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Failed road test. Only have one more try. Demoralized right now

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by davidtrucker88, Oct 18, 2018.

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Keep practicing and ask for another road tester

And don’t let them intimidate you at all

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davidtrucker88 said: ↑

I'm attending swift academy and I have one last chance to get my cdl. I've been in this hotel for over a month learning everything I can. My big day was today. I passed the pretrip and maneuvers portions of the test, but all that was left was the road test. The CDL DMV instructor was a woman who went by the name Big Patty. I'm assuming she got that name because she looks rather intimidating. A buzz cut, muscular and a mean look. She told me she's been driving trucks for 35 years and has literally seen it all. After some back and forth chatter, she then said "lets get this over with so you can head on to greener pastures", so we hopped in, I put it in gear and off we went.

Everything was going great. Was grinding some gears while downshifting, but other than that all was well. There were more cars on the road than usual for some reason and there were even more when I got off an exit ramp preparing to cross an intersection to make a left turn and this is where everything went wrong.....

The green arrow showed and as I was pulled out and beginning to make my turn, there was an elderly guy in the car in the middle of the intersection that was blocking me from going any further. The instructor said "what the #### is this dumb ### doing?" She then said "we don't have time for this bull ####, blow the horn at him". I then blew the horn on the steering wheel. She said yelled and said "not that wimpy ### thing, BLOW THE ####ING AIR HORN!" As I was about to blow it, she took off her seat belt while mumbling something and quickly reached over and started continuously blowing it while yelling at the old man telling him to "GET THE HELL OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD YOU ####ING IDIOT!" I then saw the old man lean over towards his window and gave her the middle finger as he finally got out from blocking my path. She then said, get this ####ing thing moving. Me being so shocked at what I just saw, I took my foot off the clutch too fast and stalled out. She then said "What the hell are you doing???? Get this #### thing out of the middle of the #### road!" So I started it up and again, I stalled out. My nerves got to me.

After the second stall, she threw her clipboard down and I saw her staring at me out of the corner of my eye. I finally got it out of the intersection during the 3rd try. As soon as I got out of the intersection, she told me to pull over and put on my flashers and pull the brakes. She then told me "get out and get in the passenger seat, I'm driving now". She drove back to the terminal and failed me on the spot when we got back.

Next week is my last try. If I don't pass, all of my training that I've done will be for nothing. I'm just disappointed with myself right now.
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Now that's some funny #### right there!

@davidtrucker88 don't sweat it. If you fail a third time you can retake the written test and get three more tries. That's what I had to do to get my CDL again back in 2013.

That being said, you should ask your instructor if Swift Academy allows you to retake the written exam. I'm going to bet that they will.

Lepton1, Oct 18, 2018

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Nothing to add except that you got this far, you're going to get it on the next one. You got this:

"Relax, find your center, and....BE...
THE TRUCK".

I'd wish you luck, but you don't need it. You have skills.

homeskillet, Oct 18, 2018

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eriktran84 said: ↑

stall issue can be fix very easy. try to release your cluth slowly ! no need to rush it, until it is released then you can push the gas
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After clutching into gear.... hesitate a fraction of a second before giving it fuel and the ride will go a little smother. Good luck to you.

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Do not pull into a intersection if you can not clear the entire intersection completely, sometimes you have to sit a bit at those intersections to get all the way through. And as for a complete ballistic passenger, they need to be off loaded at nearest safe place, just say they are a hazard and you can not continue. You need to be relaxed and calm while doing any driving.

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Only in America

Good thing you reported her asap. I guess any idiot can be a Swift instructor. Good Luck

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You sure failed the “nutcase in the passenger seat” test.
I managed to pass mine. He tried real hard too.

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Hey op, I can tell you a couple things.

relax, I would complain to the people in power, explain them they owe you for that stunt of the examiner. It isn't her place to tell you what to do, she should worry more about her lack of patients than you driving, you are in charge of that truck even with a permit.

Second and most important, you are lucky the guy moved, he doesn't have to and if it was me, I would not move.

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I edited several posts in this thread. The driving examiner's sexual orientation, which at this time is pure speculation, doesn't matter.
Let's concentrate on her behavior. That should be enough in this case.

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Next time block her out and focus on the task at hand you only got to deal with her for about 15 20 minutes .

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