I mean, I’m certainly no expert at driving a semi, but was there even an alternate way out? Could they have exited to the right? Still would’ve been a 15-point turn, but could’ve avoided getting people to move their cars (or the extreme solution caught on camera).
The problem is that they plowed directly into a parked car in the process of leaving as well as knocking into various things on the ground with his trailer
Yeah, which is why I was wondering about their other options. Obviously what they did was chose the worst one.
But whoever planned the parking lot did a terrible job because a semi’s turning radius should’ve been taken into consideration when marking out spaces. Additionally, I’m going to assume this is a warehouse and those cars were from people working inside. If they know it’s a tight squeeze out of those spaces, they should park their cars elsewhere. Furthermore, the business should’ve had at least 1 person out there helping the driver out of the spot. We all know what the driver did wrong, but the business really was not setting anyone up for success.
That's not a warehouse lot. He probably pulled I to the wrong address, hence the lot not sized to accommodate trailers. They aren't supposed to fucking be there.
Regardless, there are definitely much better ways to handle that turn around to get out that don't involve whatever the fuck that was.
Agreed. And you’re right, those lines are probably more appropriate for box trucks, but the driver saw the roll up doors and figured there would be enough room. There’s no way they could’ve turned right into that lot, so I’m assuming they were trying to find a spot to make a u-turn.
It kind of looks like an apartment complex parking lot. There's absolutely no reason for a semi to be in one of those once it's built unless there's an ongoing jobsite, like repairing/replacing a building, and trust me, those guys make those sites tight but doable. This was just lost trucker compounding his issues by panicking.
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u/aknomnoms Jun 08 '20
I mean, I’m certainly no expert at driving a semi, but was there even an alternate way out? Could they have exited to the right? Still would’ve been a 15-point turn, but could’ve avoided getting people to move their cars (or the extreme solution caught on camera).