I have a manual restriction on my license I just got yesterday.

I can't speak for Indiana, but in Colorado it only requires scheduling a new driving test.

 

You will have to test again. The only thing I don't know is how extensive said test will be. I know a driver that tested about a year ago. The examiner just wanted him to drive a few blocks and wanted him to start off on a rather steep hill. The test was over in about 15 minutes, did not even go over the brake tests or the pretrip. Your mileage may vary! Just be ready to do the ENTIRE thing over again!

 

I have it too . This is also a question I had but I'm not super concerned about it right now just working for mega carriers many of their fleets are automatic anyway .

I felt like I didn't have enough time to practice manual truck driving in my school program. I was getting better at it but I only had a set number of driving hours in that one week , and they strongly advised me to just test on the auto .

When I was learning to drive a manual car it seemed almost impossible to me at first . I had to take several weeks and find a totally different teacher to learn it well enough to drive on my own .

 

They made me get a new permit. Pretrip, straight line, parallel, and offset, then drive. Just the usual bs.

 

I was told I’m Texas you have the do the entire road test but not the pretrip or backing.

 

With automatic transmissions becoming the norm throughout the country, it probably won't matter anymore if a truck driver has that restriction on his or her license.

God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!

The absolute sheer driving force of our national economy - without truck drivers, our entire national economy would come to an absolute standstill - if not outright be dead.

Over the mountains, through the woods, into the valleys, coast to coast, from sea to shining sea - truck drivers can and do go anywhere and everywhere, every day, all year round.

 

It ain't hard to learn shifting. I had it down pretty good after a couple hours in the truck. I bet it'd be a lot easier if you were already comfortable handling a truck in city traffic, rather than having everything thrown at you at once.

 

Prob gotta go to a testing site.
Sellersburg is the one closest to me that has a state examiner on site. That tdi truck school in southern indiana.

Or just goto a mega. They all want autos anyway it seems.