Comments By Gerald H. AKA Doc

welcome Daniel and good luck with your schooling. I hope all works out for you in the trucking industry. although I'm not a vet. my dad is and I would like to say thanks for your time in service. same to all the other vets out there too. have a great day. Doc

yes it is true. we had a guy come through our school doing a refresher because he learned on an automatic. it would be nice if those schools with automatics would let you know up front.

I did both, manual and high road. What I found was that the manual to me seemed kinda confusing. with high road and all the little tests you do will really drive the correct answers into your head because of the refresher questions. the more you do the more refresher questions you get. repetition here it's the key. with the endorsements, if you wait till you get your license there will be a fee for a duplicate license. it's not much but it's money you can save by doing it at the time of your permit. also for hazmats you have to do a background check and it could take a couple of weeks to get that back. don't get caught up in having to wait for that to come back before you can take the test. what I mean by that is if you get the background check done, the day you go to get your license you can take the hazmat test and it will be put on your license from the start. most companies today require hazmats so it's best to get them out of the way as soon as possible.

congratulations on passing your test. you need one of those shirts that says " I'm having a great day, watch some idiot come along and screw it up". lol

Martin, I just have to give you big big credit for even wanting to get off of disability. In my mind that is a very good first step to doing anything you want to do. Only trouble with this career is it is regulated by the feds and it seems to get more regulated by the year. Good luck and I hope things work out for you. Doc

Steven, for me the test was simply the nurse coming in and whispering " the sky is blue"and me repeating back to her what she just said. I have had two of those physicals now and both hearing tests were the same just different phrases.

Hi Steven, the reason people are forbidden to use marijuana is although it is legal in many states, it is still not legal by the federal government. everything truck driving is federal government and in reality drugs and 80,000 pounds just doesn't go good together.

well the answer to the question is yes you can become a truck driver at 18 but you will only be allowed to drive in your home state. so unless you get with a local company who stays in state, in order to use your license later on when you turn 21 you may have to spend more money to take a refresher course to get hired on with a company. good luck with your decision. Doc

I am at the DMV and just passed all of my endorsements. Can't thank Brett enough for the learning material that makes all of this stuff seem so easy. Thanks to all that may be involved. Doc

Steven, the only way they can make you become a resident of Pa is if you decide to move to Pa. as a permanent resident for six months or more. just b because you work in a state other then your home state dosent mean you have to become a resident of that state. as is in my case I'm a resident of west virginia and have worked in Maryland for the past 25 years.