Going Over the Road with Knight

Seems to be every trainee's strugle. My current one has the same issue. its about the only thing he needs to work on tho. Everything else he picked up quite fast.

 

Lol, Kind of reminds me when my grandpa took me driving in his rig for the first time, Dead of Winter in Alaska and I'm 13 and he seemed to think then was a good time to teach me to drive, I can still feel the whack on the back of my head every time I grinded a gear lol. Learned fast and enjoyed my time with him.

I'm sure he was like you in a way, Holding his breath and praying to god I did not jack it into a tree. Learned alot from him and thur those years. An experience I would never trade.

 

BTW Misesian, Want to make the board easier to read. Go down to the bottom and click the "Truckers Report Revision 2" and change the skin to Truckers Report dark... Holy crap so much easier to read now and my head don't feel like its going to explode.

 

It is amazing at how many ppl dont know how to read a map...or know which compass direction they are heading!

And speaking of road signs, my 1st trainer made me rattle off every traffic sign/overpass height, etc. I encountered until it became natural to notice/heed them while driving.

 

Awesome. Sounds like you're a great trainer! I go with a trainer sometime this week or next. I like reading these posts, as it'll help me out a lot. Especially the road signs. I do a good job now at it. I'm more fearful of backing right now lol I know when I tested for my cdl the other day, a guy failed for speeding, I passed. I asked him if he saw the huge yellow sign that said 45mph ahead. He said no, he was looking at oncoming traffic. I know as a trucker you have to pay attention to everything. So I try my hardest to watch road signs. Even the trainers at the range would quiz us on a sign after we passed it.