Here We Go Again...

It seems to me you did not do the research you needed to make the best decision for you. If you read my training diary, you will see it took me three tries to pass my CDL test. Many people don't pass the first time. The reason schools want you to get the pre-trip part of the test out of the way, is that is the part they can't teach. The pre-trip is memorization. The backing and driving are skills they can take. As was said before, if you want it you will have to get it. There is no hand holding in trucking. Good luck.

Rainy,

Thank you for your input ! I HAVE been thinking long & hard about this.

I'm guessing this was Jim Palmer. And I'm guessing you had a contract which you did not complete. Different company contracts say different things, some make you pay only if you pass the CDL. Others make you pay regardless. It is quite possible you have been put in a collection agency and could receive a bill in the near future. We just saw this on another thread with another driver and company.

So take a few things into consideration: 1). Do you still owe company 1? 2). Are you ready to stay the whole contract at a different company? 3) do you truly have what it takes to make it in trucking?

I ask because I was in the exact same boat. My trainer decided to leave my company and he wanted me to test before I was ready. I failed my first backing test. He refused to let me talk to other trainers for a different explanation. Then I refused to test until I got more backing. After talking to the dispatch manager, I was evaluated and given the backing time I needed. I passed the backing test with zero points. Got my CDL and kept on trucking.

Moral of the story, you quit and gave up. I kept at it and got what I needed. Some companies may frown upon that. This career takes persistence, decision making, problem solving, and determination. If you were in a bad situation out on the road, would you just get out of the truck and leave it? If you couldn't get in a dock would you fly home? We have to do problem solving on the road.

Be prepared to answer these questions to the next company. Be prepare to explain why you left and what will make this time different.

Some people will tell you it won't be on the DAC cause you were never hired. True. But, trucking companies find things out. If you try the "they were a bad company and its all their fault" route they will expect you to do the same with them.

You need to take responsibility for the situation and your decision to leave and demonstrate a willingness and determination to complete the contract.

Good luck