The last 2 days were basically carbon copies of each other. First, we did our parallel parking. After that, they hooked us up to trailers and let us drive around the course for the rest of the evening. Here is a completely unedited video of my driving around the course. It will give you a good idea of what to expect. Sorry about the low light conditions, but it was obviously nighttime. Also, don't pay attention to the bantering...lol!
In my opinion, I think that it is better to train at night. You can't see everything at night. For example: you can't see your whole trailer, so you have to rely on the clearance lamps to know where your trailer is when making turns. So if you learn how to do it at night, you should nail it during the day!
Wednesday marked our 4th day of driving the trucks, and most everybody has the shifting nailed. The instructors all keep saying that we are one of the best classes that they've had in a while...now whether that is true or not is a different story! Of course we have our couple of "super truckers" that know everything there is to know about the operation of a class 8 commercial motor vehicle...even though they don't have a cdl, and they are going to a truck driving school just like me. The worst one is a 24 year old from Tennessee. Last night, our instructor asked the class who was the best shifter. Well, guess who was the only one who promptly raised their hand. He was informed that he was being cocky. Well...enough about that.
We lost another guy a couple of days ago. Nobody knows the entire story, but he said it had to do with some speeding ticket he got in 2006. We all think he lied on his application. The moral of this story is DON'T LIE! It's not worth your money or time to come this far only to get the boot because of a silly lie on your application.
Today, we are going to hit the streets of Dallas. It should be an interesting time, but I think we will all do just fine.
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