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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Newtrucker48, post: 2733449, member: 87123&quot;]Thursday morning we, Louisiana truck students, started off doing a pre trip, and a air brake check. Then we headed out to side roads around Corsicana to practice our turns and up shifting and downshifting. Earlier I was feeling down because I just couldn&#039;t get down shifting down. One of my instructors, mr Calloway came over to me and started giving me some pointers on down shifting. It was very elementary what he told me but when it was my turn to practice driving it came in real handy. He came up with this little dance that made way more sense to me than someone else saying press clutch, accelerator, clutch. The dance steps showed me how fast I needed to do each step and from there I was getting it down. I started out driving and I could tell what he taught me in 5 minutes time that I wouldn&#039;t have a problem anymore. I did have a slight issue with going to fast back to the accelerator but after a few minutes that went away to. I&#039;m thankful that he took the time to find me and teach me something so basic yet complicated for someone who never driven a standard much less a big rig.</p><p><br /></p><p>After lunch we all switched out and started practicing turns and city driving. At first it was nerve racking, because all I&#039;ve done so far was interstate driving and shifting up and down on a side road with limited traffic. We went under a red light made a right turn, drove a mile or two down a 2 way road, crossed a railroad track, took an off ramp, made another right hander, took a sharp on ramp, (where we had to take a very late turn in order not to hit a curb. At first we kept hitting that curb) we then went back under the same light to start with and made a left turn and got back on the highway then took an offramp and went back to the academy. Today was preparation for Friday. Our driving test day in Shreveport Louisiana. Friday up next..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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