Shippers choice in virginia is a rip off!!!

Yup! Just passed this Friday! On our range we had 3 curve back set ups. Two of them basically had you curve to make the first cone but then basically turned into a straight back. One was a slight curve, the next one tighter and the last one REALLY tight. The DMV one is like an in between of the second and last one but on thiers the last cone goes further in so your curving the entire time which threw me off the first time but got it on the second. Their curve is definitely where most people screw up. My first time I almost took the last cone out, second attempt I made sure I gave myself more wiggle room and made it. After I passed that we hit the road and the DMV tester was real good, asked questions you'd expect but real casual and low stress.

 

Ya, you just gotta kick it over a little bit more around the third to make the forth cone. Don't forget after you pull up from your straight back thats when they'll move the cones for the curve, your allowed to get out and check out the setup that's the key seeing it in real life vs coming at you in your mirror helped. Plus you've got a 3ft buffer to play with. If you take your last cone and move it in a foot, you'll pretty much have the DMV's curve.

 

Never got an update, how'd everything go? I'll assume a pass and a job?

 

Where did you do your road test and was the pre trip hard as shippers choice made it out to be? I attended shippers about a year and half ago but left do to a contract assignment.

 

I will affirm everything you said! They lured people in by want ads claiming that they needed a certain number of CDL drivers and that they would train! Well when you get there, its a freaking CDL school that you have to pay 5k for, so the lure was deceptive to begin with. When I went they had one working truck that everyone took turns on and as Boyjr87 mentioned, students who failed would come back to train on the same Truck as the students in class are using so that took away from our time. They spent more time trying to teach pre trip than actual backing or driving for that matter. I left there due to a work deployable work assignment but I did let VA know that the school is poorly run and is stealing their money.

 

And Congratulations!!