put down the smart phone

any student that trys to drown out his trainer should not be givin his own truck the things he may be trying to convey to you may save ur lfe or may prevent you from killing someone else

 

training is a necessary part of ANY job and rule #1 listen and pay attention. Even those newbies who get a good trainer and learn much from him are more likely to have an incident or get themselves into a bad situation when they start out. I admit its tough cooping up with a complete stranger for that length of time but you gotta buck up and make the best of it by getting along and showing some respect. Tuning out your trainer is just plain rude. If you a company driver for most companies you aint gonna have much freedom or independence anyway. Your dm knows when you pull over to take a toilet break!!!

 

Then you should've been thrown out of the truck...as a student/trainee , you're there to do 2 things listen/observe and ask questions.....That's the way you learn....This kind of attitude is the very reason for the OP's problem....trainees..that don't want to be trained....If you want freedom and independence open your own company, but then there's those pesky customers that want you do give them the service they are paying for...Geezzzzz the way some folks think truly amazes me.

 

Can you cite any source for your premise that newbies have a high rate of incidents... and define "newbie...?

This perspective seem to imply that after 90 days (and up to and including 4+ years) experience you feel you hadn't learned anything worthwhile you could teach to someone with 0 experience.

 

And one of the reasons they leave trucking is because they discover trucking freedom and independence does not resemble that as depicted in Smokey And The Bandit I, II, or III.

 

Never saw anything from Hollywood that depicted anything real about anything...

 

Sorry, Pattyj, but it is pretty funny. Not about you personally. I don't think.

 

I don't see anything necessarily serious. It's so obviously necessary for the student to observe the trainer, the situation, road conditions, risks, everything the experienced driver is doing. The student has invested some time and money before he gets in with the trainer, and should be ready to agree to a plan of some kind. Like, pay attention while the truck is rolling, something simple and easy like that. Or, while the truck is rolling, you're at work. I hate rules, a lot of drivers do, so make a deal with the student, get them to agree before it becomes a problem. No problem, no need for a rule. My $.02.

 

Are you really moving away from training because your student drivers are on their digital devices? I don't know about that being a very good reason to back off. It sounds like there's some burn-out factor in there. Ready for some solo road time? Those cabs sure can get small.

 

Wasn't a such thing of a cell phone when I started driving. I still didn't pay attention to my trainer. I knew it all from the start. He couldn't tell me nothing I didn't already know.