Mad, Angry, Frustrated And Disappointed With Myself.......
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Bummer dude. I am sure you will do just fine tomorrow.
Ernie
Unfortunately, things happen and we can't control them. At least you know what you got wrong.
Good luck tomorrow!
Good luck, Guy! Go get 'em! You've got this!!!!
Tarren
Your one of the most professional people on here, don't sweat it.. tomm is another day. no one can be perfect all the time ;p
GuyJax, I've often wondered how I would do in the very scenario you are in. It seems once we've been on the road awhile we tend to forget some of the technicalities that may be presented to us in a testing situation. Kind of like the old saying "the devil is in the details" sort of thing. We can be very professional drivers and still not have all the little details down that might come up in a testing situation, simply because we haven't been familiarizing ourselves lately with them.
I remember when I tested for my Haz-mat - I was surprised at how many questions they threw in there that had nothing to do with the Haz-mat endorsement. It caught me off guard because I had been cramming for the information specific to the endorsement.
It sounds like you are ready for them now. I wish you the best, and am sure you're gonna get through it this time.
Don't feel to bad, Guy. When we moved to WA, I went to transfer my CDL , and they had me take the test...I failed !!! I was humbled...but some of the questions are written weird. after I read thru the manual, I sailed right thru the test...
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Looking forward to hearing how well you did today, did you pass this time?? Well i hope you did.
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Went to the DMV today to take Doubles and triples and tanker endorsements. I did not need tanker but did it cause I had the chance. But I needed Doubles and triples. And what happens? I pass the one I really did not need. So tomorrow I can get my tanker endorsement on my CDL. Waiting to tomorrow cause I will retake the Doubles and Triples again.
Funny thing is I aced all the questions dealing with doubles and triples. No problem but in Arkansas not only do you take the endorsement test but they also throw in questions pertaining to other section of the CDL handbook. Stuff I should have already knew but somehow forgot since I first got my CDL years ago.
The questions they threw in were from section 2 of the Arkansas section of the CDL manual which deals with safety and general items that. Mainly General Knowledge stuff. One I know for a fact I got wrong was.....
If you have to leave the highway and take the shoulder what speed should you slow to BEFORE using the brakes....
A 40 mph
B 30 mph
C 20 mph
D 10 mph
Of course the answer was 20 mph but somehow I thought the answer was 40 mph. DUH!
And the other questions I missed were pertaining to following distance. While i always try to maintain a 7 second following distance it was not what they were looking for....
Under 40 mph you use a 4 second following distance. Once over 40 mph its 1 sec for every 10 feet the length of your vehicle PLUS 1 second for safety. It was the 1 second I was for getting in the calculation.
One of the questions that was asked was if driving a vehicle that is 100 feet in length at 55 mph how many seconds following distance do you need? So the answer for this one would be 13 seconds. 10 seconds for the length of vehicle plus 2 seconds cause you would round the speed up to 60 mph and add in 1 second for safety.
It was the 1 second for safety that I was forgetting.
Hopefully tomorrow I will be in a better mood and also have the "T" endorsement on my CDL also.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated