What are pilot/escort trucks, and how do you stay safe around them?

What are pilot/escort trucks, and how do you stay safe around them?

It’s said that if you look around your house or workplace, virtually everything there spent at least some of its time on a truck before it got to you. Most items fit inside a truck and just get driven to their destination with no fanfare. But big things get carried on trucks, too; and when they’re really, really big things, that transit will likely require an escort or pilot truck. You’ve likely seen them on the highway, but you might not know e…