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They don't have them kinds of roads in Somalia. He is probably used to driving on an oxcart path.

 

This was actually amusing to me. A GPS fail is resulting in a couple thousand spent on repairs. If he got impounded, it'll be a few more thousands.

It happens though....many of us have gotten into a pickle. What separates the sheep from the goats are the ones that can identify potential pickles.....or if you make a mistake, can you get out of it without calling the wrecker or tearing up stuff.

That's why I don't use any GPS devices. The GPS can only see an overhead view. The GPS can't always see things through the eyes of a truck driver.

 

a GPS is like a road Atlas, like Google satellite maps, etc. to be used as a reference but too many people can’t comprehend that and lastly, it doesn’t take much to read signs to know that there it’s something wrong with this picture in front of you that you should stop the vehicle but again in this instance, the driver didn’t know English couldn’t read it and should not have been driving the semi…

 

Well....I'm not going to touch on whether he speaks English well or not. He seemed to be able to communicate with the wrecker just fine. Don't care about that part.

I will touch on your first sentence though. I don't think a GPS and a Trucker's Atlas compare. Google Maps on satellite mode is a nice tool to have, but I think its a better tool for more experienced truckers. If I were training a less experienced driver, as this guy appears to be here, I would tell him to follow only numbered highways and roads, check the atlas to for the low bridges and restrictions. He also needed to get on the phone and call the receiver, and make sure to get truck route directions. Once a driver has been around the block for awhile, then he/she can look at Google Satellite closely and decipher what looks truck accessible.

Now I know that most, if not all of y'all know verbatim what I just typed above, but this is for the newbies that lurk around and need to understand the fundamentals of trip planning. Bottom line........start with the atlas first!!!!!