10 day training? Are you high?

Well-this thread isn't about money-but I have no patience to argue with you..

 

good no patience to argue with u either.

 

When I first got my CDL back in 2009 I got on with an O/O who had many years of experience.. We pulled flatbed.. he had so many bad habits... following to close.. he would size to bully car drivers over.. he use to say... when all they see in their rear view is my grill they will get out of my way... after we tarped or untarped he woulf have cold beer or two before hitting the road.. to rehydrate he would say..

Well.. needless to say it was a bad experience... I got off his truck and stayed off the road for awhile.. when I returned I got on with a small family owned fleet and sent out with an experienced driver.. had 20 years experience. ? He was a mental case.. seriously... I later found out that two weeks before my getting on the truck with him he had a mental breakdown in texas.. was hospitalized for a few days and the doctor pulled his CDL.. he was on a handful of meds.. well, he was also a hostile and agreesive driver.. he would follow too close, stay on cruise control and be right up on the car or truck before moving over.. if a break in traffic didnt happen and he had to get off cruise control he would rant for the next 10 or more miles... he had trouble sleeping, even though he was taking sleeping pills.. so he would drink vodka till he passed out.. of course he was hungover and useless in the morning.. he would wake up after I drove for a few hours and I would have to pull over to he could pee and throw up..

Clearly that was not a good way to be trained.. so I went to werner.. my first trainer had 11 years experience.. but she was an idiot and it did not work witn us.. so, got off ber truck and got on with another trainer, a million miler with 16 years experience... he was a great guy, very respectful and considerate, as well as a good driver and trainer.

My point is.. every trainer I had had many years of experience... but that didnt make them good drivers or trainers..

I have seen trainers with less experience then my first three trainers.. but I watch them with their student and can see they are much better than my first three trainers..

Just because a driver has a few years under their belt doesnt mean they are good drivers nor does it mean they would make good trainers... and there are some drivers who dont have years of experience but are good drivers and can be a good trainer..

 

alot has changed, the cdl was created, by the federal government... More regulations have been enacted, and yet over those 3 decades we still have crashes, deaths, mayham.... laws and the government are NOT the answer.

75% of crashes are the fault of untrained 4 wheeler drivers.. the problem is NOT the truckers.

 

Im well aware of that which is why I say the laws are very flawed and FMCSA knows this.But a lot of the accidents that involves truckers and its their fault are from new drivers which also means another mark against the industry and yet another law in place.If FMCSA wants to enforce such strict laws then enforce longer training as well.The drivers are the real ppl that suffer in this industry.Time to enforce stricter hireing and training on the companies as well.

 

So this 75% of crashes are the fault of the 4 wheeler statement, is this a statistic based on percentages in DOT reportable accidents? Can someone link me to the data source. I've heard this a lot but I haven't seen the information and I'd like to.

 

AMEN brother preach LOL