Comments By Lynn B.

Congratulations! I to just passed my test. I don't know how, but I did. I was a bundle of nerves. Good Luck and maybe I will see you on the road.

I didn't have a problem with this, because all my paper work had my current name. I have been divorced from my first husband for so many years, but kept his name for my son's same. When I married my love 16 years ago my name has been the same. I kept my previous name as my middle name ( for my son) so it hasn't been a problem. I still took my marriage papers and divorce papers to the DMV just in case. They didn't need them.

Took my test and passed! My offset I did best on strangely enough. I encroached once on my straight-line, and once on my 90 or alley. Luckily I knew how to fix the problem.

Offset is the spot next to you. And yes, hard right, hard left, then hard right again.

At my school the offset is to the right. I am a female so maybe I don't understand how to go the right way. Our offset is hard left, hard right. After that is my problem. When to understand my vehicle to react in order to bend.

Sorry not good with emoticons, or whatever they are. Love.....

We weren't taught the 90. That was for our offset.

What I understand is the 90 is alley docking. Offset is parking next to you on the otherside.

But on the off set you have to bend to the right don't you?

... We always had to stop when we turned the wheel, rather than rolling turns (finessing).

But this seems very different from what y'all have been taught... Going back to lurking now...

My instructor wants us to stop at every countersteer.

We were taught: -hard right backing until we could see the opposite landing gear leg (under the trailer)in the driver's convex mirror, -then hard left backing until we could again see the opposite landing gear leg in the right convex mirror, which will put tandems just inside the lane -then another hard right and get under the trailer and -straight line back

(And it takes the trailer about ten feet to react.)

For the 90 it is hard right then back and then left when wheels twitch, then hard left to get into lane. Pull up 5 to 6 feet, hard right. Hard left back, another small pull up if needed, then left or straight back.