NYS road test...

A few beers to take the edge off? In all reality you will be okay, just remember everything they taught you and you will be fine.

 

Slow and easy.
Don't hurry

 

You are taking a very nice clipboard holding person for yet another ride.

Im just happy I don't have to play circus bear performing tricks with trucks... er road testing everything on demand like NYS wants.

Good luck to you.

Remember, its not that state test that should worry you, its what you don't yet learn or know out here.

 

Dont over think it, just go there relaxed, and do what you were taught to do.

 

I told myself that nearly 3/4 of cdl holders are morons...if they can do it, I can. Passed on first try, scale tips slightly towards the moron side.

 

Dont worry about failing. You can always retest.
Oh and practice all that you can. If you have a fifthweel or goose neck trailer, the idea is the same

 

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You're going to be nervous anyway. Just try to remind yourself its a CDL test, you arent getting ready to storm the beaches of Normandy.

Dont overlook you in cab pre trip. I found it difficult to remember those break check steps. The rest of the pre trip I found easy.

Backing maneuvers. Do them exactly how you practiced them, dont get creative. Dont try to wiggle your truck around to make it pretty, just get it inside.

Road test. Drive the truck. Roll windows down for the railroad tracks, dont shift or stop on them. If he tells you to park on the shoulder dont forget to mention that bit about the triangles. Its 10 minutes or longer in TX. NY the same?