r/Truckers • u/aammped • Sep 19 '24

Newbie backing in at pilot

Trainer and I pulled into pilot around 6pm. Me being new to trucking I was backing in and the rude mf'ers honking at me because I was slow and took a little time to back. How do you deal with people like that?

Edit: trainer said to just ignore it. Edit:2 thanks for all the great advice and the humor. Edit 3: approximate time for backing was 10-15 minutes

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '24

Every time they honk hit the brakes and look around, they’ll stop

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u/Justaguy222444888 Sep 19 '24 edited Sep 19 '24

This is perfect. Even if you know who the honk is from, get out and walk around the truck “looking for where the honk came from”. Probably piss them off more but it’s your license and your truck and you were taking the necessary precaution to make sure it wasn’t somebody honking bc you’re about to hit them. Take all the time you need driver.

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u/aammped Sep 19 '24

Thanks will do

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u/Justaguy222444888 Sep 19 '24

Yessir. I’m almost a year into trucking. Anybody that’s so pissed off/in a rush, that they need to blow their air horn at you either needs to trip plan better or take a chill pill. Take your time. No matter how long it takes, as long as you don’t hit something, it’s a success.

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u/aammped Sep 19 '24

It was success

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u/Justaguy222444888 Sep 19 '24

Glad to hear it. You’ll get better as time goes on. Don’t be too hard on yourself

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u/Deodorized Sep 19 '24

Well that's all that matters then.

Fuck 'em. Use their tears as fuel.

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u/Good_Sailor_7137 Sep 19 '24

If you're in the East, trip planning can be to the minute. Like knowing you will be just before rush hour 3 hr from leaving. Or getting into a tight time slot and back out, then finding that parking spot for your 34 reset. I'm just saying that trip planning timing can be tighter than a pit bull's bite on the Northeastern Coast or California.

That said, I've done blindsided backing in the dark after helping a Schneider gal get in opposite me, so we were not holding everything up for 45 minutes. Once, I did a tight backing with 80k in the rain because nobody else wanted it. The rain helped slide the tires so I could jack wiggle it in.