Trker

Read one post about being centered in your lane. I trained school bus drivers. Here is what I always told them. Use your mirrors when you can, but a quick tell tell sign is... If your front tires are in front of you (like a regular vehicle) then when you look straight ahead at pavement about 40 feet, your eyes should hit about 3 feet away from the left line. If front tires are behind you (like a charter bus/flat nose bus) when you look straight ahead your eyes should hit the pavement about 1 1/2 feet from left line. NOTE: These are approximate lengths (guess) not measured using tape measure. A good way to figure out where your eyes should hit pavement is use mirrors then look straight ahead about 40 feet at pavement. Remember the distance away from left line. That will be your 1 1/2 or 3 feet distance. Another thing I noticed when training drivers was how many want to do what I call "cheat the turn". By that I mean, they would pull up to the turn area starting to move whichever way they were going to turn, or be coming up to a right turn and would swing left some. Dont cheat the turn. Stay straight in your lane, and at proper time start your turn. Turns should not look like curves but 90 degrees turns. Next time you're out on road take notice how many people cheat the turn. Sorry it got long, but safe driving is my passion. I have over 1 million safe miles in class A cdl, was trained as a trainer, and trained school bus drivers. Who to me carried the most valuable non replaceable cargo. I wish they would increase the training needed for people to get their class C license. Too many uncle trained drivers who remember enough to pass the test but never use any of the info. The area around isn't theirs, its their area of responsibility. Just remember you may be bigger, but that only means you are a bigger target. People behind you will always see you as driving too slow, and people in front of you will always think you are driving too fast. Be safe