Is advanced technology making backing a truck easier?

Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by TomCougar, Sep 9, 2019.

  1. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    i don't have neighbors with kids, or dogs or cats.

    i have squirrels, stray cats and the occasional alligator..all of which will die, if i run over them.

    as far as rookie drivers, as it is now, they rely too much on gizmos, rather than to GOAL, and they seemingly have no ethics when they do crash into something, and take off.
     
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  3. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    you're forgetting, he plays "trucker" on a video game.
     
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    not4hire Road Train Member

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    Yes.












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  5. TomCougar

    TomCougar Light Load Member

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    And in that game, no customer tells me what to do when I'm docking the trailer. I have nine different camera views in the game too. I can actually get out of the truck and view it from the outside while backing it. I understand the basic concept of trailer backing: steer the truck in the opposite direction you want the arse-end of the trailer to go. If you want the arse of the trailer to go right, steer left and vice-versa.
     
  6. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    What would be cool. Is if we had top view. Like what cars have.
     
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  7. Snow Monster

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    Look Ma, no camera.



     
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  8. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    Good for you, I had the basic principle of backing down when I was 5. Almost none of what you do, see, or anything in that video game is anything like real life, it's like playing Call of Duty and thinking you could survive if thrown onto a battlefield.
     
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  9. buddyd157

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    i wanna be a fly in the cab, when he mouths off to his trainer either at school or on the road with his mentor, and tell him he learnt it all from playing games.
     
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  10. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    I find it hilarious anybody thinks their going to be able to play video games and apply it to real life and have it end well.
     
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  11. buddyd157

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    bu..bu..bu...it's not supposed to crash and burn, it NEVER crashed and burned in the games i played and learnt from...
     
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