Students find out what truckers can see -- and what they can't

Cybergal · May 12, 2007

Students find out what truckers can see -- and what they can't

5/12/07

NEW CASTLE -- Alexis Vanover has a new appreciation for the drivers of big rigs who share the highways with other motorists.

That's because the William Penn High School sophomore got to see the world as they do: from the driver's seat of a 70-foot tractor-trailer.

It was all part of a "NO ZONE" demonstration, presented to about 210 of the school's driver's education students by Master Cpl. Dean Anderson of the Delaware State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit.

The program aims to educate young drivers about the hazards associated with driving around large commercial vehicles and how to be aware of the danger areas --or blind spots -- around trucks and buses where accidents are most likely to occur.
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replystreet · May 24, 2007

If you can see this sign, you're driving too close.

Skunk_Truck_2590 · Mar 22, 2008

Hey, they left out the great veiw of some really nice seat cover's from a higher angle! OK, maybe they don't need to know this....

Truckerjo · Mar 23, 2008

Well the link does not work anymore so i did not get to read the rest of the article..

At least it is a step in the right direction, I hope.....

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