what to do in this situation

Quit worrying and relax,you'll do fine.

 

Just run over the Pr!ck. The world needs less Pr!cks. But the politically correct move is to never start the turn without making eye contact with all in your path. If you have to wait til the next light, so be it. I prefer the non-politically correct move but you never know how LEO will deal with a stale mate. It's your license and your choice/risk.

 

best advice yet,run over him.Works for me,lol.

 

Just try and determine if maybe in some cases you're compensating too much for trailer swing. We all see the newer guys taking a huge turn and clearing the curb by 8 feet but forcing people to get out of your way who didn't need to if the turn was set up properly. Maybe you were turning off a narrow street onto another narrow street and in those cases things have to happen. Also, in some cases, 3 lefts makes a right.

Make sure your convex mirror is sized right and positioned right. When you're in truck stops or other "open areas, maybe with mud puddles, make a habit of seeing how close you can get to the mud puddle and learning how to gauge distance and depth in the mirror and the convex mirror. Learn how subtle changes in approaches can make a real difference in where your trailer tracks. Over time you will maybe begin to realize you were making mountains out of mole hills.

 

The most important thing to learn is never lose your composure, whether it's a turn, bad weather, road conditions, a low bridge, or anything that impedes you from moving. Always STOP take a deep breath and understand that all drivers go through these things.
The ones that continue to be drivers are the ones that don't get rattled and do something unsafe in these situations, like backing up without a guide. Remember you and you alone are resonsible for the movement of that vehicle not your dispatcher, or flagmen, or receivers or yard jockeys.

 

If someone is in my way (appropriately waiting their turn) before I get to the intersection I wait for them to go. If someone approaches as I'm setting up the turn, I find that a 40 ton truck headed right towards someone tends to make them move. This approach also works for the unsavory types who like to park 5 feet into the intersection.

If all else fails, park where you block their forward progress. They'll get the idea. Never, ever make an unsafe turn because traffic dictated that you must, you dictate to traffic what they must do so everyone makes it home just fine.

 

In city driving situations, you do have to be somewhat aggressive (not wreckless) when making turns. If you sit and wait for someone to let you turn, you'll be sitting there all day. One thing that all new drivers have to get over is the fear of blocking traffic and holding people up. You've gotta do what you gotta do and those folks in four wheelers will just have to deal with it.

what I do when making a tight right is stop about 20 ft from the intersection in the right lane, wait until the left lane is clear and start swinging out wide. That way, as you approach the intersection, you're truck is in the left lane, but you're trailer is still blocking the right lane, preventing cars from trying to whiz by you on the right.

You never want to back up in city traffic, even if you GOAL. In the time it takes you to walk back and climb in your truck, a car can sneak up behind you and you'll never know its there until you hear the crunch. Just don't worry about holding up traffic. The more you do it, the easier it gets.

 

Had one this morning, he refused to move and I wouldn't move the truck until he did. He couldn't get around me nor I him and I sat through three light cycles until he got the idea he needed to move. I had a cop and a dozen cars behind me and I wasn't going to worry about the cop for anything.

I came to the conclusion a long time ago - it is a lot easier for him to move than it is for me so he has to move.

 

It's happened to us all. Set the brakes and relax. They are in a bigger hurry than you. Cops will not bother you. YOU are providing a service to the Community. I use to be amazed at the level of stupidity of the average idiot. Now it's just part of the job. Don't let creatons effect your pro attitude. Truck on.