First Day of Class one Training went BAD

Are you required to take the turns in 4th? I use 5th for almost all my turns the truck has the power for it

 

In Nova Scotia, Canada it was an automatic fail if we took any turns (in intersections) in high range. Same if we stalled at any point, although we did the test with an empty dry van, so stalling was essentially impossible. We had to be in low range when stopping anywhere, although my instructor insisted we shift right down to 1st or 2nd, which I still do 7 years later.

 

Looks like things are different in Canada when I did my school we use 10 speeds the first high range gear is 6th and I don't think I have ever used 1th

 

Canadian provinces, like US states are all responsible for their own Motor Vehicle Acts and licensing drivers. OP is in Alberta, and they have different standards of licensing than Nova Scotia, where I did my road test.

We were taught to use every gear, up and down, every time in training. In retrospect, I am grateful for having been taught how to shift since the weight restrictions are different in Canada and at my first job I was hauling 65,000 lb payloads in a van. We used the low range of the gear box more than the high range moving those loads around the city.

 

You can never say that 4th gear is the gear for turns. It's up to the road conditions and the truck. Plus a few other factors.

Relax take the test after fixing you problems in your mind. You can be relaxed because you've already passed most of the hard stuff. But do not cut it out when studying for the test. You'll get it.

 

10 points lost for going to slow will apply when you are actually driving, a straight road and youre going 25 in a 40, theyre not going to apply that to slowing down for turns.

and just go down to 5th, don't do any more than is required to get the point, when I took my test I took rights in 6th and lefts in 7th. that's not a good habit I know but it was easier to pass the test that way.