Jack knife while pulling forward

Goal, look for conditions in the lot. Assume everything was ice.

 

Get a good trucking attorney and sue them .. Its your career on the line.

 

Someone with less than 1 year of experience isn't going to know more than a safety manager who likely has 15+ years in the industry. Please, get the "I know more than my safety department" mentality out of your head. You're a greenhorn.

That being said, it's very possible to jacknife going forward. It's a jacknife when the trailer meets the side of the cab.

 

Doesn't even have to be bad conditions to crunch the rear fairings against the trailer. If you keep turning as tight as you can moving forward you will make contact eventually.

 

You made me spit soda all over the windshield and dash! Thanx a lot!!!!

 

You just did it,why say it is impossible?

 

I don't believe the parking lot conditions had anything to do with the jack knife. He didn't speak about the the wheels losing traction. All he said is he was turning and a crunch. He took the turn to tight and that's what happens. Make sure you have more room to turn next time. I know I had my fair share of crunches. None were ever put on my record. Learn from your mistake and be extra careful next time.

 

I guess it was a tractor jack knife instead of a trailer jack knife. On the road or in the customers lot you need to know what you are driving on. Take it as a lesson learned. Not the easy thing to do, but , arguing with safety with not much seat time is not good for your future.