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• March 15, 2010 -- Attending Truck Driving School Part II – First Day On The Yard
  Alan and I were both nervous, yet excited about the new challenge before us. We’d be spending the first couple of days in the yard, learning straight-line backing and 45° angle backing. Here we go - my first attempt at backing up a truck....
• March 10, 2010 -- Attending Truck Driving School Part I
  Priceville, Alabama was where my trucking adventure began. A Super 8 motel room would be my home for the next three weeks while I attended CDL school. I did not know what to expect on the first day, but I met a wide range of personalities in the other students. It was incredible to see the diversity....
• December 2, 2009 -- Randy’s Phase 1 CDL Training – Part 5
  Another day stuck at the school, another interesting story...don't know if it's true, but it's interesting. Supposedly, a student took a bottle of liquor on the truck while with an instructor and other students. They got 30 miles away at a truck stop, the safety manager and cops were called, and he got a D.U.I. If it really happened, it's incredibly stupid! A lot of odd things happen at that school....
• November 17, 2009 -- Advice For Truck Driving School Students
  This is a summary of what I've learned from many experienced truckers on TruckingTruth, plus the perspective I've gained as my husband went through the classroom training during August-September, 2009. ...
• November 13, 2009 -- Randy’s Truck Driving School – Days 20 & 21
  Randy was SO excited the last time I talked to him because after a change of plans, he and his trainer are now going to Mira Loma, CA first. And they get to drive past Las Vegas at night, which sounds really cool! He knows he's going to be working really hard and be busy learning new things, but there is a "vacation" element to this, for him. ...
• November 11, 2009 -- Randy’s Truck Driving School – Days 18 & 19
  I have to admit there have been times, during the first 3 weeks of this experience, where I began to feel that the entire trucking industry might be orchestrated by a bunch of mad scientists conducting some kind of evil psychological experiment. And we (the students, drivers and their families) are their human guinea pigs. ;) Seriously though, it's been a wild little ride so far, and I'm sure that will continue. Here's more...... ...
• November 9, 2009 -- Randy’s Truck Driving School – Days 16 & 17
  Truck driver training usually involves a lot of pressure. The intensity of the experience is part of what made it so special for him. He quickly formed a very close bond with many of his fellow students, and they are a diverse bunch of characters whom he never would have come to know so well under other circumstances....
• November 9, 2009 -- Randy’s Truck Driving School – Days 13, 14 & 15
  Randy sounded a bit odd when I talked to him today. For the past several days, he has mentioned feeling trapped and restless, and anxious to begin training. I suspected it was just a reaction to all that he had been through, combined with elation from his success, which can be just as overwhelming as the constant anxiety and tension....