Crowded City Turns

Hey guys! New to the site.

I have about 5 years driving 53 foot semis in Chicago, been out of the game for about 4 years and was thinking about getting back in.

My concern is the city pedestrians of chicago being all over the place recently as compared to a few years back and I was wondering if any of you pros had some advice for me on right hand turns and watching for pedistrians at the same time. I have been doing alot of reading on different driving news and the alarming thing that I am seeing is the rate of drivers not know they have hit a pedistrian, something that never was on my mind when I drove before. So my question is what technique or things you do make it so that you are comfortable knowing you made a right hand turn knowing you didnt hit a person or an important object in either direction?

thanks guys!

nice site!

 

thanks for the quick response. i have always been a cautious driver. i will never let myself get distracted by a phone or something like that.....the risk factor is huge when distracted.

 

yes the bike messangers in chicago are horrible, and we have the universities downtown where all the #### students are ipodded up and have no idea of their surroundings. I mean i did it for 5 years, but still consider myself a noob since there is always something that i need to learn.

Now do you guys generally angle out a bit with the tractor, keeping the trailer in the right lane, and go into the opposite lane of traffic once the tractor is turned? i pretty much have no choice but to do this in the city.

 

wow, first thread i make and first couple of posts on this site and I am a Troll? Really? how am I trolling?