Fears On The Road

Hitting someone or something, rollover, steer blowout.

"Having a cyclist roll up on my right while I'm looking at the red light waiting to make a right turn, and parking under my mirror."

In this situation, if you can't see them, you don't move. Period.

Years ago, in my community, an lady drove her niece and nephew to the bus stop. She was their neighbor and it on her way to work anyway. Unfortunately, the niece's sweater caught in the door and the aunt drove off, dragging that poor girl for a mile or more before a trucker pulled her over. The girl did not survive.

That incident weighs on my mind often. If I am dropping off my kids, I don't move until I see them a distance from the car. I treat pedestrians and cyclists near my semi with the same eye contact and caution.

"Often times with a high value load we will park the truck in a fashion that eliminates access to the trailer doors. In a truck stop we will back the truck up so that we just kiss the rubber dock stops of the truck behind us, "

Unfortunately, no guarantee the truck behind you won't leave an hour after you crawl into the bunk.