Werner trainer not fair ???

I believe if you told the gentlemen that you could not sleep, he would have turned off the TV, if not then they sell ear plugs at truck stops.This should be a lesson to all new drivers to get ear plugs before you go out with a trainer,as it's hard to sleep with the engine running...But you do get used to it, in fact you will have a hard time sleeping with out the sound of a diesel running...LOL

As far as him not letting you use the restroom, the only person in control of that truck, is the one behind the wheel...Period!

The biggest problem I have with your post is that you where mad that he kept telling you to check your mirrors...If you where checking them enough, then he would not have told you to check them more.
Even when you are on a two lane road your head should be on a constant swivel from driver mirror, to road , to pass. mirror, to road, to gauges, to drive mirror, back to the road, and then back to the pass. mirror. USE ALL MIRRORS ON THE TRUCK TO GIVE YOU A COMPLETE PICTURE OF WHATS GOING ON BEHIND YOU...The reason for checking your pass. mirror on a two lane is simple, you use it to make sure your trailer tandems are fowling the path of the truck,especially on windy days(but just as important everyday)...The easiest way to roll a truck is when your trailer tandems go off the road and hit sand, dirt, rock or other foreign objects...Bottom line LISTEN TO YOUR DARN TRAINER, HE KNOWS MORE THEN YOU!

 

I agree, in general - but on the other hand, sometimes one experience is all it takes to determine a course of action is not for you.

For me - parachuting is a hoot. Bungie Jumping is for the deranged.

I've equated OTR to crack before, and I think I'll continue to do so. In a VERY short time you are going to hate it, or you are trapped for life.

 

Never a truer word spoken there! I tried going to graveyard shift line haul after driving OTR, and found that I couldn't sleep at all at home in my nice comfy bed during the day, but when I was OTR had no problem at all sleeping during the day.

Very true with the rest of your post. The trainer is the one with the experience, his job is to make sure that you are going to be a safe driver for the company. If your eyes aren't moving, you are going to miss things, and those things could mean the difference between life and death - yours and/or that of others.

 

That's what my Grand dad taught me, and it's yet to fail me...
I remember he told me " Son, you can recover if you hurt yourself in an accident...But, if you hurt some one else you'll never recover from that"... I try to remember that every time I push in the clutch and turn the key.

 

Grandpa taught you right on that. Something every driver, new or old should remember.

 

i have always made it a priority to keep 1 or 2 rolls of toilet paper in my truck, if i am in a wooded area, which is most of I-5 south of Eugene, i will just find a goos shoulder to pull off and head into the woods for some private time with mr bush. the only time i ever hit the truck stops was to fuel the truck or fuel me, i dont need a rest stop or truck stop to take a leak.

 

just man up this is not a 9-5 job, training sucks i know just get through it and then you can make your own rules, when you are on your own you will realize what your trainer did and why

 

This thread is so old he's probably ready for retirement now, lol.

 

I would have to agree with you 100%. I got my class A in 2008. It was the biggest mistake of my life. I worked the 8 months of ^^^^ to full-fill my contract. Then once that was over with. I decided to drive a city bus. Best thing I ever did. Truck driving is not cut out for everyone. You think you know what your getting into. Then when you get out there, its nothing like you thought it was. I can say I wasn't cut-out for life on the road. I like waking up in the same place evey-day. Having my cup of Joe every-morning. Can't do that on the road.