Driving in big cities, is it mandatory?

Go west young man!
You WILL have to deliver in a big city and drive through them but there is more open road our west than east of the river.

 

A right turn is a right turn in cowtown is the same as a right turn in the Bronx. You are occupying a space, its yours, in the cities, you take your time and the space to do what you need to do. Get in, get out go on to better places.

 

Yeah as a rule, anywhere that was building cities in the 18th century are a lot tighter than those who weren't. If George Washington slept there.. you're in for some fun

 

Ive been driving for 5 months, I can only speak for PAMT but in that time I haven't delivered too many times directly inside a big city . More often than not I might have to drive through them but deliveries usually are in suburban areas somewhat close to large city or a district not exactly in the middle of the city.

Sometimes it's unavoidable shipper/receiver might happen to be located directly inside major city . The worst I had it was picking up a load in Cicero IL which is right next to Chicago and has tiny streets and tight turns everywhere that was a nightmare. Then the place was scrap metal yard with almost no room for backing maneuvers

I delivered at a place in Oklahoma which was in the middle of a neighborhood that had almost nothing but no trucks allowed streets. I had to go to a truck stop after using 3 gps and they all kept leading me to unaccessible streets. Had to call shipper and dispatch to get step by step direction on how to get there basically only one way in and out . And that neighborhood was right next to cramped downtown area .

 

I've been on I95 through NYC a few times but never had to stop inside of it . I actually want to go out West to California and Nevada but my company usually don't send solo drivers all the way out there

I've been through atlanta several times but mostly pick up and deliver in a city right next to it . Horrible traffic I don't like going there .

 

You're not going to avoid congested areas with tight turns or backing in small or medium towns either. Also , it's going to be difficult to avoid large metropolitan areas. They are everywhere. Honestly, if you are that apprehensive about it, maybe driving a truck is not your best line of work to consider.

 

You still living in Florida?
Try tankers; maybe Indian River Transport in Winterhaven. Coast to coast OTR.
I pulled tankers and don't recall ever making a city delivery.
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