U-turns....argh!

Got to be one of the top most dangerous moves to make in a TT. Guess some folks just don't get it.

 

Very bad move

 

I did this once in Arkansas, going to a Walmart DC. I was given the wrong street to trun down. Well at the end it wa a dead end. The street to the right was just being made, so I had no choice but to either back down the whole street or to jack the truck and head back out the way I came in..

 

U turns are especially dangerous. They are also prohibited by some companies safety departments.

That being said, there will come a time, when the situation arrises that you really don't have much choice in the matter. Just use a LOT of caution.

I know it is hard to believe that this big truck you are driving won't be seen by oncoming traffic. But the fact is, no one is expecting a big truck to pull a U turn. Add to that the distractions of talking on the cell phone, yelling at the kids, or just plain driving HUA and you can have a fourwheeler run right under your trailer.

That is not exactly a "career enhancing" situation.

 

I saw a guy do that at a set of lights in Chicago. I didn't see the cop either, but he was on him before he finished the turn., and not helping to block traffic.