Need Help, can't pass the CDL test

Ramon381 Driver · Sep 18, 2012

IceCreator said: ↑

How do you plan on learning the laws if you dont read the book? I wouldnt want you on the road honestly.
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I already know the laws of driving. All I just need to know is how to drive a truck.

Ramon381 Driver · Sep 18, 2012

CastingMyFateToTheWind said: ↑

I agree with a poster: get the state CDL study guide. This is Step 1.

Step 2: Break the study material down in to small pieces instead of trying to gulp it down in one swallow. Just learn about the fifth wheel for a few days. If you have no one else to help you study, try to write down what the bood said; say it out loud.

Step 3: Learn a different part of the test , say, braking distance. After a few days, learn another part. This is how I had to struggle through my pre-trip.

In approximately one month, you should be there.
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Thanks. I got the manual today and its a lot. Theres no way anybody can know all this information by heart. I will try to study but I think its easier if I would take each section at a time not all together. First General Knowledge than Airbrakes then combination. Later on I might plan to get Hazmat endor

Ramon381 Driver · Sep 18, 2012

tracyq144 said: ↑

Look, I don't want to come across as an ###### here, but have ALL standards for being a trucker been thrown out?

One doesn't have to be a rocket scientist to be a truck driver, but if someone is having extreme difficulty getting a student permit, maybe, just maybe, they are not cut out to drive a truck. It goes beyond just being able to get the truck down the road without running down Little Suzy.

Say this guy does get his permit, and then his CDL, then gets hired to push 80,000 pounds of rubber and steel down the road at 65-75 mph, will he know enough to pull his truck up when finished fueling? (Pet peeve of mine, LOL)
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I just studied the test questions because I thought they were the ones that was going to appear on the exam at the DMV. So I was like if I see the test answers then I will just study them and pass easily

Ramon381 Driver · Sep 18, 2012

FozzyNOK said: ↑

If you cannot retain the information to get the permit.. you probably shouldn't be involving yourself in hauling hazmat. Practically anyone get take the test enough times to get a permit. The permit and even the endorsement is a friggen joke!!! It teaches you nothing about what you need to know and what a driver SHOULD know to haul hazmat.. this isn't some joke!
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I dont know anything about Hazmat, but I think if you can drive a truck you should be able to transport Hazmat as well.

Ramon381 Driver · Sep 18, 2012

Emolson said: ↑

Don't plan on getting hazmat yet. It is very dangerous to operate.
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Why not? Do you have Hazmat endors on your CDL?? Most drivers out that have Hazmat on their CDL dont even look like they get trained. They learn all the information in the book and should know how to handle it

Giggles the Original · Sep 18, 2012

i have haz mat. have hauled haz mat, and have had radioactive and explosives training... and hauled explosives....

Bill104 · Sep 18, 2012

Can I suggest you save your money for a bus. Pass it would be best for you and everyone else on the road. NOT everyone can drive a truck and even fewer have what it takes to pull hazmat.

FozzyNOK · Sep 18, 2012

Ramon381 Driver said: ↑

I dont know anything about Hazmat, but I think if you can drive a truck you should be able to transport Hazmat as well.
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And this is a gross example of why the industry is like it is today....

Emolson · Sep 18, 2012

Ramon381 Driver said: ↑

Trucking can be for anybody. But first you have to know and learn. Almost anybody can be a truck driver if they put their mind and focus good. I dont think driving a truck can be that hard I mean there is a lot of truck drivers. Some are slower than the other and some learn quick. I think driving a truck is easy even though I never been in one. Besides many drivers with experience still have accidents and skid on snows all the time.
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you think driving a truck is not that hard hmmm. The way you think it is, it's not like that at all. If things were like that than drivers wouldnt need to go to training after school. Drivers that have more than 5 years + wouldn't need to go to a refresher course after not driving for 1 year or more. You can't haul a heavy load in a rush hour traffic and drive through winter times and dark areas at night if you have no experience and not knowing how to. Even experienced drivers get involved in accident but is it their faults, a accident can occur to any driver and can happen at many times. Yes some people or slower than others but everybody needs to go to a school and get training to drive a truck good.

Emolson · Sep 18, 2012

Ramon381 Driver said: ↑

Why not? Do you have Hazmat endors on your CDL?? Most drivers out that have Hazmat on their CDL dont even look like they get trained. They learn all the information in the book and should know how to handle it
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Because it takes learning to know how to haul hazmat. I have all the endorsements on my CDL. I just don't haul hazmat now because Iam not at the same company, but before I have

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