Feeling A Little Discouraged After My First Experience On Road

Riccardo replied:

Thanks for the replies good to know the situation isn't what people normally go through.

You couldn’t figure that out on your own?

Why are you here Riccardo? The mindshare on this forum know you made this up. It’s BS.

But what if he's not?

Riccardo replied:

Thanks for the replies good to know the situation isn't what people normally go through.

You couldn’t figure that out on your own?

Why are you here Riccardo? The mindshare on this forum know you made this up. It’s BS.

But what if he's not?

"To empathize, encourage, inspire..."

Riccardo replied:

Thanks for the replies good to know the situation isn't what people normally go through.

You couldn’t figure that out on your own?

Why are you here Riccardo? The mindshare on this forum know you made this up. It’s BS.

But what if he's not?

The TT GPS places him IN Montreal, so does my IP locator.

Maybe it DOES happen like that across the border, y'all. I'm not here to buck the powers that be, ever.

I'm the 'nicest' Momma Anne ..... but, who KNOWS if they do things like that in Canada??? Heck, truckers up there are bucking the VAX mandate REALLY BAD, so.... this is entirely possible.

Forgive me, mods.

30K truckers to quit by January in Canada, due to VAX mandates.

Just my 2cents that matter not.

~ Anne ~

ps: PLEASE delete, if necessary. Just telling you what I've found; it's not Todd.

Obviously, I know it's not Todd. I can look at the map, too.

And to weed out embellished, bs stories such as this one. “Canadian pesos” gave me a good laugh though.

Riccardo replied:

Thanks for the replies good to know the situation isn't what people normally go through.

You couldn’t figure that out on your own?

Why are you here Riccardo? The mindshare on this forum know you made this up. It’s BS.

But what if he's not?

"To empathize, encourage, inspire..."

Mark that sounds intense guys sleeping with a noob driving, I definitely couldn't shut my eyes if I knew someone fresh as I was driving haha i'd be tense.

G Town, I'm sorry I know I can't convince you but I assure you its true.

Why would i join the forum to make some BS post to truckers?

I genuinely experienced this, felt discouraged as if I just couldn't get the grip of things, googled it, found this forum and some posts relating to mine and decided to join and share my situation with you. This seems to be what every student at this school goes through, its situated in back of a business but the parking is pretty narrow so we dont have a training pad. Again this is in Canada maybe the schools aren't monitored as strictly as in the States? I have no clue, I'm as new to this as it gets (2 days).

If you think I'm lying to you I can leave, or ban me but I swear I am not lying to you lol I dont know what evidence I can show you I didn't film this. But my coworker today told me that yes, he was also brought out on the road day 1. I dont know what else to tell you. I took a picture of my car behind the truck I am driving with them, I can blur out the phone number and driving school and post it I'm being honest with you. I dont mean to waste you or the other mods time.

I don't know what to say, sorry for wasting your time I guess but I swear nothing I said was a lie, I was taught day 1 backing in a somewhat narrow parking with cones. Day 2, on road 3:10pm to 5:20ish pm. I go back tomorrow and Sunday for practicing reversing. How am I supposed to know if its normal or not? I'm 29 and just signed up to this professional school recognized by Quebec.

Delete me if you wish, I took pictures of your responses to show my coworkers and girlfriend. Its shocking to me that my experience was so out of the normal that its deemed BS wow

I don't know how I could prove this without strapping a go pro to my head, I go back tomorrow maybe I could post a picture of the fleet they have 2 Volvo trucks, 1 bus and a "class 3" box truck, I dont want to include too much of their info though I could blur it out.

Thanks to the two of you who believe me! Thanks for the stories and encouragement.

Why not share the school i formation? Address, phone, etc., let other people know what to avoid if they don't like such teaching methods.

Was this “hot swap” done in a sleeper truck? You said that’s what truckers call it but I’ve never heard of such a thing. Ever. And you said you paid 3,000 Canadian Pesos? A quick google search says cdl schools in Canada cost around 5,000 minimum. Too many holes in this story.

And if it’s honestly true you may want to reconsider a trucking career. That fact that you had to ask if this is normal is just as outrageous as the fact that you complied with such a dangerous maneuver. Do you understand what would of happened if you did get in an accident? “ o sorry officer we were just hot swappin!!!!” Your career would of been done before it even started. You should of immediately made your way towards the shoulder, popped the brakes, hazards on, and than swapped.

I can fully see a bad instructor trying to be super trucker instructor and pulling a hot swap. I lay 100% of the blame on him. As a new student I'd imagine it would have freaked you out. When I was new in CDL school, first day, if my instructor had done that I'd also have taken the seat...quickly, before he killed us all. I'd have probably beat his arse as well.

You should have done backing maneuvers in the yard in a stick shift prior to going on the road in a stick shift. Your instructor sounds like a dufuss and that school sounds far, far from top notch.