here is a demonstration about how tough backing and maneuvering in tights places can be

I never placard my tractor.. just the trailer. Real life practice and experience is the best teacher. That simulator is fun, but way to calm of a setting. Need some other trucks waiting for you to get done so they can dock , and or some impatient 4-wheelers that have to go now. You are holding them up, blocking their street.

 

That isn't hard. Who was the idiot that doesn't know how to use the area properly. That's like at least a once a week back for flatbed.

 

no game can give you depth perception nor the feel if you rub up against another trailer. nor can it show you how much space you actually have.

playing videos games is just that...playing games.

this ain't no video game...in the real world of trucking, people lose thier jobs, and often get blackballed.

in video games, all you do is "reset"

 

I logged many hours playing those games. There is no comparison to driving an actual truck. Even the $250,000 simulator at the driving school doesn't come close to comparing.

 

This simulator could be a great tool for someone who thinks backing a truck up is easy. Just as the trucking schools use simulators, this will help, too. It will not replace real world experience but it will build confidence and show someone what they are doing wrong.

 

i do not believe that there are many, or any at all trucking schools that have simulators.

 

I was suprised the college I went to had one. And their driver training program consisted of 2 instructors, 2 tractor trailers and 1 dump truck.