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Old 09-06-2012, 07:24 AM
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You're biggest risk of having a bad accident is within the first two years of you passing your driving test.

1. Don't Back Up
2. Learn Your Car
3. Go Right
4. See And Be Seen
5. Anticipate
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Old 09-07-2012, 08:56 PM
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You do realize this is a trucking place not a car place right?

Backing is part of our daily job.
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You do realize this is a trucking place not a car place right?

Backing is part of our daily job.
Many moons ago I met the Director of Driver Training at Dow Chemical. He had been hired away from UPS to set up Dow's truck driving training program.

He had one simply rule.

"Don't back. Don't back. Do not back."

His main point was, that it is safer to back trucks while using a "land guide" than to just back up blindly.
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Do explain Stan, I can't make heads or tails of that.

I do know that UPS does not want their delivery drivers backing whenever possible.
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Old 09-09-2012, 02:36 PM
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You're biggest risk of having a bad accident is within the first two years of you passing your driving test.

1. Don't Back Up
Just park it in the fuel island... Pilot and Loves are constantly proving you do not need a parking space.
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2. Learn Your Car
And, find out why the rear axle won't hold 34,000 pounds...
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3. Go Right
And, do this 3 times for a left turn.... You need the practice avoiding street lights, traffic lights, and street signs....
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4. See And Be Seen
Which is virtually IMP0SSIBLE with some 4-wheelers on the road...
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5. Anticipate
And, with all your anticipating, also be prepared for the guy that does something you do not anticipate... They always find a new way to screw you up. Especially the ones that can't see a 53' box on the highway...
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Old 09-09-2012, 07:36 PM
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The link is for a drving school in the UK. Maybe they do it different over there.
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I'm afraid I didn't go to the link, instead, I took him at his word. But, what I had to say still applies.....
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