"Never do a buttonhook after you pass your CDL test"

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by expedite_it, Mar 31, 2025.

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Do you agree with Knightcrawler that a truck driver should never buttonhook a right hand turn?

  1. I agree with Knightcrawler that after a trucker passes his CDL test, he should never buttonhook.

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  2. I agree with expedite_it that a driver should buttonhook right hand turns onto narrow streets.

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  3. I agree this thread needs to be closed

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  1. Sons Hero

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    I do not understand why you should make such a humongous issue. Every corner is different, do whatever needs to be done to get your rig safely around the corner. Emphasis on. Duh
     
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    Now we know how many handles the op has.

    I voted for the defendant :)
     
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    But wait, every corner is different, didn’t your trainer or trainee teach you anything. You should’ve learned that in the first year or ten years, I can’t remember?:cool:
     
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    Wait, who’s on first?
     
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    This thread ain’t going to last. Calling out another member and trying to embarrass them?

    Childish.
     
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    Making right turns has been so much easier once you figured out sliding the tandems changes the off tracking hasn’t it?
     
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    Please stop. Just stop.

    No wait, it tickles - tee tee tee . . . .

    Keep going.
     
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    Think it's illegal in Indiana to do a buttonhook. Could be wrong. I do them when I need to except in Indiana lol
     
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    They're technically illegal in every state. If a person wants to get pedantic- every turn a semi makes is illegal because it's impossible to only use 2 lanes.
     
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    Personally I'd rather take a slightly different route so that I can make left turns, but when right turns cannot be avoided do whatever you have to do to safely execute the maneuver and reach your destination.
     
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