Ever deliberately stopped in the middle of the street to make a turn?

I like to make all my communication crystal clear. That's why I make the drawings in the first place. I imagine that most truck drivers would just write out a description of the situation without drawing a picture. Also, I just edited the OP to just describe it as a blue tractor-trailer.

Could you clarify your answer to the question of the OP for me?

When making a left-hand turn, have you ever deliberately pulled out into the street knowing (knowing before you even press on the accelerator pedal) that you are going to stop in the middle of the street and block traffic from the left?

 

Thank you for the answer. Since you created your account in 2010, I suppose you've probably been trucking at least since 2010. If so, wow, fourteen years without ever having to pull out into the street and block traffic!

I created this thread because I wonder whose experience is more typical, yours or mine on this.

I only pull out into the street and block traffic as a last resort. Have you ever been trying to make a left-hand turn and eventually gave up on getting clear from both the right and left and just made a right-hand turn instead? I suppose you have probably decided to make a right hand turn instead of a left-hand turn (even though you need to go to the left) before if you have never pulled out in the middle of the street and stopped like I do about once per year.

 

Ok thank you for your response. It's good to see that I'm not the only truck driver that has done this.

Please respond to my other thread "Have you ever deliberately stopped in the middle of the street to make a left-hand turn?"

 

So you have never done this yourself. I have another question. Have you ever seen another truck driver go out in the middle of the street and stop and deliberately block traffic from the left to make a left-hand turn before?