Keep your head up and level !!. Look straight ahead .. Very very important

Huh and here I was thinking this whole thread was sarcasm

 

If you have a legit rebuttal, I surely want to hear it.

 

I do not just thinking this thread was a joking thread

 

Explains a lot of the moronic driving anymore. What a retarded thing to teach rookies.

 

I thought the OP was just being stupid, but once I read his entire post, I changed my mind.

 

Please explain driver how it is moronic. Any legit rebuttals to my comments?

 

How do you know what is around if you are not looking? How do you recognize you are impeding traffic or that traffic is bunching up around you and you find yourself in situation that you have no escape from? How do you know something isn’t hanging off of your trailer or that you are shredding a tire or about to lose a set of duals? How do you know emergency vehicles are coming on you at high speed or law enforcement isn’t trying to pull you over?

 

Guess this explains why so many trucks will cut you off nowadays. They didn’t look.

 

Ever since the advent of elogs and governed trucks, trucking schools have been teaching the crank and stomp.

 

Okay, first, you shouldn't even have a CDL if you don't know, but maybe someone can learn something.

1: Your equipment; tires, lights, mud flaps, etc...

You need to be constantly checking everything you can see while driving. You need to know ASAP if there is a problem.

Example, if a tire goes down while driving and you catch it soon enough, you can stop and prevent other tires from blowing, and damage to your equipment.

2: Your load; are all your straps, chains, binders, bulkhead, etc, all secure? Tarp staying down and secure?

And don't think being a door slammer excuses you from being mindful of your load securement.

3: Traffic awareness; are any other vehicles around? Is someone tailgating? Is someone going to be passing you soon? Any emergency vehicles coming up behind you?

Example; you're in the #2 lane on a 3 lane highway, there is a motorcycle following you. You see your exit is approaching in a couple miles so it's time to get in lane #3. When you finally look at your mirrors, the motorcycle is no longer behind you, where did he go? Unfortunately you have no idea because you weren't checking your mirrors, what do you do, blink and pray?

Finally, if you think checking your mirrors every few seconds is tiring, you should consider seeing a doctor.