Comments By Ozzy

I wanted to share my road test experience with you guys and see if yall had similar situations. I tested on a 07 Volvo day-cab with an 8 speed tranny and a short trailer. I blew past my pre-trip and I had to do a pull up on the curve back, but other than that everything was going smooth. Then came time for the road test. We tested in a commuter parking lot right off of I-95 in Woodbridge, Virginia. Its about 15 miles from DC. As soon as we left the parking lot I realized that the speedometer on the truck was not working properly and that it was stuck at 15 mph. I remembered the instructors at school tell us not to mention anything wrong with the truck because the examiner would shut the truck down for the day and nobody would get to test that day. So, as far as I was concerned, the speedometer was working perfectly, that is until the examiner said to me "I don't think the speedometer is working". I just looked straight and didn't say a word to him, hoping that he would leave it at that. He brought it back up about 4 minutes later and said "You are in 6th gear, but you are only going 15 mph?", I looked at him and gave the dash a good couple of taps and to my relief the speedometer went up to about 35 mph. I said " Nah, it was just sticking a little bit but it's working fine now". He wrote something down on the Ipad that he had and we kept on trucking.

We came up on a red light, so I slowed down and came to a stop about 3 cars back. Light turns green and I started back up from 2nd gear. Now, in VA for whatever reason they do not allow you to shift while in an intersection and they do not want you going through yellow lights, I understand the reasoning for the second half. I hit 3rd gear before going past the white line, and as soon as I went past it the light turned yellow. The truck is only doing 15 mph tops in 3rd gear and now I can not shift. The examiner starts yelling "Whoah, Whoah, Whoah", to which I responded " I already had crossed the white line when the light turned therefore I couldn't stop or I would of been blocking the intersection, and I can not go any faster because you people wont let me shift until the truck is out of the intersection". I know the light turned red before the truck was out of the intersection, so I basically ran a red light. Again, he wrote something down on his Ipad and we kept trucking.

I was freaking out as we were pulling back into the commuter parking lot because after "running" a red light and the problem with the speedometer, I was almost 100% that the examiner was going to say " I'll will see you next time". He had been having guys come into the lot from the front, which is nice and wide and there is no chance you can hit a curb unless you try. He told me to go in the back way, it was really tight with about 4 90-degree turn and rows of cars on either side of the truck. I just took it nice and easy and made sure to make nice wide turns. To my surprise, after parking the truck he said "I was impressed with the way you drive and specially after making it look so easy to come around the back way. Most new guys have to pull up and back up to make those turns. I will go ahead and write up your certificate that you can take to DMV".

At this point I jumped out of the truck and started skipping around like a little school girl, but I did not care, I had gotten my CDL and that was all that matter to me. I though about maybe doing a backflip but then I figure fat people and backflips don't mix.

Anyways, this is my crazy road test experience.

Ozzy

I will be 25 next month. I will be celebrating my birthday at TMC's orientation.

Good luck man!!!!

Man I was cheesing like a fat kid with a whole cake for himself

. You should of seen me when I passed mine yesterday. I jumped out of that truck and started skipping around the parking lot like a school girl. Whatever works lol.

Congrats bro, keep us updated on your progress.

As far as I know, a pre-hire letter is not a guarantee that they will hire you. Look at it as more of an invitation to go to their orientation. Once go make it through their orientation and training you get hired.

Thank you all for all of yalls support. It has been a great help being able to share this journey with yall and hearing the positive feedback.

Im sure this is one of those moments I will remember for the rest of my life. With that being said, Im sure the guys and gal that were testing the same day as me wont forget me either. As soon as the examiner told me I had passed and to go ahead and get out of the truck, I jumped out and started skipping around like a school girl. Sure them guys wont ever forget that. But I had not a care in the world, I passed and thats al that matter to me for those whole 5 minutes of skipping around.

Again, I want to thank you all for the great advise and support.

Ozzy

Go get 'em......Im sure if I did it this morning, you got this too!!!!

Update us on it.

I passed my CDL test this morning. As of 10:45 this morning, I am the proud holder of a Class A CDL!!!!!!!! My nerves were killing me and I think I probably had a mini heart attack and stroke while I was waiting for my turn, but I got through it on the first time. All its left to do is pick up my completion certificate from my school in 5-10 days and get the hard copy of my license in the mail in 5-10 business days.

Everything is finally starting to fall into place for once in my life. Hard work and determination. Black and Chrome, here I come.

I passed my CDL test this morning. As of 10:45 this morning, I am the proud holder of a Class A CDL!!!!!!!! My nerves were killing me and I think I probably had a mini heart attack and stroke while I was waiting for my turn, but I got through it on the first time. All its left to do is pick up my completion certificate from my school in 5-10 days and get the hard copy of my license in the mail in 5-10 business days.

Everything is finally starting to fall into place for once in my life. Hard work and determination. Black and Chrome, here I come.

Your best bet would be W-2's. When you fill out the applications they will ask for phone numbers and addresses. As far as speeding tickets, I believe most companies only go back 5 years for driving records. You can get those from the DMV for around 5 or 10 bucks I think.