...the first car on the left left the truck a lot of space, and the other cars waited behind it. I assume this is in the Netherlands, people do have a little patience there
The problem a lot of the time in videos like this, tend to be that the driver is just a long haul driver and used to wide spaces, highways, and huge open loading docks, not tighter restrictive areas. Used to see this a lot working with retail distribution.
I hate how all the Tricking Simulator games are really just "parking simulators". I was actually looking forward to driving. But it takes only like a minute and a half to drive across Europe or California or whatever and now you're parking again.
I love that game! I should get back into it. I kinda want to plsy ATS more, but I'm too far behind on the DLCs. It's way too expensive to catch up. I think im six or seven states behind on ATS
I've not played for a while and out of the loop as well. But the DLC's were often on sale. At one point I'd just get one a month when I got paid and soon enough I was up to date with all of them.
Looks hard as hell though, maybe he's a rookie.. I just got my driver's license this week (I'm 38), been practicing at work and people with 10+ years experience laugh at me as if they did so great right away. It's always the ones with the teensiest balls btw. Cut the guy some slack
Something very similar happened to my father when he was a trucker. He delivered meat to grocery stores, and was scheduled to be unloaded after another man delivering produce (I believe). Produce guy tried for ages, and couldn't get the trailer lined up with the receiving bay. My father offered to do it for him, as he'd been trucking for years at this point. Got it lined up on the first try.
I never got a CDL, but i worked as a wash bay hand for an oil field trucking company, and literally the only thing i know how to do with a big truck is to back it into tight parking places.
"steer toward the problem" is the way to think about it. forget "left" or "right" if the trailer is getting too far to one side, that's the way you turn the wheel.
A few times a year I’d have to back a trailer for something or other. Never beautiful but I get the job done eventually…. It might take me a shot or two to get it where I wanted. But I have never heard “steer toward the problem” but it makes so much sense. Cause most of my un graceful ness is spent testing directions and trying to observe the trailer tail reaction to start correcting. Left and right mean nothing. But that’s what any spotter is always yelling, trying to be helpful.
I was a truck driver and never understood this tip and struggled with the "turn into the skid". I think it's the way stuff is worded or I'm just fucking dumb.
This. This was the one trick that helped me the absolute most. It was something my father once mentioned that stuck with me for some reason. Then 10 years later I was towing my first trailer across country, and it completely helos. Hand on the bottom of the wheel. While in reverse, just put your hand on the bottom-center of the wheel, and move your hand in whatever direction you want the trailer to go.
What DOESN'T help is when my brain gets it twisted while teaching my kid how to drive for the first time and tell her to do that without a trailer. "WAIT NO NO NO NO STOP"
Problem is when pulling a trailer specifically, it usually goes the opposite direction from what you typically expect from normal reverse. Your hands on the bottom allows your brain to still think "turn left to go left" but turning the wheel left from the bottom, turns the vehicle to the right but swings the trailer towards the left. If you don't do it often, you get screwy with the directions and have to reset often. This can eliminate much of that issue.
The bigger the trailer the easier it is to control. If you have a little trailer it just wants to flick the the extreme of its guided direction right away.
Thats an assumption, they may not live there. Either way, that's handing over a very expensive machine to a stranger, I would imagine that could get them into trouble or even let go if the company found out.
Picked the ONLY spot in perhaps MILES to turn around. Without knowing the area, you don't search for a better spot if you found one that will work. Especially not when employed by a freight company that times your trips.
This is what capitalism does. You depress wages until people can no longer afford to live, forcing them to change jobs all the time in a desperate attempt to survive. Result: nobody knows how to do their damn jobs.
...this did not happen in the US where you can just hop from job to job without certifications. The driver (fully certified) was probably just new to the job or truck and unfamiliar with the surroundings, I guess he saw a sign that prohibited trucks to enter.
IT'S TRAINING. That's why the cars are parked across the street and up the street. This is where they are TRAINED in that area. The people walking around are all part off the training
...ehm, no? You think the Netheröands just builds fake towns for truck driver training, then plops in extra drivers to take over the actual driving part? 😂😂😂
We do in America. So, what's your point? We built fake towns to nuke them to see the results. Plus here on Cape Cod of all places, we built a mock *Afghanistan* town for training breaching homes in the safest manners for the soldiers. So ...ehm yes...
A person who doesn't know how to do their job in the video, getting made fun of instead of considering their point of view. - didn't think it was that complicated :D
I was just thinking it would have been better if the second guy explained to the first guy what to do, maybe get in on passenger side and instruct, I just drive s horse trailer and much preferred that when I was learning
When I received my CDL test the patrol women said * back into the street *like the video* and you have 3 times to check if you are within 6 inches of the orange cones, with GOLF BALLS on top of them. Knock 1 off & you fail... I backed in straight *thank goodness* then slowly backed up. I came to a stop and got out to check. I was about 2 inches from the cones. She was flabbergasted, and wanted to know how I did it. I asked if I passed? She said yes, however, you must tell me your secret. 1/2
I told her I watched her face (eyes) while reversing. When they bugged out of her head, I figured I was pretty close. Never expected 2 inches. I suggested in the future to look to her right before administering the test so no one would repeat the cheat. She hugged me, I went home with my license. An all around good day... To the marsupial in here that thinks I am not a semi-driver, kick rocks
By the way. Most of my driving was OFF ROAD in construction. That is where you separate the good from the great...Back up & turn your wheels, you're done... Always point in the direction you want LEAVE the site. One turn of the wheel & you're out of your back up tracks. Now you have to PLOW the front wheels & hope you get back in the track. This is the most frustrating part of the job.
should come see some of the drivers i do. some will get stuck before they attempt backing up on left side. you can ONLY blind side into our docks.. weve had drivers leave and tell their dispatcher its impossible. its not tight and the right side is clear of objects.
I'm sure he's been shown and taught plenty of times. You still have to be in the driver's seat and get it wrong before you start getting it right. Just give them time.
At work we have a difficult loading dock, wrong way facing a one way, very tight for a 53 footer. I often tell the dispatchers not to send me a 53 unless they have to. All my delivery drivers used to be older guys and then post covid they're all young guys in a rush (not backing up straight, not dropping the trailer) either because of lack of training or increased workload.
Both. Training is a after thought and it’s all about whipping workers to go faster. Also see: insufferable folks who act like gods and it’s better not learning from them. Tend to call these toothpickers (from when they’d brag about dipping tooth picks in horse tranq then driving from Maine to California and not remember a damn thing as a fucked up badge of honor)
Jesus fuck. That last statement is... I hope none of the truckers I meet on European roads are hopped up like that. I'd be terrified to drive anywhere.
My mom was a owner/operator in the US during the 80s & 90s. Grand majority of long haul truckers were on speed, at the very least a lot of blow. An entire generation of them threw in the towel when digital logs became the norm in the 2000s cos they started limiting hours and enforcing rest time. There are very few senior career drivers mentally or physically sound enough to train the yougins nowadays unfortunately.
That's what I was thinking, that person just doesn't have a lot of experience. Looked to me like he just didn't know how to do the super cranked over bit of the turn to get that angle.
When i was 16 i pulled up to a commercial food wholesaler loading dock at the unfortunate time when everyone was on break sitting/standing outside and failed horribly reversing the trailer. I could hear the laughing SO loud... on the way to my destination i pulled into a closed mall parking lot and drove around in reverse for an hour. Problem solved!
That's every job and unfortunately to many people forget this and instead of taking the time to help teach and pass on knowledge we tend to put people down
I had to parallel for my test and wtf why am I doing this have me do a damn 90, *that* is a useful back! I paralleled exactly *once* in almost 9 years out there and it was such a moment I texted my instructor at like 2330 to tell him I FINALLY had to do one. I did WAY more modified 90s and they didn't even teach us that at our school because, and I quote, 'flatbeds can't do that' biiiiitch. Tell that to these fuckers getting the smallest yard possible and then cramming it full of shit.
Yeah, I was a flatbedder and enjoyed watching my tires get peeled off their rims while trying to 90 without shifting my load. I use to parallel park 3-4 times a day when I was a shag driver, it's actually easier blindside.
You say that like it is something to be proud of. This video is much more than a person who has never done a blind 90 before. He is lined up multiple times and turns his tires the wrong way every time. He has NO idea what he is doing and SHOULD NOT be on the road.
I fail to see why the 1st guy is driving a semi-trailer truck without knowing how to reverse one? Per the EU directive 2006/126/EC you need a CE class license for a vehicle like that, and you certainly can't get one via a correspondence course. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_driving_licence https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/BMVI_fah">_licence">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_driving_licence https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/BMVI_fahrerlaubnisklassen-piktogramme_schwarz-transparent_2017_1444x824px.png
Probably was able to do it in a parking lot, with markers to go by to help him remember where to make what adjustments. Or maybe the test was just in a more open environment where he wasn't at risk of hitting anything if he swung it too wide. OR... maybe he's not used to having to work around oncoming traffic and in his rush, he panicked a bit and his brain forgot how to do something he definitely knows and does regularly.
DoctorScoutBobTotoBarkingtonIII
I was wondering why only bicycles and this semi used this road. Then the other guy got in and all these cars appeared out of nowhere.
Acc87
...the first car on the left left the truck a lot of space, and the other cars waited behind it. I assume this is in the Netherlands, people do have a little patience there
DwayneTheCrackJohnson
"...and that, kids, is how I slid it to everyone's mommas that evening. P's."
Lundgren1835
This is the problem most drivers today too afraid to use the steering wheel
YibeanVizjerei
The problem a lot of the time in videos like this, tend to be that the driver is just a long haul driver and used to wide spaces, highways, and huge open loading docks, not tighter restrictive areas. Used to see this a lot working with retail distribution.
YouAreTheInsultMaster
WhatInTheSamhillisaPuma
fmchapinX
Didn’t even give a ride home after.
flacoloco
all the hours in Euro Truck Simulator totally paid off
amatte
Depending on your set-up, I wish that it was mandatory to have simulator hours before being in the road like an drivers ed course
VaultGirl69
It's funny because I flew a plane once for a few minutes. And did the takeoff. They said I was a natural. I said "Microsoft flight sim, ha."
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
I hate how all the Tricking Simulator games are really just "parking simulators". I was actually looking forward to driving. But it takes only like a minute and a half to drive across Europe or California or whatever and now you're parking again.
Sigge1981
I love that game! I should get back into it. I kinda want to plsy ATS more, but I'm too far behind on the DLCs. It's way too expensive to catch up. I think im six or seven states behind on ATS
CrackingSkies
I've not played for a while and out of the loop as well. But the DLC's were often on sale. At one point I'd just get one a month when I got paid and soon enough I was up to date with all of them.
gablestout
- @leifericson793 (probably)
leifericson793
Hah! Yes! I've done that before 😁
WammoJammo
Everyone needs time to learn.
unannouncedguest
Looks hard as hell though, maybe he's a rookie.. I just got my driver's license this week (I'm 38), been practicing at work and people with 10+ years experience laugh at me as if they did so great right away. It's always the ones with the teensiest balls btw. Cut the guy some slack
MidnightBaelfire
Something very similar happened to my father when he was a trucker. He delivered meat to grocery stores, and was scheduled to be unloaded after another man delivering produce (I believe). Produce guy tried for ages, and couldn't get the trailer lined up with the receiving bay. My father offered to do it for him, as he'd been trucking for years at this point. Got it lined up on the first try.
Eidodk
First guy didn't look at his right rear wheel... The whole secret is that the trailer turns around that axle. He would never pass a driving test.
samuelthastings5
Man I bet that guy was relieved
Draygen
I never got a CDL, but i worked as a wash bay hand for an oil field trucking company, and literally the only thing i know how to do with a big truck is to back it into tight parking places.
komradekristoph
Queue the Benny Hill music
camn333
What I've learned from watching truckers driving backwards: if you need to go left, just turn to the right until you do.
cepacolusmaximus
"steer toward the problem" is the way to think about it.
forget "left" or "right"
if the trailer is getting too far to one side, that's the way you turn the wheel.
slowshutterspeed
A few times a year I’d have to back a trailer for something or other. Never beautiful but I get the job done eventually…. It might take me a shot or two to get it where I wanted. But I have never heard “steer toward the problem” but it makes so much sense. Cause most of my un graceful ness is spent testing directions and trying to observe the trailer tail reaction to start correcting. Left and right mean nothing. But that’s what any spotter is always yelling, trying to be helpful.
alcamar
Put your hands on the bottom of the wheel instead of the top, it helps your brain with the reverse actions needed
MsAmyMack
I was a truck driver and never understood this tip and struggled with the "turn into the skid". I think it's the way stuff is worded or I'm just fucking dumb.
dirtyketchup
This. This was the one trick that helped me the absolute most. It was something my father once mentioned that stuck with me for some reason. Then 10 years later I was towing my first trailer across country, and it completely helos. Hand on the bottom of the wheel. While in reverse, just put your hand on the bottom-center of the wheel, and move your hand in whatever direction you want the trailer to go.
ExtremeDevice5938
This really does help.
What DOESN'T help is when my brain gets it twisted while teaching my kid how to drive for the first time and tell her to do that without a trailer. "WAIT NO NO NO NO STOP"
mikeatike
Exactly how my dad taught me. He was a truck driver.
CoffeeMakesMeTwitchy
Put my hands on your bottom? Now what?
alcamar
Just reread, haha. I guess the answer remains the same, just start backing up. The question just remains, who should be backing up?
alcamar
Then you just back up.
Problem is when pulling a trailer specifically, it usually goes the opposite direction from what you typically expect from normal reverse. Your hands on the bottom allows your brain to still think "turn left to go left" but turning the wheel left from the bottom, turns the vehicle to the right but swings the trailer towards the left.
If you don't do it often, you get screwy with the directions and have to reset often. This can eliminate much of that issue.
mikeatike
Back that ass up.
FussyZeus
Oh shit gonna try this next time I do this, I am AWFUL at backing with a trailer
Wolsel
The bigger the trailer the easier it is to control. If you have a little trailer it just wants to flick the the extreme of its guided direction right away.
EddyWantok
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Thecakeisanasshole
If works, that is exactly how I was taught.
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nation543
Imgurians are dumb. Answer something correctly and you get "WeLl AkCsHuAlLy!¡" because *EVERYBODY* on the internet knows better.
VinnieJonesDiary
Um... that a completely different subject from the mechanics of reversing a truck...
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VinnieJonesDiary
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garbuhj
You seem to be confused about the topic of the thread you replied to
EddyWantok
Im all for a good tangent but.... jazuz....
cuzitsthere
The guy in the video needed to turn left.
REOJackwagon
He's lucky the 2nd guy didn't just jump in and drive off
seenunseen
They work together, that's truck parking for that building
Stonemarter
He lives there, where would you drive?
cuzitsthere
Nah, he just got done robbing that house
REOJackwagon
Thats an assumption, they may not live there. Either way, that's handing over a very expensive machine to a stranger, I would imagine that could get them into trouble or even let go if the company found out.
KevinStrexcorp
I mean, given how poorly he backs a truck, his job might not be his top concern
ThunderStrike2021
This happens a lot, don’t speak when you don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m a truck driver.
TheMightyFloofer
The truck has gps trackers in both the truck and the trailer.
REOJackwagon
Explain how that makes it a good idea to let someone else drive the truck
hetnkik999
It's a safe assumption. If somebody walks out of a house, they usually live there. Or are associated with the people who do.
Stonemarter
I would sit as passenger to learn how to do it....
Stonemarter
Or let the other one sit as passenger tell me how to do it....
REOJackwagon
They really should already know how before they were handed the keys, I think that's part of truck driver training.
SergeyPrkl
it's germany. those aren't even remotely any risk factor.
TheMightyFloofer
Netherlands. Yellow licence plates, red bike path
SergeyPrkl
yeah, so, no diference :D
SergeyPrkl
Btw here in Finland the bike paths are also red. But a new thing, so not yet all of them.
CobainsSarcoma
i have backed up a pickup with a small trailer and almost had a panic attack a huge semi like this would have me sobbing like an idiot
todaytomorrowwillbeyesterday
The shorter the trailer, the harder it is to back up. So you're okay in my book
graceinsheepsclothing
The guy with a tiny Mini Cooper in the driveway parks the truck.
CorgisButtsDriveMeNuts
Reminds me to a former job where we'd watch geniuses like 1st one on a pretty much daily basis and
IakobZ
He's been waiting for this moment his whole life.
oldvydeo
He can feel it coming in the air tonight
Oh, Lord
SonicColonic
Guy came out to help him, and the first guy just went right again. Maybe he'll get it this time.
ApothecaryGrant
All that just to turn around. Picked the worst spot for it, considering they're not confident. I wonder if they were panicking about their schedule.
todaytomorrowwillbeyesterday
They are in training in the video. It is teaching how to use your mirrors & reverse steering to back into a loading dock
Eidodk
Huh. The occupant of the house came out to help. They're clearly not "in training".
Eidodk
Picked the ONLY spot in perhaps MILES to turn around. Without knowing the area, you don't search for a better spot if you found one that will work. Especially not when employed by a freight company that times your trips.
datphone777365
Eh if it was easy there wouldnt be a specific license for it.
Pyrowolf1
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VictorWard
Peak England
SirChadwellHeath
A semi-rural location with a cycle path and many cyclist using it? Not England, maybe the Netherlands
VictorWard
Oh yeah, I hadn't noticed the bike lane! Reckon that is the Netherlands, maybe the driver was British 🤔
butterda
I only have a CDL B, never driven a big rig, and I could back that bastard in smh
RowanUnderwood
This is what capitalism does. You depress wages until people can no longer afford to live, forcing them to change jobs all the time in a desperate attempt to survive. Result: nobody knows how to do their damn jobs.
Acc87
...this did not happen in the US where you can just hop from job to job without certifications. The driver (fully certified) was probably just new to the job or truck and unfamiliar with the surroundings, I guess he saw a sign that prohibited trucks to enter.
todaytomorrowwillbeyesterday
IT'S TRAINING. That's why the cars are parked across the street and up the street. This is where they are TRAINED in that area. The people walking around are all part off the training
Acc87
...ehm, no? You think the Netheröands just builds fake towns for truck driver training, then plops in extra drivers to take over the actual driving part? 😂😂😂
todaytomorrowwillbeyesterday
We do in America. So, what's your point? We built fake towns to nuke them to see the results. Plus here on Cape Cod of all places, we built a mock *Afghanistan* town for training breaching homes in the safest manners for the soldiers. So ...ehm yes...
gablestout
RowanUnderwood
A person who doesn't know how to do their job in the video, getting made fun of instead of considering their point of view. - didn't think it was that complicated :D
gablestout
robingal1
We all have to learn. But i feel driver should know before leaving the garage
Freightshaker
As a trucker with 30 yrs experience; everyone was new at one time.
Ajierene
I was just thinking it would have been better if the second guy explained to the first guy what to do, maybe get in on passenger side and instruct, I just drive s horse trailer and much preferred that when I was learning
Freightshaker
When I was a trainer, I'd ride on the drivers side step when teaching backing.
Ajierene
That's a good spot also, plus the wind in your hair
Toqom
I wish gamers could understand this
Freightshaker
Especially when we're discussing a blindside 90 back off a street. This can be a difficult back, especially with traffic.
todaytomorrowwillbeyesterday
When I received my CDL test the patrol women said * back into the street *like the video* and you have 3 times to check if you are within 6 inches of the orange cones, with GOLF BALLS on top of them. Knock 1 off & you fail... I backed in straight *thank goodness* then slowly backed up. I came to a stop and got out to check. I was about 2 inches from the cones. She was flabbergasted, and wanted to know how I did it. I asked if I passed? She said yes, however, you must tell me your secret. 1/2
todaytomorrowwillbeyesterday
I told her I watched her face (eyes) while reversing. When they bugged out of her head, I figured I was pretty close. Never expected 2 inches. I suggested in the future to look to her right before administering the test so no one would repeat the cheat. She hugged me, I went home with my license. An all around good day... To the marsupial in here that thinks I am not a semi-driver, kick rocks
todaytomorrowwillbeyesterday
By the way. Most of my driving was OFF ROAD in construction. That is where you separate the good from the great...Back up & turn your wheels, you're done... Always point in the direction you want LEAVE the site. One turn of the wheel & you're out of your back up tracks. Now you have to PLOW the front wheels & hope you get back in the track. This is the most frustrating part of the job.
monkeyfly
Exactly. Driving combinations is a skill. You have to practice it. This guy is still learning but he'll get it.
thegreatninjaman
i feel like this is stuff you should learn BEFORE getting a job doing it.
ProjectDA
should come see some of the drivers i do. some will get stuck before they attempt backing up on left side. you can ONLY blind side into our docks.. weve had drivers leave and tell their dispatcher its impossible. its not tight and the right side is clear of objects.
datphone777365
Whole lotta shoulds in the world
monkeyfly
I'm sure he's been shown and taught plenty of times. You still have to be in the driver's seat and get it wrong before you start getting it right. Just give them time.
HandsomePenguin
It absolutely is. There is zero reason a person who does not understand the basics of reversing a trailer should have the license.
NothingPrince
learn and practise is one thing, doing it under pressure is another
Kennleth
At work we have a difficult loading dock, wrong way facing a one way, very tight for a 53 footer. I often tell the dispatchers not to send me a 53 unless they have to. All my delivery drivers used to be older guys and then post covid they're all young guys in a rush (not backing up straight, not dropping the trailer) either because of lack of training or increased workload.
mohavewolfpup
Both. Training is a after thought and it’s all about whipping workers to go faster. Also see: insufferable folks who act like gods and it’s better not learning from them. Tend to call these toothpickers (from when they’d brag about dipping tooth picks in horse tranq then driving from Maine to California and not remember a damn thing as a fucked up badge of honor)
Freightshaker
"Supertrucker": it's not a compliment
Sigge1981
Jesus fuck. That last statement is... I hope none of the truckers I meet on European roads are hopped up like that. I'd be terrified to drive anywhere.
mohavewolfpup
This was in the “heyday” (70s and 80s) before regulations really started cracking down on a lot of things and stateside. Can’t speak for your area
SpacePirate666
My mom was a owner/operator in the US during the 80s & 90s. Grand majority of long haul truckers were on speed, at the very least a lot of blow. An entire generation of them threw in the towel when digital logs became the norm in the 2000s cos they started limiting hours and enforcing rest time. There are very few senior career drivers mentally or physically sound enough to train the yougins nowadays unfortunately.
ManholeStellarReconveneSubstanceOlympicsReunion
That's what I was thinking, that person just doesn't have a lot of experience. Looked to me like he just didn't know how to do the super cranked over bit of the turn to get that angle.
mmagabel365
When i was 16 i pulled up to a commercial food wholesaler loading dock at the unfortunate time when everyone was on break sitting/standing outside and failed horribly reversing the trailer. I could hear the laughing SO loud... on the way to my destination i pulled into a closed mall parking lot and drove around in reverse for an hour. Problem solved!
kylepayton1360
Some people never get it. Grab a chair and sit by a boat ramp.
bro02tc
That's every job and unfortunately to many people forget this and instead of taking the time to help teach and pass on knowledge we tend to put people down
HandsomePenguin
If you cant back a trailer up, you should never be able to get your license. Everyone was new? This isnt a training course, its live.
Freightshaker
Most drivers never do a blindside 90 until they're on their own.
IHaveGreatKittenRecipes
I had to parallel for my test and wtf why am I doing this have me do a damn 90, *that* is a useful back! I paralleled exactly *once* in almost 9 years out there and it was such a moment I texted my instructor at like 2330 to tell him I FINALLY had to do one. I did WAY more modified 90s and they didn't even teach us that at our school because, and I quote, 'flatbeds can't do that' biiiiitch. Tell that to these fuckers getting the smallest yard possible and then cramming it full of shit.
Freightshaker
Yeah, I was a flatbedder and enjoyed watching my tires get peeled off their rims while trying to 90 without shifting my load. I use to parallel park 3-4 times a day when I was a shag driver, it's actually easier blindside.
HandsomePenguin
You say that like it is something to be proud of. This video is much more than a person who has never done a blind 90 before. He is lined up multiple times and turns his tires the wrong way every time. He has NO idea what he is doing and SHOULD NOT be on the road.
drGrafenberg
The first guy would not have gotten a license in Sweden. The other might have,
theshinobi23
Hand the first one's license to the second one, and just put their name over top of the original...
ExTechOp
I fail to see why the 1st guy is driving a semi-trailer truck without knowing how to reverse one? Per the EU directive 2006/126/EC you need a CE class license for a vehicle like that, and you certainly can't get one via a correspondence course. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_driving_licence https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/BMVI_fah">_licence">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_driving_licence https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/BMVI_fahrerlaubnisklassen-piktogramme_schwarz-transparent_2017_1444x824px.png
drGrafenberg
"I fail to see why the 1st guy is driving a semi-trailer truck without knowing how to reverse one?"
Exactly. I'm saying they don't seem to have the skill needed. Probably bought the license in Romania.
theshinobi23
Probably was able to do it in a parking lot, with markers to go by to help him remember where to make what adjustments. Or maybe the test was just in a more open environment where he wasn't at risk of hitting anything if he swung it too wide. OR... maybe he's not used to having to work around oncoming traffic and in his rush, he panicked a bit and his brain forgot how to do something he definitely knows and does regularly.
Sigge1981
I choose this option, combined with a comment above that we were all newbies at some point.