Little worried

you would be wise to listen to your own gut.

 

It would be best for you to call your TC and soon. 65 in a 45 construction zone, not good, and you not doing any backing, again not good. Your trainer or so called trainer is only after the money they get for doing the training, if you can call it that.

 

Escape while you can.

 

NEVER, EVER EVER EVER EVER let ANYONE tell you to break the law!!!!

It is YOUR license. YOUR life, YOUR safety and YOUR future on the line.

Don't let some ####### cause food to not be on your table.

Listen to your instinct and get out of that situation, or just remain legal and see how it goes.

 

As far as 20 over in a construction zone goes if you want to do it on your own well whatever. A trainer that's calling the shots telling you to do it is totally unacceptable. I'll do 10 over in LA just because if I don't I'll get run over, but it's my call and my risk of a ticket. If he's pushing you to go 5 over all the time that's just normal truck driving.

The speeding isn't the thing I'd be most worried about, but it's what you want to focuses on if you make a call.

The big problem is backing, an 8 year old could drive a truck on the highway, but backing is where you need practice. A trainer can only do so much in that area but it sounds like he's not doing anything. To be fair an otr trainer can't give you much either, but your trainer could find an hour every day to drive around in reverse in the back of a truck stop. He has a schedule to keep and I understand that but he needs to find some time to give you experience at backing.

Qualcom, who cares.... as long as you get your hours sent off and your arrival and departed messages that's all that really maters. You will figure out the satellite, students put to much focuses on the qualcom and pretrips. They might complain that your not doing it right but they won't fire you. Doing the qualcom wrong will mess up the office but they mess up everything anyway, focus on driving.

Have you tried talking to your trainer? I would do that first if you haven't. Keep it short and concise, if that doesn't work go over his head.

 

15 Over is reckless, in a work.zone its reckless with double the fine.
Broke and with a reckless ticket on your record would be a bad thing.

 

It IS very important that the student learns how to work the DT in the areas of accepting loads, doing the Circle of Service, the logs, and everything else.

Do not speed in the work zones....or anywhere else!!.....and when you are on the interstate you drive at a speed you are comfortable with, and if that is 60 instead of 65, so be it.

Call your TC about this situation and the lack of backing practice. You have to be able to do a 45, a 90, and a straight back to pass your upgrade test. Getting better just comes with practice.

 

yikes. Thats no good, and your paying for this?