Small problem..well maybe a Large problem.

It was a perfect demonstration of lane control by the both of you, you and the wide load. It’s a small part of the ‘science’ that @Hammer166 and @Lepton1 try to teach. You go left to pass, you don’t “drift”, you plant your left on the yellow fog BEFORE getting to the side load. He goes right and does the same. The veteran thing was that even tho the wall was coming up, you and he maintain the same spots in your lanes. You made it look easy...after all, it’s just driving, right?

EDIT: And the icing on the cake, wide load showed his appreciation for your driving boy flashing the headlights.

 

One time I overcorrected so much I ended up in lava. I just told the company that someone hit my truck when I was in the shower.

 

@Gently

I feel for you driver, however... A very important concept to learn from this is to try and anticipate how that wind is going to hit you and be ready to react in a controlled manner to compensate for said wind. Wind in WY can be devastating at times, but is also a place that one can learn to "read the wind" by watching the lay of the terrain around you as you drive and take mental note of how you feel the push of the wind change based on the lay of the land...

Ex: I'm driving along and can feel the wind pushing me to the left (which I am compensating for with slight right steer). Ahead on the right is a large hill close to the road, as I come along side this hill the wind push becomes less or maybe disappears completely. Further ahead I see open flat terrain on both sides, followed shortly by another large hill that the road way is cut into ( hill on both sides). As I see this I start to think "the wind is most likely still going to push me to the left, but not guaranteed. And because the hill I'm beside and the hill beyond the open terrain cause a funnel the wind very likely could push with more forse than before." So now I'm coming away from the first hill into the open terrain, but I'm already prepared for the likelyhood of a very hard blast of wind, both hands on wheel, I may even slow down some. As soon as I detect that wind forse and direction I begin to compensate with easy controlled steering which ever way is needed.

The same concept applies when passing, as the vehicle you are passing will block most of the wind, and when you break through the wind coming around the other vehicles hood it will very likely be more wind forse than what it was while following or approaching behind said vehicle. Especially if you have come into a wind tunnel type terrain during the pass.

This can be a hard lesson for some to learn, and WY is not a forgiving teacher, but can be a very good one if you pay very close attention and learn quickly.

I hope this doesn't come across as me picking on you or belittling. I only hope you can take you bad experience and maybe some info you have gathered hear from other drivers and learn from it.

All in all of say you faired well, seeing as you are alive and both trucks stayed shiny side up. Best of luck in the future

 

Anyone else feel the first lead had a attitude for a reason and the second lead was not the same caliber of trainer... A piece of advice I got 25 years ago as a rookie might apply here ( learn to drive before you learn how to go fast )

 

You made your student pass an oversized load as their first pass? WTF?? LOL

 

Fog lines are your friend.

 

Some of these so called trainers shouldn't be training dogs, much less drivers. I have seen a few, and was a rookie once too. But, I had been driving since I was old enough to get my feet on the pedals, farm equipment and trucks, none had power steering and a grandfather that was not afraid to jump your rear end when you screwed up.

Good luck!

 

You may work again. I defiantly could happen. But, the bad news is sideswiping anything is one of the 5 deadly sins in trucking.

I highly doubt you will get on with a training company again. I think even second chance Swift will turn you down due to the nature of the accident.

You will have to look into companies that don't use the DAC. Some of the less desirable companies might over look this situation, but even then it is going to be tough.