driver trainers, going into prepass scale with a green light

I think someone mentioned that in post #16.

 

Going into a scale is not rocket science and if your student needs training, then there is a problem. Pull in, read the signs, stop when it says stop and ease across the scale and prepare to stop when its red.

 

Many trainers in this profession aren't fit to train but judging from all your post,I bet you're an excellent trainer.

 

What are they going to learn by driving through a scale house? From what I gather, your students are idiots and have trouble going through a scale house. DO they have trouble going through rest areas too? "TRUCKS AND BUSES STAY LEFT, CARS STAY RIGHT." Do you have to teach them the difference between stop and yield? Or keeping a 100 foot interval? What?

Bottom line, its a scale house. I can see students getting confused reading interstate signage or missing an exit or getting on the wrong exit. If they can't conquer a scale house, then they need serious help.

 

From his profile he is not a driver, just in the industry what ever that means. If you think a new hire student driver needs extra help you should try some that go threw a CDL school. Five years of that and it will drive you crazy. They need all the help we can give them and not some body that is just a smart ### criticizing the efforts of others to give them the most help possible.

 

No driver. I am a truck driver. Goblue couldn't answer what it would accomplish by taking them through a scale house. I simply wanted to know what his reasoning was. There is nothing to it, you exit from the interstate, follow the signs, read the signs, scale, park or continue back to the interstate. I'm not a trainer, but if I were I'm a no non-sense kinda guy.

 

Boy you ain't lying. Getting students to read signs is a bit difficult to say the least.