| By far the most common bad habit that all forklift | | | | Operators must turn their head and look. |
| drivers develop is reversing without looking at what, or | | | | The correct procedure is to look over both |
| who is behind them. It sounds strange because you | | | | shoulders (and in any other blind spots) before |
| would never reverse your car without checking behind | | | | moving, then to turn around and look over one shoulder |
| you, but for some reason forklift drivers just don't look | | | | while traveling backwards, glancing around often |
| behind. | | | | enough to inspect the load and surroundings. If a driver |
| When first obtaining their license, operators are made | | | | is unloading a truck and needs to reverse 50 times, he |
| to check behind over both shoulders before moving. | | | | or she needs to check over their shoulders 50 times. |
| Once licensed however, this practice is very quickly | | | | Please Note: Drivers with the physical inability to look |
| discarded. Do me a favour: The next time you're out in | | | | clearly over both shoulders whilst reversing are unsafe |
| the warehouse or yard, take a quick look at your | | | | to drive a forklift. Operators must have enough range |
| forklifts and I'll bet you'll notice something that backs up | | | | of motion to be able to turn their head and shoulders |
| my point. | | | | far enough to see behind the forklift. |
| The paint on the sides of your machine will usually be | | | | |
| near perfect, yet the back is just bare metal. This is | | | | Mirrors Aren't To Be Used For Reversing! |
| because drivers don't think to check behind | | | | Forklift revision mirrors are only there to see if cars, |
| themselves before reversing.If they're running into | | | | trucks or faster forklifts and equipment are trying to |
| stationary objects then they could just as easily hit a | | | | overtake them in traffic type situations. They're not to |
| person. | | | | be used for reversing. |
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