![]() ![]() Do all the hard work going forwards, its not rocket science but so many of them dont seem to understsand the science of it.Ĭlick to expand.After passing my test, I knew nobody would want to take on an inexperieinced trucker, and the advice was to lie at interview and hope you get away with it. No truck driver would reverse blindside if he had a choice, and its the same when you see them line up for reversing. I also see on a regular basis newbies trying to reverse blindside onto their pitch. I still do that to this day, but how many do? And working that way, its amazing how much you see in advance that you would otherwise miss.Īn old failing for many new caravanners is forgetting to go the "long way round" on a roundabout, which inevitably sees the caravan straddle two lanes and the driver no clue that he has done that. ![]() Having done a couple of advanced courses, and indeed when my own father taught me to drive, I was always told to read the road in your head like a book. In my case, having spent my life towing big and heavies, inc super heavies, I found I still had to think about what I was doping when I first started to tow a caravan.įor people with no towing experience at all, which in truth is the case of many caravanners, setting off blythely into the sunset at high speed is a recipe for disaster. ![]()
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