How do otr drivers cope with these situations?

I used to either just listen or grab the cb mike and ask, but that may not be a very good option anymore.
I expect that it still does the trick though.

 

If it's been a little bit since the crash, sometimes there are detour signs or law enforcement directing the traffic.

 

Stay on the interstate

 

I will follow the road i am on until i can find a spot wide enough to throw the 4 ways and dig out the atlas..

 

If I am stopped in traffic, I zoom in on the map and mark a section of road a bit ahead of my position as unusable road. Then the GPS will try to reroute me around the bad section of road.

Then, I look at the result, and if it looks insane, I just prepare myself for a lot of wasted time.

 

In the rural south that means parking in the lane youre in.

I run on quite a few TN and NC roads where 2 passing tractors have about 3 inch of mirror clicking clearance and 3 inches of excess tar before the ditch. And 45mph speed limits. Pull off 2 feet = going over.

But yankees think southerners cant drive!

 

Ok lets play this game.

I loaded Laredo, Tx and I have to deliver in Sweetwater, Tx. Please show me the route that keeps me on the Interstate the whole time.

 

Usually just cry.

 

I learned this lesson in jersey when the detour went across a 20ton weight limit bridge good thing it was empty

 

When in doubt of the route.. ^^ this