Schneider National

I deliberately did my company training during winter so I could be trained for winter driving in a rig. This is now my third winter out here with 2 years as a first seat driver.

Some people think.. oh I'll wait till after winter to start.. I was like oh heck no.. I want to train now so I'll be more ready lol.

As I read through this there is something I have to mention and everyone on here I would think would agree with me. Weather is unpredictable. Learn to drive in snow now, even better when you have a trainer with you that helps to explain when you lose traction, or loss in visibility. Same with backing. Learn to do it now and practice as much as you can. Once you are on your own you are making money based on how much you drive, so now is the time to get all this training done and practice it under the eyes and knowledge of a trainer.

Either way you will be doing a lot of backing and snow is something that you will have to deal with every winter. Hell I'm on a southern route, I rarely make it north of Virginia, BUT I do see snow from time to time and knowing how to drive in it makes a HUGE difference. Get over the fear now and learn to adapt to it and things change, because as I said, weather is unpredictable. It changes constantly. One day your in the sun and then by the afternoon your in a flurry of snow. It happens all the time. Get that experience now and overcome it, otherwise you will always been worried about it.