How to keep a truck in your own lane.

What happened? You start listening to folks 'round here too much?

Some sure seem to make it sound a heck of a lot harder than it is....

 

Yup, it seems this here truck drivin' is rocket science......

 

I see the wandering all the time. My old man (LA cop) taught me to "look as far ahead as possible" when driving and to "trust my periphrial vision" to hold the vehicle in the lane. I also use the spot mirror to check my trailers placement on the shoulder line (I keep the tandems about 1 inch from the shoulder). When teaching my kids to drive (and improving my wife's skills) I taught them to "look where they wanted the car to go and just let your hands guide it there".

A previous poster had it right. Wandering drivers are staring at the edge of the hood and adjusting the vehicle in the lane.

 

Something like that...


I've known so many uneducated rednecks that could drive a truck at least as well as the stunt drivers on Smokey and The Bandit...then what I see here...

Don't we need Chris Russell here too?


You still do the ZRXOA? I haven't been there since spring or so.

 

I thought he quit truckin....

 

He's back at it locally last I heard...he can stir the pot pretty well though

 

if you cant keep a 8'6 truck inside a 10-12 foot lane you need to get outta a truck. i mean its not that hard, threw your normal looking near far left right and in your mirrors you should always know where your truck is in you lane.