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Took theCDL raod test Thursday, man what a mess. First off, I have 14 years OTR driving experience but quit before the CDL came into being so I had to get a CDL and some refresher training before going back.
Anyway, the DPS (Department of Public Safety) expaniner gets in the truck. While doing the pumpdown, she is on her cell phone, notpaying a bit of attention. Next is the straight line backing and guess what, she is talking to someone instead of watching what I am doing, man this isgoing to be something.
Now we head out onto the road. First thing she insists on is that I make a left turn onto to a one way street going the wrong way. I stop and say we can't turn left there and she says, "you can make that, now turn left". I can't help myself, I firmly tell her that that is a "G$% D!*& one way street going the other way". She is imbarrased and laughs then tells me to turn left at the next light, which I do. Then just as we are entering the next intersection she say "Oh, we have to turn left here". Ok, I shut it down, check the mirrors, nothing coming so I make the turn. Now we enter the freeway and after about 2 miles she starts laughing. I'm trying to figure out what is going on and she informs me that she is lost and doesn't know where we are suppos to go. This is getting better all the time.
She has me take an exit which puts us into the business district. Narrow lanes, curves, a lot of pedestrian traffic as well as auto traffic. We ride along until she sees a street she recognizes. She says turn right. I stop back far enough to make a wide turn as the street we are turning onto is pretty narrow and there are light poles close to the curb on both corners. She starts telling me I need to pull up and I have to advise her that f I pull up to the stop line we can't make the turn. This should have been obvious from all the tracks on the curbs and across the grass and the scrapes on the poles. Well, I make the turn with a small amount of difficulty and it was very very close.
Now we go a few blocks and she has me make anouther right turn which puts us next to the airport, more heavy traffic and narrow lanes. We finally get back to the freeway and after having me take a corckscrew exit (posted 5 MPH) we are headed back to the yard. But wait, she tells me to make a left on a side street. I stop and am getting ready to make the turn when I see the sign NO TRUCKS. I advise that we can't go down that street because it is posted no trucks and again, she starts laughing and says to go on back to the yard.
Once back she finishes the paperwork and hands it to me. I passed but she had the nerve to take off 15 points. If I had been her I would have been to embarrased to take anything off.
Were do they find these people anyway?
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The unemployed "Mo ron pool" floating next to the Wannabee OTR group.
You ain't seen nothing yet concerning the incompitence in Trucking today.
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she was probably a cab driver who got fired for getting lost too much

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It sounds like one of those "You're Punked" TV shows. Amazing.
My road test with my first company was odd. The guy was reading his Bible - closing his eyes and reciting highlighted passages.... He'd give me my next instruction then go back to looking down, scanning a section he'd highlighted in yellow and mouthing the words with his eyes closed.. I wasn't sure if he was preparing for an immediate death at the hands of a new driver, or praying for a new job..... I later found out it was the latter.
My next road test was 8 years later when I joined GTI. The guy was cool and very good -- but I was nervous as hell. I'm usually very cool in stressful situations, and it snuck up on me. First time on a Meritor 10-speed instead of my familiar 13. Had to feel around a little, not used to double clutching......missed 6th the first time. Toward the end I told him I was surprised at being so nervous, my mouth was so dry I could barely speak, etc... I told him it was like my "first date". He looked at me. I said, "not with you, with the truck...you're her father!" He roared with laughter and now when he sees me at the terminal he says, "you taking care of my daughter?!!!!"
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Learning to laugh it off is a plus. Incompetence will be every where you go. Sadly you'll see allot of it other drivers.
I wonder if the scrape marks on the poles and tracks on the grass and stuff is from past road test. Might be her favorite route.

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Took a road test back in 00 when I went to work for JB for six months, (that's all I could take) getting ready to make a left turn and got cut off by another JB truck! Then the light turned red and I was stuck sideways in the middle of a lane, cussing out the other JB truck while the guy was laughing at me, people were honking ad he asked me what I was gonna do, looked in the mirrors saw traffic behind me said f'it and turned left. Got back and saw he passed me with no remarks... LOL
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You have more stamina or less???? than I do. I couldn't take more than 4 weeks. I refuse to work and collect food stamps at the same time.

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Well,...look at the bright side,...at least she passed you.

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Oh my goodness....I don't know whether to laugh harder than I already am or to turn the tears coming from my eyes into a cry of pity.
Like the previous poster said.....at least you passed.(what else can I say?)
BTW....Glad you stood up for yourself & didn't let her talk you into making all of those wrong turns.
Shuffler, you're right about it sounding like one of those shows.("Girls Behaving Badly")