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rhagfo
Explorer III
Oct 29, 2015

This is Far Better Than The Guy in Canon Beach Dead end!!

This guy gets paid to drive a semi, and I would assume to back up mote than the length of the rig into a loading dock. If you look closely he only needed to backup the length of his truck to make a Left turn escape.

You can't fix Stupid!
  • That video has been on here several times since October, 2013!
  • He lost all judgement almost immediately. Get out, take a lap, and think! Getting out the way you came in is frequently the safe choice.
    I was directed down a one mile (very) narrow alley last year in my crew cab long bed with a landscape trailer, and found the end of the alley had too sharp a turn to get out. After one failed attempt to back into perpendicular driveway / alley I backed out the full mile.
  • Wellllll, it would be interesting to know if he is still getting paid by that company. :S
  • I feel sorry for the fella!!!I have had to back my 5th wheel now and then in tight spots. Gets a little nerve racking. Poor fella let the pressure get to him instead of using his head.
  • wnjj's avatar
    wnjj
    Explorer II
    BenK wrote:
    LMAO viewing this one...a bit long, but telling that we in N America does not
    have a monopoly on idiots...

    YouTube Italian driver making a U turn


    Looks like a whole street full of idiots. 2 people could have lifted that car around.
  • wnjj wrote:
    BenK wrote:
    LMAO viewing this one...a bit long, but telling that we in N America does not
    have a monopoly on idiots...

    YouTube Italian driver making a U turn


    Looks like a whole street full of idiots. 2 people could have lifted that car around.


    Exactly.

    Molto stupido idioti... A Fiat 500 only weighs just over 1000 lbs. Too funny.

    I have a '58 Fiat 600 that weighs about 1200 lbs and two people can easily lift one end and move it.
  • rhagfo's avatar
    rhagfo
    Explorer III
    dave17352 wrote:
    I feel sorry for the fella!!!I have had to back my 5th wheel now and then in tight spots. Gets a little nerve racking. Poor fella let the pressure get to him instead of using his head.


    :h

    That was far from a tight spot, could have easily backed up.

    Just reserved a nice spot for New Years that I need to back between two trees.
  • rhagfo wrote:
    dave17352 wrote:
    I feel sorry for the fella!!!I have had to back my 5th wheel now and then in tight spots. Gets a little nerve racking. Poor fella let the pressure get to him instead of using his head.


    :h

    That was far from a tight spot, could have easily backed up.

    Just reserved a nice spot for New Years that I need to back between two trees.


    I have parked my fiver in the tightest of spots on fishing trips myself, so there! I bet that semi driver thought he was in tight spot:)
  • Not surprising in the least. Ever read about the turnover at the big trucking outfits? I read where one was bragging in an annual report that they had gotten annual turnover down to less than 80%. The number of clueless, newbee truck drivers out on the road is staggering. Last winter I watched a driver from one of the giant companies, as he managed to successful bring both a flying J AND the adjoining highway to a stop. He pulled off the highway, entered the diesel islands BACKWARDS, ignoring multiple do not enter signs. He then tried a skill that he failed to acquire yet. Yep, he tried to back out of the mess. Result? Truck jacked to the point of body damage, traffic in every direction at a full halt. Just the other day I pull into a PA. turnpike service plaza, in my Honda CRV. Some mindless dolt follows me to the car parking lot with his big rig. He drove past multiple HUGE signs directing him to truck parking. Once in the car lot he just needed to stay calm, and note the giant exit into the truck lot. He panics, does a U-turn and destroys the landscaping and lawn as he bolts. It wouldn't surprise me at all if at least a quarter of these clowns are unfit for the job. Heck they can barely handle driving forward and following simple signage, much less back anything up.

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