I Should have listened: (CR ENGLAND!!!!)

What? Are you that instructor he was complaining about?

It takes more than 20 minutes to figure out how to shift a big truck. I know people who've been driving for quite a long time and still can't shift properly, let alone downshift well. Besides, nobody hits a mini-van because they were looking at the tach while dropping a gear. They hit it because they weren't paying enough attention, or because the 4 wheeler driver did something silly, like cut off the truck and jam the brakes. I know of a former 2million mile accident-free driver who rearended a mini-van. Bad things happen, period.

 

Dude. What in the hell?

 

A forgiveable error to look at the tach while shifting. One that must be made to learn though. I did the same thing but before the road test I learned to trust my ears more than my eyes. If I'm shifting by ear thats natural. Then if it doesn't glide into gear I might glance down for exact confirmation on whether the rpm's are too high or low. I certainly wouldn't yell at someone for it. I went to a school to learn. It was there goal that I be able to pass the road test. And I did. However in retrospect I would have preferred driving with an experienced driver in the passenger seat for more time than I did at first. And would have wished they would have emphasized the ear method as a priority instead of a choice.

 

Rolling Thunder, I'd be going back to the cab driving in a SECOND if I were you!!! Sounds like you did very well for a cab driver and enjoyed yourself. Good luck!!

 

There is. They read, they ignore, they go, then they get the wake up!

 

when i started as a trainee in 1985, i got 100 bucks a week!!! they have always tried to screw the trainee's,then for the first two years.

 

I drove a cab for about a year and a half too. Days and Nights. Dangerous work. Especially at night. i've had three robbery attempts. One with a knife (have a small scar on my face to remind me), one with a gun (never was shot though), and one failed snatch-and-grab attempt. The area I worked in is very very bad...

It can be fun work though. If he goes back to it I wish him well and I hope he keeps safe.

 

if someone touched one of the driver's controls while I was driving, I would ask them NOT to mess with them again. if I had a situation with a passenger (or "instructor," if you want to call him that) screaming and blocking my view of the guages while I was driving, I would immediately pull to the side of the road and contact the state police or a DOT officer. I would report to the officer that the passenger was harrassing me, being loud and disorderly, and creating a potentially deadly hazard by interfering with my ability to safely drive the vehicle by disabling the use of the guages. maybe this "instructor" would relax as the officer is writing him a ticket.

 

Or he would start pissing blood all over the place. I dunno, CR England drivers aren't know to be sane, hasn't there been a couple of stand-offs involving CR England drivers?