A little off topic, but today I was watching this guy trying to back up one of those single car flatbed trailers with his pickup, I was about half tempted to say hey, let me do it for you! after watching him for 20 minutes try with all his might and doing everything wrong, but then later on I thought about the fact that that trailer is only about 10 foot long... and being used to 53 foot trailer, I probably wouldn't of done much better... The air brakes haven't snagged me yet, probably because I share the vehicle with a roomate, and he actually sets the parking brake, so every time I go to drive I have to release them. But slowing down from a far distance is something I have been doing consistently, just a habit, keeping following distance too. Plus I've had to retrain myself to use the rear view mirror
Keep trying to just use the side mirrors and they are so small, Its like OMG whats going on around me... ohh duhh I got a rear view mirror! Still retaining that look at both mirrors every few seconds habit too, but those habits are good at any rate. Ohh and slowing down much more then need be for a 4wheeler for curves haha. God I miss driving that truck, only been 2 1/2 weeks, I gotta find another driving job ASAP before I go stir crazy. You know your hooked on driving when you pass an industrial zone and feel at home, or go to a place that has a 'shipping and receiving' door and your first instinct is to go in there... then got frightened when you can't think of where you put your BOL, haha, happened to me the other day, went to go fill out an app at a local trucking company, and went in the wrong place by accident that had a shipping and receiving door, and for a split second I was going crazy trying to think of where I put the BOL until I realized what I was actually trying to do there, haha. Ohh and I have been finding myself going way off the beaten path trying to find places to turn around when I get lost! Did that a couple of times in the 4wheeler.