I live in Louisville (close to downtown) and I know how terrible our roads and drivers can be! Glad you were able to pass thru the city! Kentucky is a hidden gem tbh
I travel for work. I drive all over North America. I used to think Louisville drivers were bad too. It's sad that they aren't even close to the bottom of the list.
@@travr6 I'm about to start CDL school, quite worried about bad driving and tight roads. Where would you say is the worst? I've heard up north in NY and NJ is pretty bad.
@MagicCookieGaming If you are driving over the road it doesn't really matter because you will go everywhere. Texas by far has the worst drivers in America. Too many Mexicans in Texas who still drive like they are in Mexico. Especially the further you go down south. In big cities, it's the people on their cell phones and road rage. In the country the roads are smaller but people are used to big vehicles with all the tractor and combines. They give you space.
Happy to hear you pronouncing Louisville correctly! One of my sons lives near Mall St. Matthews. Dad used to deliver cream or milk somewhere downtown, back in the 50s when it was hauled in 10 gallon cans. He had to load and unload by himself...He drove a 6 cyl. GMC tractor with a 35 foot trailer.
Hey Dave, Louisville is where I’ve been all my life. It was super cool seeing you drive down all these streets I know so well. I agree with you, those streets are very tight. I feel like they should be 25 on some of them too. Can’t wait to se you come back to Louisville!
This is my city! Welcome! We've got a lot of tight spaces downtown, even cars have a lot of trouble let alone a truck. The homeless population is by far something you gotta watch out for as they'll hitch a ride anywhere they can. You managed the downtown area well, the cars (from personal experience) are very impatient when it comes to semis so well done haha. I 65 south is confusing when you have to get off on Chestnut and shit. Navigating downtown is even worse. Good video! Been watching you for so long and been waiting to see the day you come here. Keep it up man!
I'm starting orientation tomorrow for us transloco. I've been local for the past 2 years but decided to go otr. I'm nervous but excited at the same time. Hope to see you out there some day. I've been watching you since you had the motorcycle channel. Be careful out there buddy.
@@PhilMcIntyler There's a reason why they do that, and sometimes it has to do with your headlights and reflections due to the photocells that some of them use to detect cars. Often times if you flash your headlights on a stale red at night, it'll change. You have to have good, well directed lights for it to work well though. I put LEDs in mine to not only serve this purpose but also just to straight up see better (and yeah, I have them properly angled so they're not blinding anyone).
@@happinessiskey2858 I’m not aware of any light based vehicle detectors in use at traffic signals (other than emergency/transit preemption). Cameras sure, but not sure if flashing lights would actually affect them.
@@TheTrainWatch Hmm, maybe in your area, but I know for a fact that there are ones where I’m at. There’s multiple different types like induction plates, microwave, infrared, cameras, radar, or no sensor at all with just a timer. Often times lights where traffic is heavy only during peak driving hours and shut off (go I to standby mode aka flashing yellow on the main road and red on any smaller, branch roads). On busier roads like in your downtown areas, start flashing at 12 AM and stop around 6 AM as well. Some have 24-hour operation though and use those sensors to tell it when a car is there, but during the day, it might rely on a timer because there’s so much traffic. All of these points vary from place to place. If you ever see a light that changes when you approach, either to red or green, that can mean a number of things might’ve happened, sometimes on the unfortunate side. If it changes to red, then either a car is there wait or approaching (and they might be higher priority as they might be on a usually more congested road and it changes to let them go, or if no one is there, it actually might be a nearby street lamp or other light source like bright gas station flood lights or even the brights on your vehicle reflecting and triggering one of those optical sensors. When it’s not too busy or cold/hot out, maybe go take a look at a few of these signals sometime. You can look up pictures of the various types of sensors I mentioned above and try to match it with the one you’re seeing. Try flashing your lights on a few, too (don’t blind anyone - once or twice will do!). It really depends on what sensors the light has or what it’s considering at the time for it to work though. Again, it also depends on what lights you have, too. Often times halogen or HID lights don’t work well, though. LEDs or these newer projector lights you see on newer cars work great for this though. Again, don’t blind anyone!
Put you on stage give you a guitar. And play this by the end you will get a standing ovation. 4:38. The way you sang this was everything. I need in my life I’m actually crying tears of happiness
If you wanna have some real fun hop on 65 south out of Louisville. Not as bad as north but I drive a semi through there everyday and idk how my truck isn’t destroyed from the road
Just found your channel bc of this video & you made a subscriber out of me. Born & raised in Louisville but have lived in Upstate NY for 5 years & then Birmingham, AL for 2 & Tampa, FL for 1 but always came back. Such a great area honestly. Not too big but not too small. Crazy story though at 11:11(crazy coincidence right?) in your video my dad saw a guy who was waiting for a bus, just like the one that’s sitting there step off the curb to look the opposite way and who was immediately decapitated by a larger trucks mirrors. He used to talk about it every time we’d pass that spot when I was younger. So it’s just super weird you’d be driving a semi right past the spot and there’s a bus sitting right at that same stop. I’ve always wondered who that guy was & how his family must have felt bc that’s just a crazy accident. But yeah sorry for the slightly gruesome story I just had to share bc there’s a bus sitting at the stop & your in a big semi. Hopefully you can come back to Louisville and spend a couple of days as I highly recommend it!
Hey Dave, I laughed so hard when you said were lost so you called the company and said HEY!!, well not quit like that I am a professional truck drive and at the end you said well wham Bam thank ya Mame! and I am sure ya all did... LOL anyhow my friend keep up the great videos.
I'm curious Dave I don't know if you've mentioned it recently but where is turn cam. We miss the turn cam when you're backing. Thanks for the video Dave!
I grew up in Hopkinsville and live 12 miles outside of it now. We have family in Louisville and it isn’t my favorite place to drive, to big of a town for me. Give me the country and I’m happy. I know exactly where you was while filming this entire video. My husbands niece got married at the Brown Theater. Make sure and stop at Beaver Dam next time. Stay safe.
lol we run freight out of there all the time. it sucks getting down there man. swing extra wide and make sure tot take up that extra space to make the turns down there
Keep being the amazing person you are dave I be so excited when you upload a video every time I be listening to this song and it's one of my favorites song and I just thought of you when I was listening to it listen to chris janson the name of the song called good vibs and you always give us good vibes so when you get a chance listen to it and I know you'll love the song to I listen to it everyday on road i love it.
Congrats you said loo a vul right! Welcome to the ville, home of great bourbon, horse racing, papa johns, KFC, pizza hut, taco bell headquarters, Louisville Slugger, the brown hotel home of the hot brown sandwich. We make a lot of ford trucks, and move the world through sdf worldport home of the ups air fleet. I hope your time here was at least somewhat enjoyable
You're in my hometown. Where you are is a pretty bad area, always lock your doors and keep your head on a swivel. As for the loud mustang, it seems ok with our PD and leaders for cars to run straight pipes, its extremely obnoxious, Waddy is a great little town, I fish not too far from there, beautiful country
Comment and question, I like how you keep it real dude. Good driving, you nailed that spot. People from the area pronounce it somewhat funny, like Lou-a-val. I can't spell it. I think if you went about 6 or 7 blocks north to around 9'th at and Main st. is the Louisville Slugger plant. There is a 9'th st exit off of I-264, but I think you went the best route. Maybe the next time in town you'll see Churchill Downs ( Twin Spires). Do you drive certain regions of the country, or wherever you lay your hat is your home? Stay safe. Thanks!
Another good video, thanks. I have no criticism of the way you backed in, but I've found it's easier for me in a situation like that if I turn left just at the end of my set up so I start off with a little angle in it
Hey man I started watching your shows bout a week ago, and I’m the type of guy I had to go back & start from the beginning! I’m on the one where you pulled over in Wyoming 2 years ago 😂… don’t know how long it’s gonna be till I catch you, give me a shout out and when I hear it I’ll let cha know..
But right now I live in grants pass Oregon and right now grants pass Oregon is currently under a severe thunderstorm watch until 6-8-2023 in the evening when the watch is allowed 2 expire
Man im surprised they havent hauled you over to the southwest and northwest, bro you would love it over this way man. Forest backroads in the mountains straight lonely desert roads. Man, it dont seem like much but if you headed over this way this place is mint 👌
I’m regional now, I can’t go out west since I’m home every weekend. Would be hard to get me over there and back in a week. My company does OTR also but I’m pretty happy having two days off a week now. Much better work/home balance.
Hey dave i saw you yesterday and i said hi but you didnt say anything but you where about to leave when i shut down i am now going to pick up Ashley furniture place heading to Colorado by Denver
You had a video with your former company parking your truck in your house, why can't you do the same with the truck your assigned by your current employer?
I can if I wanted to but it’s a pain to back in and out of where I live. Also when it rains it’s a risk to get stuck, ground gets really soft. So I park it somewhere else little ways from the house,
