Skipping Gears when leaving the high way into the ramp and wide turns

If this road test is for the DMV (as opposed to a pre-hire road test for a potential employer) then ask the examiner in advance if you're allowed to skip gears. That seems like a lot of braking in a pretty short distance, I might start slowing down sooner and be at the top of 8th (instead of in 9th) going into the ramp.

6th.

Try to keep all of your tires between the white and yellow lines. If that's not possible then do what you have to in order to keep the equipment away from the edge of the pavement, you don't want to make contact with the wall or drop a tire off into the grass.

Good luck on your test!

 

Be cautious about coasting in neutral. They can fail you for that.

 

I would not skip gears. They want you to drive exactly like you are supposed to. When I took my test in 2012 they wanted to see a death grip on the shifter.

 

Sounds like a job for the "mystery gear",,

 

if its a automated manual do i still need a kung ## grip on my joy stick i mean shifter ?

 

No reason to skip gears. Learn how to downshift properly it may save your life one day... Also when u downshift, use the jakes to slow you down and drive like you have no service brakes at all. Just that technique alone will keep your truck out of trouble the majority of the time

On ramp exits you will want to be 5-10mph less than the posted speed advisory for the curve until you get comfortable. Alot of new drivers have their first accidents at a clover leaf or ramp exit where the speed says 25mph and they roll in doing 40 or more

The best advice to your other questions is drive the trailer not the truck. The truck will go where u tell it to, the trailer is just along for the ride.