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NO, only the experienced drivers take the road test at orientation,,you will go with a mentor for a bit,, THEN when you've gotten your 240 hrs OTR, you will take a road test,,then your own truck.

 

That doesn't sound right.

So if I am just out of trucking school and into orientation for Swift, I won't have to do a skills and road test?

 

When I was in orientation last month in Phoenix, everyone did a drive test. it was just a drive around the block nothing fancy. They just want to see how you shift and handle the truck. They use it to determine how long you will go out with a mentor if you have no recent experience or just out of school.

 

Thats what my recruiter told me also before I went, but it wasn't up to them its up to safety and everyone in orientation had to do one. This was in phoenix so it may different somewhere else.

 

Dont worry about grinding, I did, they know you will need training. They just want to see where you are and if you can handle the truck. You will be fine. Its really easy.....

 

In Phoenix we didn't have to talk or do a pretrip or brakes test, just got in a cruised down the road. I went with another guy and we switched half way around the block, think I only drove for maybe 15-20 mins..