Co road tests for new drivers? How are we supposed to pass them?

If this is a company who hires drivers fresh out of school, trust me you’re not gonna be anything they haven’t seen before. My advice is not to worry and just go through the steps. If you’re green and fresh out of school they don’t expect you to honestly really know how to drive the truck very well. I assume they’re gonna put you through a month or two of training at least? That’s what you need to focus on.

As for backing? All I can say about that because I think most truck drivers when they first start out worry about that the most and it just comes down to doing it over and over until it becomes second nature. Trust me, backing up really gets to be not a big deal after about a year. And even after that you’ll still get better and better at it.

 

Don't curb a tire.
Don't do a rolling stop.
Check mirrors constantly.
You'll be just fine; don't over think this.

 

Don't worry too much. If Messila Valley knows that you're fresh out of school they won't be expecting you to perform like an experienced driver.
Part of what they're looking at is your attitude. When you take your driving test you'll make mistakes. If your mistakes are pointed out to you they'll want to know that you recognize them, take responsibility for them, and will do your best to learn and move forward.
They'll expect you to be nervous and they'll make allowances for that. If they don't, they probably aren't worth working for anyway. New drivers have to come from somewhere and they should realize that.

 

You should ask them directly. I'm pretty sure they know you're new and aren't expecting perfection. I doubt you'll be in a truck alone when you first start anyway.

 

They already know that you likely will be clueless
Just use what you learned in school on the driving part..

It’s actually required for any company to give a driving test to a new employee..even if you drove for 50 years.

That’s really all they are doing, checking a box for the government..that and figuring out how much help you will need and who to place you with for training.

Good luck, don’t sweat the small stuff.

 

If you graduated a truck driving school and can't back up at all you went to a sorry excuse of a school.

 

Thr first road test I ever took was simply going up the road to Pilot, backing into a spot and going back to the yard. They wanted to see if I could shift. They also wanted to see if while backing, whether got and looked. If backing, you'll want to do that. If you get out and look, I guarantee you'll pass.

 

To be honest, out of half a dozen or so road tests I have taken for various companies, I think I have backed up once. Just don't crash or scare the heck out of the person giving the test, and you will probably be fine.

 

Pre-hire or new-hire road tests are mostly just checking to see if you know not to run into anything and are you so hopeless at backing that nobody can improve your backing. You are not expected to be perfect, just safe. Back when there were these mythical manual trucks you weren't even expect to shift without grinding the gears. Imagine getting hired at a gun store. The store would just be looking at you to see if you know enough not to look into the barrel of the gun with your finger on the trigger, not to see if you are an expert sniper.