Failed final DMV test :|

GoldDot40 · Jul 29, 2018

ZVar said: ↑

After all that (congrats btw) you will never parallel park a truck again....
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....unless you drive a beer truck in some cities. I used to have to parallel park several times a day, 5 days a week. One-way street...3 lanes wide. The loading zone was the center lane from 7AM to 5PM. We would constantly compete with other vendors for spaces in close proximity to our accounts.

Labrador · Jul 29, 2018

ZVar said: ↑

After all that (congrats btw) you will never parallel park a truck again....
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Well thank god for that. I cannot imagine parallel parking with a 53 foot trailer and full sleeper cab. I only had a 40' trailer at the DMV.

Labrador · Jul 29, 2018

GoldDot40 said: ↑

....unless you drive a beer truck in some cities. I used to have to parallel park several times a day, 5 days a week. One-way street...3 lanes wide. The loading zone was the center lane from 7AM to 5PM. We would constantly compete with other vendors for spaces in close proximity to our accounts.
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Yeah that sound pretty rough to do that daily.

bryan21384 · Jul 29, 2018

blueyellow8829 said: ↑

I finally had my final DMV drive test yesterday 7-18-18. Passed the Pre Trip, the straight line back, offset right back, but failed the driver side parallel park. I could not not believe it, I feel kind of embarrassed and angry.

I attended one of those low cost trucking schools where you get very little practice time in the truck, so I have maybe practiced doing the parallel parking 5 times total. I could not remember during the test if I line up the wheels with the end of the parking space, or the back of the trailer. I chose the wheels and failed. I should note I had not slept in 24 hours, I had waited at the DMV for 4 hours before it was my turn, it was 100F out and I was drenched in sweat. Yeah yeah, excuses.

Anyway, the next available DMV test is 6 weeks away at this location, yes 6 weeks. I watched a prev video where a trucker also said he failed the DMV drive test but was scheduled to go back the very next day, 4 years ago at the same location.

I am thinking of calling other trucking schools around the state, asking them what their DMV wait times are, asking if I can pay them a partial school fee for some practice classes on their lot and to use their truck at the DMV test. I am willing to go even hundreds of miles for here in order not to have to wait 6 weeks. I would stay at a hotel for a few days. Is this a good idea, what do you think?
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You know, the one thing in your post that stuck out to me is that you were up 24 hrs....being up that long is not good practice for this industry. That said, does that school not allow you to practice til the next test?

Labrador · Jul 30, 2018

bryan21384 said: ↑

You know, the one thing in your post that stuck out to me is that you were up 24 hrs....being up that long is not good practice for this industry. That said, does that school not allow you to practice til the next test?
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Not really, this type of school is low cost and you pretty much pay for a certain number of hours practicing in the truck. If you need more, you pay for each additional hour.

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