:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

I agree with Hat Rak. It's really hard to make the call from the angle the photo was taken.

And as PackRatTDI mentioned, roads/situations are different. I do what I can to execute the old "S" maneuver and make sure the trailer does its job to block an impatient driver. Some people don't pay any attention to the signs/illustrations on the trailer door about wide right turns.

And what about the right turns onto a narrow side street, and despite a wide as possible turn you find yourself blocked by a driver (with no other vehicles behind them) who, rather than backing up 15 feet, will just stare at you :evil: .

 

Why resurrect a post that is six months old?

 

Oh sure, what a knee slapper, just think if their was a fatality involved, we would surely have a chuckle at that. :roll:

 

Well I was going through and looking at old posts, and this one just stood out and caught my eye, so I threw in my 2 cents. no harm =).

 

I was trying to swing into a driveway had the right lane partly blocked started my turn was half way thru the turn when something it the side of the trailer. Stoped got out and looked a school bus had jumped the sidewalk. Luckily there was a witness to it.

 

You know I've had cars come up like that before to. Usually.....though I'm able to see them because I'm watching my mirrors,stop; and blast the horn at them angrily.

 

The trailer does have a big turn sticker on it, but it should be bigger.....

We might have to start putting back-up alarm bulbs in the center of the trailer turning lens to keep people out of the blind zone......... :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

I'm all for bashing Swift, but that same thing almost happened to me twice last week. I blocked BOTH lanes, put the hazards on, then put the right turn signal on, THEN began making my move to get into a tight street. One time the guy went into the oncoming lane because he was in such a hurry :roll: the other time was a work van who thought he could outrun me on the right. too bad the tractor had the whole lane blocked and I hit the air brakes, lit a cigarrette while the idiot was stuck there. Even after he backed up, i did a little surfing on the XM radio.

So, lets find some good pics of Swift trucks screwing up :lol: This could very easily be any one of us. And as stated above, always honk the air horn angrily 8)

 

Well, since it has already been resurrected.....

I don't think the driver swung TOO WIDE at all. In fact, he may not have swung wide enough, bus or no bus. And he is probably not set up incorrectly or "out of his lane."

When you have a "right lane must turn right" sign it means one of (or both of) two things. THAT lane doesn't continue through the intersection, and the one immediately to the left of it PROBABLY is also marked for the option of making a right turn. (Double turn lanes.) And we ALL know, that if there are double turn lanes, we are supposed to be in the OUTERMOST one. (in this case... the left one.)

The idea, of course, is to swing wide enough that the tandems DON'T track into the inside lane, but that is often impossible. That's why we sometimes "straddle the line" and take up both lanes. At any rate.... he should have been constantly watching that right mirror set for just such an idiot.