I have my permit, now Im going to school

Sounds like one of those schools that give schools a bad name.

Ouch - 3/4 of an inch.. that's a burn and a half.

I lost .. I think it was 4.. points on my parallel parking - had to do a pull up, and ended up outside the box. Only one corner, though - which is outstanding for me

I wonder if you can call them on the drive time. Sounds like they're trying to call time sitting on the bunk 'drive time'. I'd put up a huge fuss over that. If they don't back down, talk to the state, and/or a lawyer. Check the fine print in your contract, first, though.

 

i have my permit and my dot phyical now and i'm deciding on a school right now and i'm thinking about going to roadmaster

 

Took my test Friday.
Aced the pre-trip, brakes, parrallel, docking, backing.......
pulled out of the DMV and before I reached the first corner there were 4 fire trucks around me......
ladder truck was trying to get around me........
tried to get out of the way the best I could.....
ended up hitting the curb with the trailer tires....
automatic DQ.......

gotta love my life........


I go back in two weeks to do the driving test again...........

 

I'm glad you got your CDL so now you can go out and run heavy equipment. Just don't stop at one type of equipment because that's all you'll be called up to operate. Show an interest in all the equipment. Once you get qualified on all the gear then you can work all kinds of jobs. I was a dozer man but I could run everything except a crane. The bosses will love you when you can jump down from one and go to another. They hate waiting for an operator.

Your school experience was unfortunate. It's hard to find a good school that really wants to teach truck driving. What I've seen and heard is your school is typical and only wants to get your money and have you pass your CDL. They could care less on what happens after you leave them. My idea about making a new endorsement for driver trainer and developing a federal driver safety program makes more sense after hearing another horror story like yours. Try to report them to anyone that will listen. Good luck and now you can go out and have fun.