Extra help for newbie trainers question

If you can't drive in adverse whether conditions without bumping into something you need to find another career . None of us want to be what you bump into.

 

Some companies are more strict than others. I've read that Watkins & Shepard puts you solo in about 10 days or less. Schneider is a very good company, so give it a try; ask if they have something available other than dry van; less chance of tight spots in cities on a regular basis.

 

Schneider will work with you and what you did is neither egregious nor uncommon. Just take your time, pay attention, and learn.

As to the supertrucker who posted the unkind remarks........trust me, the danger of running into one of these kinds of db's is greater than running into one of their trucks.

Truck on and don't let the supertruckers harsh your mellow.

 

Did the instructor tell you to keep going? Or were you trying to prove something. Your the driver its your neck on the line. Adhere on the side of safety. always.

 

Ah another expert newby quite appropriatley named and sympathizing with peers pushed out by CDL mills . Although I agree bumping into things isn't uncommon for Schneider drivers . Schneider has to work with bottom of the barrel . That's all they can get .

 

Idk about schnider in particular, but never drive if you think the weather/road conditions are hazardous. Looseing a job is better than looseing your life or takeing someone elses. Most companies let the driver be the judge of road conditions, or at least the good ones do.

Grow a thick skin, it will help. My son is the same way, he shuts down and can't make good choices when being yelled at. What I tell him is to think out diferent senarios and the possible choices and what you would do. It then becomes easier to make the right choices under stress.

Good luck.

 

I agree . But some "drivers " get spazzed out at the first snowflake and can't concentrate on driving . They are the ones going 45 mph with their flashers on in blowing powdery snow creating a road hazard .
If the freezing rain mentioned by the OP was truly hazardous they wouldn't have been testing .

 

FWIW,
My initial CDL trainer (back in 1989) was the same way.
Yelling and hollering.

I dont know why instructors have to try and teach that way.
I asked for and was assigned a different teacher that actually taught and worked well with me.