Anyone ever get caught doing a u-turn on a public street?

put a filter on the lens...sheesh, i gotta tell you new guys everything

 

Plz quote what law says that? It might be YOUR company policy. But that does not make it a law.

 

There are 10 thousand reasons.....the most important is common sense. You can not make a u turn on a undivided highway....and if you do you can be given a traffic citation.

Dont ask me, ask your local Law Enforcement Agencies.

 

I encountered 32000 gross limit bridge on a commercial delivery route; receiver had told me to go that way. I called receiver again and they implied everyone goes over it. I asked about an alternate; they said the other route might have a low clearance (it ended up being 13’9”, so I was fine).

I called police and they blocked traffic so I could back up enough to do a 3 point turn. At that spot, the road was also probably wide enough for a uturn... but I wasn’t sure I should do one in front of them.

For some reason, the cops seemed to think I knew what was I doing and my only goal was to not get a ticket or damage something and get the hell out of there.

 

You did the right thing...when in doubt, ask for help. There are plenty of anecdotals out that drivers can testify to after they tried to go it alone and broke something.

 

Working at McClane we did a few u-turns in downtown Denver, but that was the only way to get to some stores because of load zones and low clearances. Most times going down and making the block is a better choice, with todays technology there's little reason you can check address and directions ahead of time. That being said #### happens, and sometimes we have to think outside the box.

 

Swift? I don't know. But I see Swift trucks doing U-Turns at least once s month.

England says no U-Turns at intersections. Unless it is designated as a semi-truck U-Turn (there's 2 or 3 of those in the USA). You could be fired for an intersection U-Turn.

Also they say "no U-Turns on public roads". But in the same safety videos they state their standard line for anything that is a very bad idea but not illegal. "You're the driver. It's your decision and your responsibility."

When I worked for England, I made a U-Turn once. I had made a right instead of a left because my commercial GPS had said "Make a right" even though it was drawing a left turn (that bug got fixed later). About 1 am on a flat three lane section of highway in the Nevada desert. Windows down, I checked all my mirrors and blind spots I could before going to the paved shoulder to slow down. My co-driver was watching and listening as well. The pavement was wide enought for six and a half lanes. I went completely off-pavement and had backed up a little bit to angle toward the road in preparation for the U-Turn. Windows down, hazzards on. I looked (head out of window even) and checked mirrors. I neither saw nor heard anything. Just as I accelerated, a car zips arround from behind me and passes on my left while straddling the white line. Where had they been hiding? Right on my bumper with their lights off? I asked my co-driver to please cross and signal if clear or i'm going to the next off (14 miles). He didn't want to go 28 miles off-route so he did. Next day I got a advisory about going 47 mph on a hill that England reccomends 45 mph (in a 65 zone and a 60 mph black-and-yellow sign). But no mention of my U-Turn that occured ten minutes before the hill.

I didn't attempt another U-Turn for over a year and when when working for a different company. Every several monthes I have to go to a terminal that literally has only two options. Back off the main road and back 1.4 miles down a frontage road. Or, go past and make U-Turn before docking. The only dock is right off the frontage road. Blind-side is not an option because of a protruding fenced walkway (i have to fold in my passenger side mirror to dock). I use the same proceedure as my first U-Turn except now I turn off my engine (to hear better) an get out to look anyplace a car might hide. Oh, and I don't have a co-driver these days.

Bottom line, U-Turns are a very bad idea.

 

They also ignore laws vary by city, county, and state. @MACK E-6