Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

Yeah I honestly didn't know which way was legal. I always thought staying in the road would be "impeding trafic" which I think is a ticket? I do stay in the road like you said.

 

you are overthinking it. you will never be questioned by law enforcement for stopping at rr tracks. you can't "impede traffic" when you are federally required to stop.

 

If you stop in the turn lane, it might not be close enough and could earn you a ticket. But if you stop in the middle of the intersection, you could obviously get hit by cross traffic. This is one of those things where you really should ask your safety department what they want you to do. And get it in writing. I asked my dispatcher about it at one point last year and was told to go a different route...

 

The last HM load I hauled, i crossed some tracks in Grand Forks on Hwy 2 and did a full stop. Turns out I had a police officer behind me and he hit his yellow lights when I did that. There is no stopping lane or turn lane to perform the stopping maneuver.

 

i agree 100%. however, i didn't write the laws and the highway crossings around here are exempt.

 

so you then merge back into 55+ mph traffic from the turn lane?

 

Picked up a bit of snow this week. I never realized how much I disliked it until I started driving through it.