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Originally Posted by Windwalker
I once had a safety director that said "THERE IS NEVER ANY REASON A DRIVER SHOULD BLIND-SIDE INTO ANYWHERE". Of course, it had been a number of years since he had been out in the real world.
The electric mirrors that rotate do not go far enough to serve you well enough to use them instead of GOAL. I had never heard of a mirror in the passenger's side visor. It might actually be very helpful. Something I might want to try myself. If properly mounted, I can imagine it would be very helpful when the trailer swings beyond the view of the outside mirror.
Something else that I have done, when I have another experienced driver that I know and trust, is to give him a hand-held radio and listen to his instructions over the CB. Using this, I've backed a 13' wide load into a 14' opening for a door, without having the tarp on the load touch the sides. Unfortunately, this is usable on rare ocassions only.
Back up a couple of feet, get out and look, back up a couple of more feet, get out and look...
Yeah, that no reason to ever blindside back sounds real good on paper,in a car or from behind a desk...that just isnt always true out in the real world like you said. I agree with all the others, best plan of action is to just stop,get out and look as many times as you need to. Dont feel bad if you have to be in someones way for a few minutes once you get started