Holy Crap On A Cracker

I started my CDL training this week, we have 3 guys in the class that used to be drivers, 2 let theirs CDL expire doing other thing, one lost his due to a DUI... The DUI guy scares the hell out of me, he does not know how to do a paper log, and he cannot read a map. Just makes me wonder how he was a driver before....

Just curious how many drivers do you run into that ave no idea what they are doing out there... A one of my instructor pot it "their elevator doesn't go to the op floor, its stuck in the basement."

On a side note i have earned a 100 on all my paper tests we start straight line backing tomorrow.

Yay! Good job. My elevator definitely goes to the top floor haha but I am worried about getting lost lol.

Way ta go, Eckoh! Rock those tests!

By the way, in the military we had an attitude about map-reading and orientation that refused to allow us to ever give up and say, "I am lost." That would have been a sign of weakness or of being inept and it kept us self-confident.... ...

Remember this: You are never lost. Just temporarily disoriented.

Get your bearings on your map and regroup.

All I can say about the goombahs with a one-story elevator - think how good they make you look!

-mountain girl

Lost did I say lost? Of course I meant temporarily disoriented. Thnx MG

Eckoh, orientation and school is where you will run into a lot of these types. I've been in several orientations in my trucking career and it's almost always the same story. Recently when I joined with Knight on a dedicated account we had nine people there for orientation. I could have told you within about five minutes the five people who weren't going to make it - they are all at home now, or looking for another job.

It's amazing to me how some people think rules do not apply to them. We have had 2 people kicked out for alcohol. First day we are told 0 alcohol and people still drink.

6 people got sent home today. They could not back up the truck.

Awesome news dude, More room for you, your still there!!! Keep truck'n

Hopefully, one of the 6 was your dui guy who scared the hell out of you because he couldn't read a map. Glad to hear the others are only on the road because they're on a bus that's driving them home.

No sympathy here. Employment is a privilege and people who don't follow the rules end up being the ones who are dangerous on the road.

-mountain girl

Awesome news dude, More room for you, your still there!!! Keep truck'n

thanks man. This is a super fast paced course, i got to back up 1 time with the instructor guiding me, then not much guidance. the guy before me failed bad and the truck was so poorly setup i couldn't fix it and failed my first graded attempt however i asked how to fix what i was doing wrong when everyone else took a break and the instructor told m to gt in the truck and practice cause everyone else walked away for the break. After my question was answered fixed what i as doing wrong it just clicked for me and i was going forward and back just fine. Also on of the tricky thing is the test area was on a small slope so it pulled the trailor to the right so you have to correct it. Anyways after i did like 6 perfect backs the intsructor hopped on the side of the tractor and said if i did it like that on more time he will just pass me and i just did the sam thing again and got passsd.

the 6 other guys did not stick around to ask advice or anything ad after lunch they had 3 more hours of backing raining while everyone else started pre trip, everyone of the other guys failed. I am SUPER glad i stopped to ask that question on how to fix what i was doing wrong cause it made me the only one to pass on my second try. I guess all it takes is to show the drive to learn, i got extra set time and when it clicked it clicked.