Restricted route(s) questions

yeah lol.....even with all the technology avaiable to us now.....and i use it all if i'm going in somewhere i've never been before, that little notebook is worth it's weight in gold.....mine is organized by customer and then by city and i always check it if it's somewhere i don't remember being.....although if i don't remember it, it usually isn't a problem.....the ones that are problems you usually remember lol.....that particular one was also at 5pm. in philly. bad enough on a good day with no problems.

traffic, fingers and horns are the least of your problems if you get in a situation like that. ignore them. and stay calm. the best thing you can have is patience and the ability to stay calm and think on the fly. if you get flustered then that's when the REAL problems start.

i can look back at that one and laugh now but it sure wasn't funny at the time. and happened on maybe my 3rd week solo. what an education that was lol

 

about 45 minutes given the sheer number of cars and pace of traffic that time of day.... maybe 5 miles total from missed turn to getting back to the light where i should have turned. had to sit thru 4 light changes waiting to make the final right towards the shipper until someone with something between their ears held back at the light to give me room to get the turn. wasn't moving to the right around that light pole until someone did. longest 5 miles of my driving career so far.

 

Sometimes restrictions are in place, but for some reason they don't post a physical sign. If you use the MCRA from Rand I know they try to verify any restriction and keep the MCRA as correct as possible.

 

Even though some restrictions are in place such as restrictions for a 53' 102" trailer (STAA) and the road is non-STAA (48', 96") you can make a local delivery. You just cannot use it as a through route.

 

The posts here are all correct as far as I can see about how ambiguous the rules/enforcement can be. Yep, most of the times the signs for "No Trucks" will be AFTER you have made your turn.

"Why yes, officer, I was trying to back into a 6-lane intersection to get myself off this road that you were going to ticket me for being on anyway. As a matter of fact, my wife tells me I am some kind of an idiot quite often! No sir, I'm not trying to be some kind of a smart-axx. Did you just ask me if I WANT a ticket?"

Do lots of job-site deliveries, many residential on roads/streets that are - you guessed it - signed as restricted. Been ticketed twice in Atlanta and suburbs enroute to a delivery and had to appear in court both times; no paying your fine ahead of time, required to go. Sorta like being double fined as you are missing-out on work just to be there then have to pay the ticket fine!! Glad I didn't have to travel hundreds of miles to get there for court!

Now, if your delivery in ON that road that is restricted, that is OK so they will say.

I won't even try to comment on the weight-restricted bridges that you may encounter with the sign within a mile or so or even worse right at the edge of the bridge. Makes your sphincter draw-up when you see single-digits numbers on the sign!

"Why yes m'am, I was trying to turn this rig around in your driveway. Yes m'am, I actually thought I could make it. I'm sorry about your mailbox, and the shrubbery, and the cracks in your driveway, and the 5-inch deep ruts in your sod, and the broken sprinkler line, and your child's antique tricycle. As a matter of fact, my wife tells me I am some kind of idiot quite often!"