why hasnt trainer kicked and fored me yet

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  1. bearsalad

    bearsalad Light Load Member

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    1)I triggered a stabilty alert on the qualcom well doing 15 around a cloverleaf turn entrance ramp.Honestly it was my forst day and I think I panic yanked the wheeel a bit hard during thw turn.

    2)Well merging during rush hour I was riding traffics ###.

    3)Woke up screaming from a night terror due to stresh of being fired or kicked off truck.


    4)Failed one week review horribly and "nearly killed 10 people" . I was makin : a right turn on a 4 way and traffic qas coming from my left and I was gonna ride their ### since there was a small break and I was sitting there for 2 min already. Trainer yelled stop and said I would have killed everyone


    5) In those wide city streets with 4 lanes, I didnt know if I could use the center turning lane in a big rig, so I tried to take it from left lane since I didnt want to fail road review



    6)Sat forever at turn above to th point truck behind me zoomed past and made turn since I didnt want to approach center of cross traffic to "own the turn" because I might fail the test for that.


    7)Was on a street that ran through a divided highway and saw do not enter to my left(gps said do a left turn), when I approached te median I saw a third do not enter sign to my left and did a panic U since Ithought I missed my left turn earlier. (Turns out there was a road on the median I didnt see.

    8) Told him how with my old company I grazed a construction batrier with tandems turning and went through a 4wheeler toll gate because my trainer told me to go in that lane.
     
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  3. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    The trainer knows you're just playing games with him, so he's playing it cool and ignoring you.
     
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  4. KillingTime

    KillingTime Road Train Member

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    Nor do I.

    After #3 I'd have given you the boot. Don't have the time or patience for emotionally unstable (read: volatile) people. Level heads preferred when you're operating 80k lbs of machine surround by things weighing about 3k lbs.

    If you know you shouldn't be there, instead of waiting to get canned, maybe you should remove yourself. For the safety of everyone. Food for thought.
     
  5. AM14

    AM14 Road Train Member

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    They are all quite concerning but ummm #7.... yea so you went the wrong way on a divided highway and made a u turn? And you still have a job? Am I understanding this correctly?? Have you never driven a car before either?
     
  6. Wooly Rhino

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    I believe your trainer is doing his job and training you. We have all made mistakes and learned from them. You sir, have made a bunch of them very quickly in your career. If you learn as fast as you scre w up, you will be a super trucker in another week.
     
  7. x1Heavy

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    I detect too much stress related to decision making because of fear of trainer. It's BS. The trainee should grow a set of balls and own that tractor trailer and deliver the load to where it needs to be at when it is required to be at. Even moving forward with brakes off is a decision. If trainees lock up mentally worried about trainer or pending crash, then trainee is possibly displaying defective traits that need attention.
     
  8. bearsalad

    bearsalad Light Load Member

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    You gonna give me 3k a month and a free room and shower? Gotta look out for numero uno
     
  9. bearsalad

    bearsalad Light Load Member

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    Wont lie nearly every #### up was from stress and oberthinking because of trainer , well besides riding that four wheelers ### well merging but you see trucks do that all the time so meh.
     
  10. bearsalad

    bearsalad Light Load Member

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    Thats what i tell myaelf but weather or not its true..
     
  11. bearsalad

    bearsalad Light Load Member

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    My labe was lerpendicular and i needed to turn left, i knew closes labe was right goong traffic but as i pulled up to cross grass to other two lanes I saw a third do not enter sign and panoced and did a quick U turn.

    I dodnt realize there was a road on the median(?) and the third sign was for that.
     
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