Orientation Driving Test - Do Most Companies Allow Practice Time?

No. None that I am aware of. That is why it is important to get to your orientation as soon as you can right after you finish school while your new skills are still fresh in your mind. As a new driver it can be quite nerve racking if you have a long gap in between school and orientation. Plus you don't want to wait too long anyway. Most companies only allow a few weeks or so after completing school until you arrive at orientation. Wait too long and they will make you take an expensive refresher course!

So just get there as soon as you can when upon finishing school. Don't dilly dally and you will be fine...

 

You may want to double check your training time. That sounds a little fishy! Training time usually lasts more like 240hrs or 3-4 weeks. Especially at the mega-carriers.

 

it's just another way of saying, "revolving door education"...

 

I got on a bus in Kansas City and rode it down to Dallas. I had not slept in 38 hours. I told them that I did not feel I could safely pass a rode test. They said sure it won't be a problem. I hit the trailer next to me with my door while pulling out. They had be go to the hotel and get a good nights sleep. The next day I passed. Since then I have been to different companies and done different road test. Depending on the course they can be easy or hard. Just take it slow. When you turn right make sure you remember the trailer takes shortcuts.

 

I had the very same thing happen to me. Rode the bus all day and half the night, sat through 5 hrs of orientation then was told we are going for a drive test. I told them I didn't think it would be safe so we hit it after I had 10 hrs in the motel. The tester told me he was glad I spoke up. Others had not in the past.