Simulator

I thought it was a kinda fun tool to practice backing. At the end of the day, the simulator doesn't compare too much to the real thing. But it gives you a slight feel.

For anyone that felt sick, I blame the instructor.

Commonly people feel like they are suffering from motion sickness. Not the case. The feeling is physically a lack of motion. It is called simulator adapatation symdrome. Your brain senses motion and your body doesn’t.

The proper way to work with this is for any instruction to be broken up into segments. A few minutes classroom instruction, a few scenarios in the sim, starting with some orientation straightline movement. Gradually work toward lateral movement then the complete package.

The maufacturers all train instructors in this, but I know some stray from the practice. They always have high failure rates because of it.

I have trained instructors for years and done followup evaluations on training centers and just shake my head at the excuses for poor instructors. I left that part of my life about a year after getting my cdl. From 1998-2014 it was a big part of my life.