What is wrong with this picture?
answer:
This disabled truck driver has placed his emergency triangles in the wrong position.
The triangles are too close together to warn approaching vehicles. Below is a more fit distance of triangle placement: 10, 100, and 200 feet.
Even this diagram is misleading, or incomplete. Many truck drivers actually use their triangles to direct traffic into the truck, instead of away from it.Â
The triangles should be at the proper distance apart, and tapering toward the driver’s side of the truck and trailer. Why? Because the triangles will then point traffic away from the truck… and the truck driver.
Reflective clothing is needful when you operate a big truck. You never know when your equipment will give out, nor where.
>>Notes from an Owner-Operator, month one
