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<p>[QUOTE="RoadSideDown, post: 11688432, member: 314577"]RE-TEST OF ROAD DRIVE</p><p>Hooray!! I passed my re-test this morning! I got bumped into an earlier test slot so had zero time to even practice shifting around the yard. 2 1/5 weeks working forklift and had to hop in the cab and start driving. The drive went much better than the first attempt, but I did lose a gear three times searching for the right RPM and gear. But survived! This time when I cam to the CORNER OF DOOM AND EVIL CURBS I aced the turn by a good margin. Thanks to all for your encouragement and advice. I took it much slower today and that helped a lot. Still nervous as heck after dropping a gear. Got rusty not being in the cab for a while. Man it feels good to have that behind me.</p><p><br /></p><p>The next steps are to go to the DMV tomorrow morning and get my CDL. The placement person at YRC has been notified and should get me registered as a driver and driver pay rate in the next few days. Then assign me to a route trainer to drive with for the next month. In the meantime I'll keep working the dock. By sometime next week I should be driving my training route![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RoadSideDown, post: 11688432, member: 314577"]RE-TEST OF ROAD DRIVE Hooray!! I passed my re-test this morning! I got bumped into an earlier test slot so had zero time to even practice shifting around the yard. 2 1/5 weeks working forklift and had to hop in the cab and start driving. The drive went much better than the first attempt, but I did lose a gear three times searching for the right RPM and gear. But survived! This time when I cam to the CORNER OF DOOM AND EVIL CURBS I aced the turn by a good margin. Thanks to all for your encouragement and advice. I took it much slower today and that helped a lot. Still nervous as heck after dropping a gear. Got rusty not being in the cab for a while. Man it feels good to have that behind me. The next steps are to go to the DMV tomorrow morning and get my CDL. The placement person at YRC has been notified and should get me registered as a driver and driver pay rate in the next few days. Then assign me to a route trainer to drive with for the next month. In the meantime I'll keep working the dock. By sometime next week I should be driving my training route![/QUOTE]
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