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Watch a Semi truck at any traffic intersection. The driver "Should" come out of the turn lane on his green gently. Before you know it he is sitting half in the intersection postioned to sharp left when the opposing traffic light goes red clearing the way. The cab will jack to the left with the radius sharper and sharper and reaches maximum "Jack" (Jackknife) and pivot the trailer into the turn. This can be done forwards or backwards. Another kind of turn for right hand turns involves bullying your rig into both your right lane and also teh left lane. This prevents folks from sneaking by on the right. Passing a truck on the right = Death Passing on the left = Life But you dont want folks passing on either side as you will swing first to the left until the trailer reaches it's halfway mark and swing hard to the right. Sometimes cars have to back up to let you clear the turn the trailer wheels should just miss the corner on the right. JB Hunt's Tire Budget for the two right side trailer outside tires approach millions of dollars simply because poor drivers grind em up on a right turn. Backing a truck.. whew. I cannot write about that here. You can only learn by doing. In my driving school we used to hold contests in rodeo style barrel racing backwards with a trailer. (You insurance types disregard my last paragraph) Sometimes fun and games driving backwards makes a skillful driver. But when you approach a food market jammed with trucks inches from each other it becomes very very seriously important to do it right. That 300 pound bubba whose headlight you just broke probably will not be in any mood to talk insurance or payment. Seriously tight spaces exist. You think driving school was tight.. whoo hoo boy... that is spacious and free in terms of room. At times I have been in total tears and weeping because I cannot back worth a hoot. Or actually broke something trying to fit in that ittle bitty spot I think I can. Get out and check behind ya! Once I was so fatiqued I was at a ware house with many doors. I had the entire place to myself. I was told, pick a door. 2 hours later I paid another driver 10 bucks to back me in. Fatique is worse than being drunk. Dont drive sleepy. (Crazy aint it?) You will be backing trucks inside buildings, under ground.. oh yes there are whole warehouses under the ground you gotta go down under the earth truck and all. Some miltary areas have cities where nothing above but prarie grass and wind. Awesome. Then you might be backing a truck on a mountain top. Outside your right hand window is a 3,000 foot sheer drop filled with spear like evergreen trees and birds while to your left is all kinds of stuff you dont want to hit while under your wheels is loose shale or rock causing your traction to slip and slide you and the whole rig towards that 3,000 foot cliff. Time for some whiskey and smokes.. might be the last as I drop to my death. Sometimes you think your number is up, Im still here. I guess it's aint my day to die just yet. I have seen folks injured or die on the road for some of the most stupid of causes. I witnessed a convertable zip by me at 90 mph in the left lane of the interstate. We both head into mt eagle westbound in the driving rain. Halfway up the mountain, the convertable is on it's roof on fire crushed against a rock face on the left while the body of the man in the hurry lies nearby. In a hurry? slow down, you may not live to get to where you gotta go in the hurry.
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