You sounded nervous but you made it! It was really fun reading this blog and seeing the other side of the truck driving school. I’m glad you liked your instructors, having good instructors is important. The orange cones – $12 a piece, the owner with the big mouth, priceless.

Drive Safe,
Tanya

Yeah, Rhonda is right – wait til you get out on the road and see how often you use that stuff from the yard – all the backing maneuvers. They didn’t pick those randomly. You’re gonna be glad you had so much practice time and got to learn all of that – cuz you’re gonna use it!

Wait til you get to one of those docks where they tell ya – “Go ahead and put it right there” and you’re gonna be like “WHAT??? What is wrong with you guys???” But you’ll get it in there.

My attitude always was “If it can be done, then I can do it.” So don’t ever think for a moment that you can’t do something. If it’s been done, you can do it. Just laugh, shrug your shoulders, take your time, smile, and soon you’ll be nappin in the bunk while they’re working on loadin or unloadin the truck.

And don’t worry if one day you’re in Jersey and you’re blockin a four lane highway trying to get backed into a tight dock – and even though your nose is against the far side curb, a cop decides to drive completely onto the sidewalk with all four wheels to get around you instead of blocking traffic for a moment to help you out. That’s just Jersey! True story!

Those skill tests may seem silly to do and now that you are a licensed driver, you can understand why its done. But the road test is much better as it deals with the real world of driving. You will do just fine in your training.

Now just relax a little as you deserve it before you start the training.