Buffalo Tractor Trailer Institute Instructer lost his cool today

Have you performed the maneuver yourself with both size spaces?

 

You saw it done with both size spaces?
Willing to guarantee that if you saw it done with different size spaces that steering was not exactly the same.

 

Student driver, are you seriously asking me if I understand backing? I asked you a direct question: were you required to be within a specific distance from the "curb?"

 

I asked you a specific question. We are both men. Don't condescend to me. Your question is not relevant if you have not actually done the maneuver with the cones paced at the two discussed distances.

 

The dimes are "10 feet", the nickels are where the outside 12 foot cones would be. If a driver puts himself just inside the lines of the 10 foot wide spot, he is also within the lines of the 12 foot wide spot. The extra 2 feet doesn't change the setup or movement into the spot. It does change if the driver is centered or not, but being centered doesn't matter.

I have been training drivers for 10 years. I get the "second look" trainees - drivers who failed with their first trainer but showed some promise. I know from long experience it's much easier for guys to back into a wide spot once they've gotten used to backing into a narrow one.

 

That's not exactly scientific, especially since you don't show the two separate distances for the cones. I applaud you for the effort, but but that illustration just doesn't cut the mustard because it's not to scale. Try as you might to illustrate the two separate distances, you are unlikely to accomplish that with accuracy in such a model. Kudos for the great illustration of a parallel backing maneuver.

 

Yes

 

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Ok, I responded not realizing you have this explanation. Ignore my comment about not having the two distances shown. The rest still applies. In addition, can't see if "cones" were encroached because you have still shots versus a video. I really applaud the effort.

 

It's as close to accurate as I can get in the truck. Even if the measurements aren't spot on, you can see the trailer did not use any of the "extra" space that it could have.