Anyone Fail Thier Road Test?

yes please tell condo so he can tell the rest of us you imbred

 

When i first took my road test: Failed. Second time...i passed. However, the year was 1994. Since, my skills increased, taught at driver training schools. Taught new cdl holders at Corp. I'v eobserved two different types of instructors: one whom learned the job on-the-job. Other group: those whom teach from a preformatted models: you turn the wheel a set number of times, drive a predetermined distance, and you master the movement. Climbed thru the ranks: leased owner operator, small company owner using brokers, small company owner working with shipping compaines direct, The Beginner stage.

 

It takes some doing to fail a road test, what were you doing?

 

Back in the day.
Anyway I use to give drivers road tests. the one thing I found out if you will relax and you will most likely do fine. First it is a truck that you don't know and a guy or gal that who's job is just to see if you know what you are doing.
We are not here to bust your chops. Just to find out if you can handle the truck.

Sometimes some of the people just want to jam up drivers. But most of the time we are on your side. Just tell them you are having a problem and are a little jittery. and if they are worth their salt they will tell you everything will be fine and just relax and everything will turn out ok

By the way I have made the guy giving the road test feel like he doesn't know what he was doing. But i have 35 plus years behind the wheel.
Drive like you know what you are doing and act the same way. It helps!

Most of the drivers that failed with me, if they would have relaxed they would have done fine.

 

Don't understand how one fails the road test when upgrading from 2nd seat to 1st seat. You have to major screw up to do that. shoot the dude giving me my test didn't like how i was backing and started doing an imitation of a flight crew on an aircraft carrier landing a jet. he backed me in the hole. Wasn't i was having an issue, he just wasn't happy how I was doing it

The upgrade test from written to driving is designed so "new" drivers (fresh from school) can't fail them. shoot the companies written test was all open book. so the only way one could fail either is to kill someone, hit someone or slug the tester i would say.

 

I cant speak for your experiance but I can tell you that when I was training for Werner, if a trainee didnt get offered a solo spot that ment that they failed several road tests. As a certified trainer he can certify you right out of the truck... he gives a silent test, you dont even know its going on and its very arbitrary. If you took a road test at all it was because your trainer refused to certify you. The second chance was with the terminal staff who will road test you and if you fail that one you get the option of more training with a different trainer who also has the option to certify you, after that its a second chance with the terminal staff and if you fail that time youre going home.

I had a guy in that boat once but I was able to help him fix his problem (backing) and certified him myself.

Of course if you hit someone youre toast, But accidents dont nessacarily mean youre out.

 

I'll be honest. When I took my last road test, the tester took 2 of us out with him. We tested before we went out with a trainer. I sat in the modified sleeper while the first guy, full of nerves called out each and every roadsign, to the best of his abilities, we drove under 4 overpasses within 100 feet and he called out the clearance (or lack of) marked on each one. Meanwhile, he was so busy trying to read each sign at each exit ramp, he almost missed our exit.

When we stopped and switched drivers (admittedly, I had a bit of experience on the first guy), I looked at the examiner and told him, "I don't plan to call out every road sign I see. Which ones do you want to hear because I assume you KNOW how to get back to the terminal". He replied "Give me some mile markers and what you think is important". I did. I gave him exactly 3 mile markers, and told him about the LOWEST clearance I could observe on multiple overpasses. I mentioned that we were coming up on intersections with interstates, and stated that we weren't going that way and drove back to the terminal. The guy in the back was amazed that I scored a 99 (I got 6 seconds from a car in front of me for about 30 seconds) and he scored a 95. I said maybe 40 words to the examiner the whole time I was behind the wheel. I was busy driving while he'd explained every action, every sign, every reason for why he didn't change lanes, etc. Now I won't guarantee that the 'lesser said' approach will work for everyone, but if you're driving well, watching your sides, rear and lane, the examiner don't need to hear chatter. Tell him/her what's important.

Drive your truck. Explain to the person in the jump seat what you're doing and why. No more, no less. Drive the truck safely and confidently. It's YOUR truck as long as you're at the wheel...act like it. Keep it safe, know where you're at and where you're going. Imagine each tire is something you're going to have to pay for and you'll keep off the curbs.

More than anything, the person in the jump seat just wants to know if you 1) can drive and 2) feel confident you can drive.

 

I guess i got lucky and passed mine the first time.