"Testing Out"

Let's not be overly dramatic. Before you put the truck in gear just say please put your belt on.

 

In Ny you only have to worry about your own seatbelt since some examiners and instructors don't wear one in case they have to reach over and pull the brakes quick.

 

Carry your own clipboard and pretend to write something down if he doesn’t put it on. Then mutter something like “didn’t use correct method for cab entry, no seatbelt, etc.”

 

You’re the captain of this ship. Tell him so immediately.

“Listen here buddy - this ain’t my first rodeo. You best put that pansy safety device around your fat little belly, and hold on tight - else I’ll smack them teeth so far down your cake hole that when you fart you’ll whistle”.

Then smile and get her in gear.

 

Put yours on.

Then silently glare at the unbelted examiner for a full two minutes.

"HEY! You mind beltin' up there, Skippy?"

 

Belt your ### up buddy. She be hitting that bad bridge and across the cab out of that drivers seat you go. Do you love your teacher THAT much hmmm? MWAH.

Put belt on, give the other person a moment to belt up too. Do not move a inch until they do. It's YOUR ship.

You will have days you hug the steering wheel with the belt all the way out praying for this 100 miles of bad road to STOP.....

First lesson of wearing no seat belt. Hit a bad plate. Hard enough to compress your airride seat... SLAM to the floor. While you are processing the fire in your spine you smash your head into the ceiling for starry vision, double sight and pounding migraine for the next 4 hours.

Ride baby ride.

If that trailer did whip around violently on you you will be praising blessed be that belt when it keeps your ### where it needs to be to get it back. You will come right out of that seat and possibly clean out of that truck through glass or following the pane that got smashed out ahead of your projectile body while it proceeds to smash anything and everyone else in the way due to physics.

 

Just stay calm. You can't get in trouble being too slow, but you can ruin yourself being too fast. Be patient.

 

I understand.

I have the same problem.

Usually it's not bad, but when it's TIME to GO NOW, that's when you really gotta take a breath and take a second look around. You might be here tomorrow.