companies that dont require refresh course

I wasn't going to reply to this, cause no matter what i say it would sound bad.

But I'm gonna do it anyway, and hope you are able to not take it personally but as a answer to your "concerns"........

Good, cause I question them enough myself....... LOL
Things are not as different as you think. Not as far as driving.
Just some "paperwork" changes.

I didn't.
Fire Academy is one of those things here that you get ONCE.
I did do some "upgrades" and such though.

Yep,
I've done a LOT, and been almost everywhere.
But that never was meant to mean I know it all, nor was implied.
Those who think they know it all should hang it up cause THEY are the dangerous ones.

If you were good at it then, you could still do it now.
I bet it all comes back EVERY time you see a wreck or fire.
(but I think you know this already)

A class and a piece of paper does NOT make a firefighter, OR an EMT.
And I have seen a LOT that passed all the tests but can't do the job.

Squirtin water isn't rocket science.
Nor is doing CPR or giving BLS.

It's all JUST like riding a bicycle.
And like spelling and arithmatic.
I havent been to grade school in a LONG time, but I still remember my ABC's and 123's.
(but that's a "difference in LEARNING and Education" discussion for another time)

As I said on another post, I have been driving a little in the past 8 years.
I drive for a friend from time to time when he needs a little help.
CASH MONEY.
The work has just not been for the "big OTR" companies.

I evaluate myself, and am evaluated by others regularly.
Men who wouldn't allow me to run with them, or for their boss, IF i wasn't good enough.
So, NO... I am NOT "rusty".

And truth be known.... in all that driving I did where I "done or seen it all", (which was the better part of the years between 1982 and 2003) I found that it WAS the "mom & pop outfits" that treated drivers like human beings.
And it feels GOOD to call in and they know your VOICE and NAME instead of a "driver/truck number".
So that road won't be as rough as implied.

Okay, I'm glad.
(this part wasn't for me I don't think) LOL



As I said already, I am glad everyone is PROUD to have gone through whatever they did to get wherever they are now.
PRIDE in your work is a good thing.

BUT>>>> Pride is NOT the same thing as FALSE PRIDE.

False Pride is where you do the same thing as everyone else, to the same standard, and think those who don't or didn't do the same aren't as "good as you".
Or that a class and a piece of paper makes you more than anyone else.


So let me CLARIFY something.......

I'm glad there are driving schools today.
They make it easier for people to get into trucking than what guys in my day had to go through.
And they SOMETIMES help eliminate the "school of hard knocks".

And I also think that everyone who wishes to drive a truck, and has NO EXPERIENCE, should go to a REPUTABLE driving school at their local college (or anywhere BUT a trucking company).
Heck, government grants will even pay for it MOST of the time.

What I AM against are the "driver mills" that make their money by giving classes instead of "teaching", or care only about the "tuition".

But that's all just me....... YMMV

 

"I also think it's HILARIOUS when someone with under 5 years exp tries to advise others on here, and I laugh my ### off when the driving school graduates spout off like they are something "extra special".


I am medicineman,

Well its been 6 years since I graduated from CDL school as of next month and out driving, and I'm sure my school can be credited with a big chunk of my continued success, and ability to get great paying jobs (even in a down economy). I was a box truck driver for 10 plus years before that, and class A school was an eye opening & humbling exp. and know it made me a better driver.

I come here to help people, with recent information as a current driver in the industry and still not that far out of school (trained in recent times) as so many people come on here and spout so much mis-information, that simply is incorrect.....might have been true 20 years ago, but longer applies. And hate seeing students waste their time and energy on something that has long past.

Based on those comments above, I have decided to just be a lurker from this point on.......I really thought my background brought some value to the forum. I'm sorry I can no longer be your source of comedy.

 

not driven in 3 years over the road but i do drive locally told from various recruiters with 28 yrs exp i would not need a refresher course.

my last ticket was in 1993 no accidents ever

 

that sux but the bottom line its all about money companies get money from gov for the driving schools they can pay the new guy lower than the guy who has been doing it for alot longer