Arkansas DMV cdl road test

Took my test in Conn. All I can say is if you floated the gears during testing you failed.. So best bet would be to double cluch...

 

I am sure they will deduct some points for not Double Clutching, but I would have a hard time believing they would fail you. Just go through the motions like you are double clutching if nothing else. Are you having a hard time doing it?

 

You can fake double-clutching. In CA the examiners aren't required to have a CDL and basically run off their agendas. When I took my road test, I got stuck with "Russell" who had a 95% failure rate, the most at the San Berdo CVDMV site. He caught me "faking it" and asked why I didn't use the clutch. I told him I didn't need it. So he told me "So, you think you can drive this truck without a clutch, huh. Prove it." I passed the road test tach shifting rest of the way.

 

each time you change gears with out double clutching you can loose points loose too many points you fail.

Here in colorado you must use double clutching or you fail period!!!

 

In Pennsylvania, I'm pretty sure you must double clutch. I school I went to gave us our driving tests. We had to double clutch. Right after we all passed our tests, we were taught how to float the gears lol

 

I did my training in Newport, Ar. And, was tested by a third party tester.
We were instructed that we must double clutch to pass. I don't know if that was Arkansas regulations, or what. We were taught to double clutch.
Stupid part is, we were trained on stick shift trucks. But, the company I went to used auto-shift trucks.

 

What's your opinion on auto-shift vs stick shift?

 

When I started driving, the driver "told" the truck what to do. Now with all of the modern advancements, the truck "tells" the driver what its gonna do.

Just because something's new doesn't mean it's better.

 

For a new driver, the auto-shift was a good thing. At least, that's how I saw it. I've seen a lot of newer drivers get hung up, trying to shift. They'd just be grinding away, end up having to come to a complete stop.

But, with an auto-shift, the driver can focus on his/her turns, traffic, or whatever.

Just put it in D, and go. Of course, you could hold it in a certain gear if you needed. Or, put it in manual shift mode, and push a button to change gears.

I say push a button. It was like that in the Mack's I drove.