Quick question about parking

Quick question about parking

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the_lone_wolf

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2,622 posts

185 months

Saturday 24th May 2014
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Hi all

Not my usual section but having done a fair few miles in the last few months I see a lot of trucks parked up in laybys and the like...

I've noticed that more often than not, the artics won't be parked straight, but will have some left steering lock on and also the articulation points the cab into the verge relative to the trailer

I always wonder if there's any reason for this? To stop lights reflecting off the wing mirror into the cabin? So that if they get rear ended the truck will naturally turn into the verge and not the carriageway perhaps?

Or maybe it's just the natural position a truck ends up in after parking up?

imagineifyeswill

1,224 posts

165 months

Saturday 24th May 2014
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Its so if there hit from behind it will push them off the road not back into traffic.

s p a c e m a n

10,752 posts

147 months

Saturday 24th May 2014
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For me when I park up with the cab at an angle it is so that I can open the door without passing traffic taking it with them, so I don't have to look in the mirror then leg it out during a gap in traffic. Another reason some of them park a bit weird is playing the level game.. ever tried to lay on a wonky bed, or cook dinner on something that isn't level? I've seen foreigners on a weekend park up spend half an hour with bits of wood and bricks getting their house level hehe

bigfatnick

1,012 posts

201 months

Sunday 25th May 2014
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the above, plus you can open the passanger door to have a pee on a night and the cab is kind of turned further away from traffic. id rather not offend people with my pasty white hulking torso and ginger bodyfur.

i also think that the cab wobbles about a little bit less from the wind blast of trucks/cars passing. something that is far more pronounced than i ever expected when i started this job.

GC8

19,910 posts

189 months

Sunday 25th May 2014
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Yes, definitely less affected by the draught from passing vehicles.

the_lone_wolf

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2,622 posts

185 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Thanks all, that settles a question... smile

Hooli

32,278 posts

199 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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I'd always thought it was so some drunk east european trucker can't knock your mirrors off as they go past.

GC8

19,910 posts

189 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Manifold benefits.

agent006

12,029 posts

263 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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bigfatnick said:
i also think that the cab wobbles about a little bit less from the wind blast of trucks/cars passing. something that is far more pronounced than i ever expected when i started this job.
I was told that's also the reason you sometimes see trucks parked with the trailer unhitched. The passing trucks wobble the trailer but the cab stays more stable unhitched so you get better sleep.