Millis OTR journal

Question for the Millis drivers. I read somewhere on here that Millis was going to all autos? Are the OTR trainers trucks auto? If so, wouldn't that put a restriction on your cdl for auto trans?

 

Over time you will get a feel for it. I'm so old they taught us 90* backing almost exclusively, now I have heard no one learns that way. I found it to work most of the time, but you guys are driving much longer trucks than I ever did.
I watched a video and can't find it now of a driver with plenty of room to spare get himself so tight against a row of trailers, opposite the loading dock he couldn't move! The warehouseman is telling another driver, "he's been here several times, I got no idea how he ended up over there" lol

 

If you are adament about the no restriction there are ways around it. At least thats what I've been told. Will know more in month when I finally start training.

 

They searched the inside of your truck why?

Did you give them permission?

 

How often is it typical to get inspected out there? I mean roadside inspections? And so this was the first level 1 you’ve had?

 

First, that part is not an inspection, it is a search.

Second, having nothing to hide doesn't mean that the driver of that truck before you didn't. If that were indeed the case, you'd be swearing those drugs weren't yours, as you were being cuffed.

Third, it has nothing to do with Millis. Unless Millis personally told those officers that they could search without your consent, YOU are the captain of your ship.

"I do not consent to searches" is your best friend, along with "I will not answer that."

"Nothing to hide; everything to protect."