Day 1 in the books. Filled out tons of paperwork. Took my drug test, which I hope isn't diluted, drank a little too much water this morning. Passed my DOT physical and company physical. They went over the rules with us, and took us grocery shopping. Tomorrow I report to the yard for training 😊
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Day 1 in the books. Filled out tons of paperwork. Took my drug test, which I hope isn't diluted, drank a little too much water this morning. Passed my DOT physical and company physical. They went over the rules with us, and took us grocery shopping. Tomorrow I report to the yard for training 😊
So hows it going? I just got here to yhe hotel. Start tomorrow.
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Day 1 in the books. Filled out tons of paperwork. Took my drug test, which I hope isn't diluted, drank a little too much water this morning. Passed my DOT physical and company physical. They went over the rules with us, and took us grocery shopping. Tomorrow I report to the yard for training 😊
So hows it going? I just got here to yhe hotel. Start tomorrow.
It's going good, except 1st day I could back up no problem, then the next 3 days I forgot how to. I was able to skip classroom cuz I have a cdl , but with an Automatic transmission restriction, so Henderson is helping get rid of that. However, I forgot how to back up. Will you be in classroom your first week, or do you have your permit ?
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A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Day 1 in the books. Filled out tons of paperwork. Took my drug test, which I hope isn't diluted, drank a little too much water this morning. Passed my DOT physical and company physical. They went over the rules with us, and took us grocery shopping. Tomorrow I report to the yard for training 😊
So hows it going? I just got here to yhe hotel. Start tomorrow.
It's going good, except 1st day I could back up no problem, then the next 3 days I forgot how to. I was able to skip classroom cuz I have a cdl , but with an Automatic transmission restriction, so Henderson is helping get rid of that. However, I forgot how to back up. Will you be in classroom your first week, or do you have your permit ?
0 hour finally arrived, I was nervous, don't know why, I've done all these tests be for, the only difference is this is in manual transmission.
Anyway perfect score on straight line, offset and parallel park, hit a curb on my road test, they let me retest. This time, I took the turns extra wide. Passed with a perfect score again. I was super nervous on for the pre trip. Don't know why, since I go over my pre trip twice a day every day since August.
Long story short, I passed all tests, removed the "automatic transmission only" restriction of my Cdl-A and I am now a company driver for Earl L. Henderson Trucking.
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.
Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
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