Lesson 20 / 30 · Texas DPS 2026

Wide right turns — offtracking will fail you

Your tandems don't follow your hood.

The trailer takes a shorter path. Set up. Swing only as much as you need. Don't climb the curb. Don't leave a hole a Civic dives into. This is the on-road fail we see most. We run real DFW streets, not a parking-lot fairy tale.

Tandems do not follow the hood. Swing only as much as you need. Curb or a Civic in the hole fails the DFW road portion.

OfftrackingDon't climb curbDon't invite the CivicDFW streets

Why do CDL right turns fail in Texas?

Offtracking. The trailer takes a shorter path. Set up, do not climb the curb, do not leave a hole for a car. We run real DFW streets.

Also in Spanish

El tráiler toma un camino más corto. Acomódate. Abre solo lo necesario. No subas la banqueta. No dejes un hueco para un Civic. Es la falla de ruta que más vemos. Salimos a calles de DFW, no a un cuento de estacionamiento.

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