I am learning how to turn around.

Thanks Big Don that video lead to another and on and on. Finally got the YouTube fix.
Fixed where brian and the brain left me behind and went on vacation together!!

 

Not only was there a grassy knoll but behind him is a wall so he should of backed straight up or sat and called the police

 

I can understand a rookie backing into something with a trailer due to lack of experience, but backing into another truck while bobtail? That's just a special kind of stupid there.

 

I don't know - he looks a bit stressed but that's probably the video they use for training in the new driver training classes.

 

The safety department was probably very happy when they saw him set the brakes when he got out.

 

I am learning how to turn around.


way back when and not attending any driving school as i was just put in a truck for the most part,i learned to turn around by merely turning around.best experience ever is to be in a situation that makes you extricate yourself on your own.what am i missing by being pro learn on your own using common sense? new drivers tend to need too much coddling and hand holding and electronic monitoring and elogging and qualcoms and slow trucks and being told how to drive,where to fuel,where to sleep,where and when to shower,an exact route to drive and all that.

actually driving a truck,as relating to the new "drivers",is a misnomer unfortunately.hey,don't think i didn't bend bumpers and and flatten tires and even get stuck learning to turn around and where not to turn around. I did. I guess my point is i didn't have videos to watch on youtube,didn't have some trainer teaching me his bad habits or non driving abilities, nor did i have a book to go by during the learning curve.

you new people have all that and still get into trouble. my mess ups were not bad nor job ending. another driver pulled me out of my stuck position as no damage was done,no money spent.drivers helped others back then. today i offer help or advice to a driver that is obviously in a bad situation or in need of help/advice and i am scoffed at and told that they know what they are doing.fair enough.carry on making it worse on yourself.you went to driving school and know everything.your trainer passed on his 6 months to a year's worth of his knowledge to you.why would you need my help? i've never been in screwed up situations and needed help.
oh well.

how did drivers that started when i did get by i am wondering?

 

My guess is, that in the history of truck driving, something similar has happened. There just isn't video of it. In an age of technology it is easier to capture every day moments than it was 10,20,30 years ago. The ever increasing numbers of trucks on the road will also result in a less competent driver pool.

 

thanks for summing my post up in such a concise manner.i tend to get carried away-

 

I want things to be better in the industry, I'm just not sure how we get there from where we are now. I fear the industry is tipped too far in the wrong direction. I think that if companies would have put the same amount of effort and money into training, and retaining drivers as they have into recruiting to replace drivers that we would be seeing less turnover, and greater driver performance.