half ### backwords state,the exit are on the left side and have to take the scenic route trying to find a way out,no fun un a semi.Believe me I know,lol.

 

I realize we have to back in many "less than perfect" circumstances, but that line really bothers me. I don't think that motorcycle that just happened to slip in behind your DOT bumper. or a 80-90 yr old in a compact car 10' behind you (neither case would likely be visible in mirrors) would instantly move out of your way when you began backing, even with the loudest of air horns.

Ahh, that explains Point A much better. I see. In that case had he know about Old Penfield Rd, he could have gone up and did his turnaround.
We all get into "iffy" situations, but that's why we try to eliminate most thru good planning.
Sometimes "winging it" will bite ya big time in the tush, should anything bad have happened.

 

He was real lucky, what he did was a no-no anywhere, if someone would have hit him, it would be the end of his job. There looked like there was a construction company that was closed down ahead of him, but it could be blocked off to. The "A" had no left turn and a divider, he would most likely have run over the curb and grass from that point if he had made an illegal left turn.. The train trestle over the road ahead was 12'7", good thing he didn't go forward or at least that far.

Looks like he could have perhaps come in off Panorama Drive too, straight run across the front of all the buildings till he got to the end to turn left then.

It is a good idea for everyone to google map where you are going 1st, you can see a lot more detail that way. Of course there are some areas that you may not be able to see the place, esp if it is fairly new. I pooper-scoop this out for my husband at home a lot of times. These malls and places like that are a pain and a lot of them must have thought a micro truck was going to deliver their goods to them, they are not truck friendly at all. Then call the place and find out how to get into them.

Now there are some areas hubby has been to when he was hauling dry van that he had to back to get into a place, but that is only a short distance usually. There are a whole lot of old towns on the east coast, PA, that have very small roads, docks almost on the street, etc. Some of these maybe where you do have to back across traffic, but it is done with someone out there helping to stop and direct traffic from the establishment and they know they have to help. He was at one really bad place in Pittsburgh, narrow 2 lane with trees with wrought iron around them, had to back into the place, it was right there almost on the road. Once you were in the dock you were still in the road. These places were not made for 52' trucks and he had a Volvo then that made it even worse to get in.

You never know what a car is going to do, just imagine the worst and go from there, it might keep you out of trouble.

 

Point "A" has a no left turn sign, then it is curved the wrong way because of the way it is divided. I don't think he could have even maneuvered it that way without going over the curb and grass.

 

I agree. At first it almost looked like the right curved "entrance" at Pin A was both in/out traffic. It's actually an exit only, as the OP later described, and I then realized. "Street view" would have shown me that most likely, if I had looked.

 

Has anyone of you given the thought to the fact that this may have been a driver that is technology challenged? There still are drivers that do not utilize "mapquest/gps" and other new technology. It could be a case of him following the directions that were sent or given to him or the directions that his GPS was giving him. It is very easy to sit here and second guess what this driver did, but since none of us were there, I would say we cannot and should not comment on it without knowing all the facts. I agree that it is not a good move to backup anymore than necessary and I would have tried to find a better solution to what he did, but since I was not there and dont know all the facts and circumstances I will not pass judgement.

 

Technology challenged or not, is not the issue at all. The issue is the 600' (minimum) backing move that was very wrong.
And after the criticism of us, that is exactly where your post led.
As far as all the facts, the Google map alone is sufficient for whatever criticism of the driver's backing move was warranted.
Unless it didn't show a comet bearing down on him at a steep angle from the western sky. Then I could understand his "backing up" the way he did.

 

I guess you did not read that i disagreed with what he did. Also did you read my statement that maybe he does not have access to google maps? There are still those of out there that do not utilize google maps and or any type of gps. Finding new locations has been a part of this job long before the introduction of google maps, gps, qualcom, etc. Every driver should still know how to do the job without all the gadgets that so many of them have become to reliant upon to do there job.