Need Help, can't pass the CDL test

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Ramon381 Driver, Sep 17, 2012.

  1. IceCreator

    IceCreator Medium Load Member

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    How do you plan on learning the laws if you dont read the book? I wouldnt want you on the road honestly.
     
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  3. gimmpy

    gimmpy Bobtail Member

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    look into con-way there in miami and have school
     
  4. CastingMyFateToTheWind

    CastingMyFateToTheWind Light Load Member

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    I agree with a poster: get the state CDL study guide. This is Step 1.

    Step 2: Break the study material down in to small pieces instead of trying to gulp it down in one swallow. Just learn about the fifth wheel for a few days. If you have no one else to help you study, try to write down what the bood said; say it out loud.

    Step 3: Learn a different part of the test , say, braking distance. After a few days, learn another part. This is how I had to struggle through my pre-trip.

    In approximately one month, you should be there.
     
  5. tracyq144

    tracyq144 Heavy Load Member

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    Look, I don't want to come across as an ###### here, but have ALL standards for being a trucker been thrown out?

    One doesn't have to be a rocket scientist to be a truck driver, but if someone is having extreme difficulty getting a student permit, maybe, just maybe, they are not cut out to drive a truck. It goes beyond just being able to get the truck down the road without running down Little Suzy. :biggrin_25521:

    Say this guy does get his permit, and then his CDL, then gets hired to push 80,000 pounds of rubber and steel down the road at 65-75 mph, will he know enough to pull his truck up when finished fueling? (Pet peeve of mine, LOL)
     
  6. Autocar

    Autocar Road Train Member

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    My sentiments, exactly. If he can't figure out, on his own, to go to the DMV, the agency that happens to issue driver's licenses, to get a simple manual to read, do you really want him on the road? I certainly don't. We have enough idiots that have no igea of what they're doing. We certainly don't need more.
     
  7. chompi

    chompi Road Train Member

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    There are many other companies out of Florida that will hire newbies. Here are just a few..... Central Refrigerated, Swift, Knight, Stevens, Armellini, Crete, Windy Hill, NFI, WEL, US Xpress, Robert Bearden, Davis, and many others. Make sure to try Craigslist and also here is a site that will help you find some of the smaller companies...

    http://www.truckdrivercentral.com/truckingcompanies.html
     
  8. FozzyNOK

    FozzyNOK Road Train Member

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    If you cannot retain the information to get the permit.. you probably shouldn't be involving yourself in hauling hazmat. Practically anyone get take the test enough times to get a permit. The permit and even the endorsement is a friggen joke!!! It teaches you nothing about what you need to know and what a driver SHOULD know to haul hazmat.. this isn't some joke!
     
  9. Emolson

    Emolson Light Load Member

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    Don't plan on getting hazmat yet. It is very dangerous to operate.
     
  10. Ramon381 Driver

    Ramon381 Driver Bobtail Member

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    Trucking can be for anybody. But first you have to know and learn. Almost anybody can be a truck driver if they put their mind and focus good. I dont think driving a truck can be that hard I mean there is a lot of truck drivers. Some are slower than the other and some learn quick. I think driving a truck is easy even though I never been in one. Besides many drivers with experience still have accidents and skid on snows all the time.
     
  11. Ramon381 Driver

    Ramon381 Driver Bobtail Member

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    Tseting is not that important. Its about the school and training where everyone learn from. Back in the old days there was no CDL testing to get a permit. How did those drivers learn?
     
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