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<p>[QUOTE="CV66GMG3, post: 12374832, member: 332502"]Nobody in my class can get any consistency with the parallel parking or alley dock maneuvers. I have never seen our instructor attemp it, so I am going to ask her tomorrow to demonstrate. That's going to tell me if she knows what she is doing. If she can't hit it, then she isn't instructing correctly. At that point I may blow my top, and I'm the calmer one in the classroom.</p><p><br /></p><p>If hitting the back center cone of the parking spot isn't an automatic fail on the skills test I will back the trailer in way over that cone as far as I need to be able to pull up and get everything within the boundaries, set the brake, and sound the horn. Two points for hitting the cone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry assed CDL pass strategy, but I guess I'm going to have to do what I gotta do the pass the CDL. </p><p><br /></p><p>If it is the 90 degree I will have enough points to screw up a few times and still pass. </p><p><br /></p><p>As much as I hate the government, it needs to crack down on student-to-truck ratios for training. Us older guys in class try to help each other. If we didn't we would be in worse shape than we are now. </p><p><br /></p><p>Rant over. Flame away...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CV66GMG3, post: 12374832, member: 332502"]Nobody in my class can get any consistency with the parallel parking or alley dock maneuvers. I have never seen our instructor attemp it, so I am going to ask her tomorrow to demonstrate. That's going to tell me if she knows what she is doing. If she can't hit it, then she isn't instructing correctly. At that point I may blow my top, and I'm the calmer one in the classroom. If hitting the back center cone of the parking spot isn't an automatic fail on the skills test I will back the trailer in way over that cone as far as I need to be able to pull up and get everything within the boundaries, set the brake, and sound the horn. Two points for hitting the cone. Sorry assed CDL pass strategy, but I guess I'm going to have to do what I gotta do the pass the CDL. If it is the 90 degree I will have enough points to screw up a few times and still pass. As much as I hate the government, it needs to crack down on student-to-truck ratios for training. Us older guys in class try to help each other. If we didn't we would be in worse shape than we are now. Rant over. Flame away...[/QUOTE]
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