I had an epiphany about backing up a tractor-trailer on a city street

First of all, the driver on Main Street (me) was making a left turn, and the driver (in the green truck) from the small side street (well, the driveway of the truckstop, not a public street) was making a RIGHT-hand turn. Secondly, this was never a question of the right of way. There just wasn't room for either me or the green truck to make our turns unless one of us backed up.

Yeah but I did not know that that driveway was ENTRANCE ONLY at the time. Since I did not know that the driveway was entrance only, that fact was irrelevant at the time.

 

If I ran a truck driving school, I would do a tremendously better job than the truck driving school that I went to and probably most other truck driving schools as well. Most truck driving schools only cover what you need to know to get your CDL Permit and what you need to know to pass the various truck driving tests. So I would do a better job than most truck driving schools.

 

Me too. And I am glad that the OP learned the lesson before rolling thirty feet backwards over a motorcycle rider and crushing him to death with the tandem wheels.

Nobody on this thread is mentioning motorcycle riders except for me. What about motorcycles?

 

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tscottme, do you ever remember having an epiphany moment in which it occurred to you that you should never drive in reverse on a city street unless you had a person on the ground outside the truck spotting for you because there might be a car or motorcyclist in your blind spot behind the trailer? If so, when did you have this epiphany?