Anyone doing C1/Indy March 4?

......btw........ Students were on the pad and road today driving. I understand they will give you four weeks to finish out but i am not sure what conditions are with that extension.

Four students per truck. The truck is not an ampetheater. Only the instructor and one student are in the truck at any one time. However, students do shadow the instructor while on the pad noting instruction to the student driver. Bring the right clothes. The pad itself is around 15 acres or a little more.

 

There are several study groups in my class. it is admirable to see so many becoming immersed in this effort. My group made two visits to the pad today after class in learning the pretrip. We will go again at least once tomorrow. There are a few who consider this a competition. But most make it a group effort. This kind of environment makes you appreciate who and what we all are. Networking. Sharing. Teamwork. Too often these things are lost in the everyday world.

My roommate went home yesterday. I think the workload and difficulty surprised him. He wanted to leave Thursday but I talked him out of it. One more day is all he could stand. I do not believe it is all overwhelming. It is something quite doable. You simply have to keep up and spend yourself a little. After driving from Atlanta he discovered he did not want to do this.

My group was stopped by a PAM driver coming in to check up on his truck. He said it has been an amazing experience since graduating from C1 last November. He appeared enthused about it all. I seldom get excited but this is testing me. Getting back in the saddle will be fun.

The trucks used in training are dirty. don't wear your best stuff on the pad or in the trucks.

The pad itself is open to any weather. Bring warm clothes Expect wind.

 

Bad news travels faster and farther than good news. Of course, a possibility always exists for something worse or something better.

The same fella complained about having to go home up the hill on I-75 at the TN/KY line. If he took the shorter of routes going home he would avoid the upward hill and go I-24 downhill into Georgia. No clue. No insight. He also borrowed some of my food and trashed the room with garbage when he left.

Off to do laundry. YEEHAW!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

 

I think I have Keith. That is what i was told. But the guy who showed up was big and tall...... black leather jacket, tobaggen, spicey language, deep voice.... the guy in the C1 video. He said we would have him for two weeks. He may just be the lead instructor.

 

What Tom said...... Egears helps and so does the in-class instruction, but on the Indiana written exam you will still find about 10% of the questions a bit surprising. Find a third source of information to read. What is offered you is enough to pass but if you want more than enough locate more information. And do as much reading as you can before going.

Like I said, there will be testing outside the license that you need pass before graduating. In-class info will be adequate. Hazmat generalities, safety, DOT regulation, logs, math, etc will all be testing material. It is a small bunch to learn in a few days.

 

If you have a license outside Indiana you will have to get a temporay Indiana driver license (50 questions) - test out after state approval, test for CDL general knowledge (50 questions), brakes (20 questions) and Combination (20 questions, I think). Indiana DMV comes to class on third day to test you. If you fail, you must go to a branch office to retest. After graduating you go home and transfer your license to home state. Your new Indiana license expires in 30 days. CDL road tests begin on twelth day. You cannot leave until the 15th day.

Don't think the Indiana operators license is a cakewalk. They have a few different rules than the rest of us. Pay attention to crosswalk rules.

Snap. Snap. Snap. It all happens quickly.