Forklifts are typically heavier than cars, easier to tip, come with piercing forks and, are operated in pedestrian heavy areas much more frequently. You can be certified a lot quicker and easier than it takes to get a driver’s license, and typically you won’t be the one registering and insuring the equipment. And that’s just one specific type of heavy equipment.
There are two driving lives. The first one begins when you get your license. The second one begins when you realize at least half the cars you see everyday are driven by dangerous morons whos intelligence and awareness are far surpassed by the average dog. A good red flag for a dangerous idiot is tailgaters and people who don’t keep the 3 car safety distance. “I want you to go faster so I’m going to get my front as close as I can to your rear and blind you with ultrabrights!” “How bout I go 5 miles slower just to piss you off you stupid fucking animal.”
even ignoring the spite factor, you actually should go slower, since you need more time to slow down if something happens ahead of you or they’ll rear end you
Forklifts are often operated inside warehouses, backrooms, and behind stores and in store parking lots. Cars don’t drive there, but employees, vendors, inspectors and customers walk in these areas. I’ve yet to see a forklift on a highway or high traffic road. Which is why forklift operators have spotters.
So they’re saying that it should be easier to be given a driver’s license? I was forklift certified in a couple hours in a day. I had to drive for many hours over the course of a year before I was allowed to drive solo in a vehicle.
Plus I’ve never had to have an eye exam to be certified on a forklift.
The point they think they’re making and the point they’re actually making are two different things.
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Forklifts are typically heavier than cars, easier to tip, come with piercing forks and, are operated in pedestrian heavy areas much more frequently. You can be certified a lot quicker and easier than it takes to get a driver’s license, and typically you won’t be the one registering and insuring the equipment. And that’s just one specific type of heavy equipment.
the hard part of learning to drive isn’t learning how to drive, it’s learning how to drive accounting for the fact that everybody sucks at driving
that’s not really an issue with a forklift
There are two driving lives. The first one begins when you get your license. The second one begins when you realize at least half the cars you see everyday are driven by dangerous morons whos intelligence and awareness are far surpassed by the average dog. A good red flag for a dangerous idiot is tailgaters and people who don’t keep the 3 car safety distance. “I want you to go faster so I’m going to get my front as close as I can to your rear and blind you with ultrabrights!” “How bout I go 5 miles slower just to piss you off you stupid fucking animal.”
even ignoring the spite factor, you actually should go slower, since you need more time to slow down if something happens ahead of you or they’ll rear end you
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Forklifts are often operated inside warehouses, backrooms, and behind stores and in store parking lots. Cars don’t drive there, but employees, vendors, inspectors and customers walk in these areas. I’ve yet to see a forklift on a highway or high traffic road. Which is why forklift operators have spotters.
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So they’re saying that it should be easier to be given a driver’s license? I was forklift certified in a couple hours in a day. I had to drive for many hours over the course of a year before I was allowed to drive solo in a vehicle.
Plus I’ve never had to have an eye exam to be certified on a forklift.
The point they think they’re making and the point they’re actually making are two different things.