Is in normal to feel stressed out while in training ?

This is just the beginning.Wait till you get qualified and in your own trk,you'll be stressed for a couple months.

 

It will get easier with time. How is your trainer? that can also be a determining factor. You wanna talk about stress just wait until you do your 1st solo run or your 1st solo run into a big city now that is stress LOL. But seriously it will get easier every day. Every week you will get more and more comfortable just give it time.

 

Hi everyone I just finished my first load with trans am, only problem is my apu is not working as it should be. had a bad night off sleep. Other than that see how they go about fix the apu issue. Colorado springs good bye in another hour.

 

My 1st week solo (my second or 3rd solo trip) I left myself an hr of extra time time to get to my destination (a truck stop) with 1 alternative place to travel to if I couldn't find parking at the truck stop. It was just a short 4 hr run. I was about 5-10 min from the truck stop and feeling pretty confident. I was driving by a steel mill and there was a train crossing so i had to stop at the tracks. Well that train took 54 minutes it kept going back and forth switching tracks and adding more train cars to the it. I was sweating watching the 14 hr clock getting lower and lower. Well with 6 min left on my 14 the train cleared the road. I made it to the truck stop with 1 min left in my clock. Now new solo driver 11 at night and a nearly full truck stop with no time to go anywhere else. There was only a couple of spots open and of coarse they were the most difficult spots to back into. I took my time made sure I g.o.a.l. multiple times and made it into a spot. I learned 1 very important thing to keep the stress level down that night. When you are a new driver backing into a tight, tough spot at a truck stop turn of the dam cb. I am still a rookie but have a little more confidence now but will still turn off the c.b when backing into a tight area. LoL

 

It's not bad as you think it is just learn from all they give at you will be fine. Just got done with my first load it was not bad and ready more still learning every one here at trans am will help you any questions and concern.

 

It all takes time. Just be patient. When I would get stressed I would take a few deep breaths and say to myself (in my head) "there are some real morons out on the road and of they can do it I can to"

 

Auburnfan205, It WILL get easier over time... and you do know what TIME stands for, right? Things I Must Earn... and that will only come with time and lots of patience. Whatever you do, try not to get hurried and start rushing around - that's when a lot of accidents/mishaps tend to happen.

Be safe. Have fun!

 

Be in the correct gear when going into a turn is a must. It's easier to up shift from a stop but near impossible to down shift. Right turns no faster than 15 mph, slower for newbies. And left turns 10 mph. I seen too many trucks turned over on the slightest curves because they were going too fast. It's not a race..........ok sometimes it's a race lol