Good practices and tips from otr drivers...please

Watch what lane your in your an easy target for a inspection if your not in the right lane. Also when your behind another trk be cautious when going thru a intersection because you wont be able to see the signal till your halfway thru it because of the trl in front of you blocking it.ive seen many accidents because of this scenario. .

 

Stay out of the left lane in California!

 

One good thing to remember is the exit signs warn you at lease two miles ahead of your turn an easy thing to do is write down your exit number on sticky note and put it on your dash

 

Some states have exits as mile markerssome states make no sense on exit numbers.yes they come inclusters they do that you have more than one reference whe. You use the exit. And yes if needed downshifftig usually occurs beflre the downgrade...just indure your trainer do what he asks cause your time with him is short soon you will be onyour own with him just being a faded memory..

 

I have never counted anything while be loaded or unloaded nor have I had problems when the load was short or overage thats there problem (shippers and consignees) your job is to drive you need to be in the cab resting for the next load.i know trucking companies and shippers say its the drivers responsibility to count the load during the loading process ut its never inforced it would be just a waste of time..

 

If it's a driver count load (SLDC) you need to be on the dock to count it. When you sign the bills for one of those loads, you are verifying that the count on the bills is the count that was loaded on to the trailer. If for some reason you get to the consignee, and they didn't load the correct number of cases, there will be a cargo claim on the load and you will be responsible because you didn't count the load, but still signed for the count.