CR England, HighWay and High Speed Turns

Posted on Tue, Jun 07 2005 @ 4:27 PM [PST]

Today we did highway driving, hi-speed turns, on ramps and off ramps, and down town city driving. The shifting is getting much easier and I’m actually starting to enjoy it. I don’t feel like I am having any problems but some guys are having a hard time shifting and others seem to forget that there is a 53’ trailer behind them. They start turning as soon as they reach the intersection. The instructor quickly handles the problem but I have been biting my nails to nubs. There are four of us in a truck and we take turns behind the wheel (20", no more then 2" play or 10%). All in all it is pretty amazing to see the progress of the other students as well as my own. After the first day of shifting I was pretty discouraged, but now it is no problem.
So we ran across an interesting incident today. See there was this tanker and a 4 wheeler that kind of had a disagreement and well!!!! Here are some pictures of the accident. Now you know that they will blame the driver of the tanker for failure to yield the right of way, but you got to wonder what was going thru the 4 wheelers mind when he saw the truck. It’s not like there was no time to stop, it takes awhile to get a truck across the road and I would be willing to bet that the car had at least 5 secs to respond. This is just proof positive that people aren’t paying attention and that we should never take for granted that the other guy is going to yield. One thing I learned while desert racing was to expect the unexpected.
Anyway, here are the pics and I will let you draw your own conclusions. No mater who is at fault, it is still an unfortunate incident.

Here we are rolling up after waiting 20 mins

Rolling up on the scene

A close up of the scene

Once again, as always, email me at:
warrentrucker@yahoo.com

Oh, and only 1 day left till final testing. Tomorrow we will be running up and down Cajon Pass on the 15 Freeway in Southern California, so if you are in the area and happen to see our trucks, WATCH OUT, hahaha.

Category Posted: General

Comments

Hi Warren. Glad to hear things are going well with your training. I've gone through the Cajon Pass many times. Do you have any weight in the trailer when you're driving? If you're hauling a heavy load, take it easy going down the grade. There's nothing worse than going through the scale at the bottom of the hill with smoking brakes! Good luck on your test. -Ken and Karen Out Here on the Road

Comment By:
Ken and Karen on Tue, Jun 07 2005 @ 9:03 PM [PST]

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