Re: OT Hwy Laws

Posted by ericlb on August 13, 2012 at 05:02:03 from (12.189.32.54):

In Reply to: OT Hwy Laws posted by IndianaRed on August 12, 2012 at 05:03:17:

my take on it and im a professional driver with 30 years behind the wheel, is first like all else drivers ed has been mutilated into a course to pass the drivers test, not a course teaching kids to drive cars, and there is a big difference, second there is no teaching at all on how to drive in the vicinity of large heavy trucks and there should be, also a large number of drivers in this area get their licence because they qualify as a special case, shoot this state even gives licenses to illeagles,some of who's previous experience involves a stick and a burro, then, driving is a privilege, not a right, and that has been muddled, also even the new truckers out there lack some training, when i started out it was on a 2 sticker and i rode with a seasoned driver, i drove, but wasnt allowed to solo until that driver told the boss that i was ready, and that man was a stickler to correct driving , today some are run thru a 6 month cdl mill, which teaches them to pass the driving tests but has very little on road experience the student is left to pick that up on his own, usually with disastrous results, as a lot of them dont get the year or so riding with a driver in order to experience the handling skills and emergency procedures that the experienced driver can teach with real life events, as to one truck passing another, sometimes it is a slow procedure,when buying a new truck most companies dont just go get one at the dealer, they order it, a truck, in order to be productive, must be tailored to its job, in other words a tractor hauling for a potato chip company in the plains states will be completly different under the sheet metal than a tractor hauling heavy equipment over the rocky mountains, when a 300 hp truck running at its maximum weight is trying to pass a 600 hp truck running at its max weight its going to take a few minutes, the best thing i can think of is to make all drivers at renewal time take the general knowledge test for the cdl test this really has little to do with trucks and mostly deals with rules of the road ect, if drivers from truckers down to moped riders cant pass, they have the option to either learn the material or get a horse,

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