Posted by notjustair on May 01, 2013 at 15:38:18 from (174.250.177.94):
In Reply to: CDL requirements posted by the Unforgiven on May 01, 2013 at 08:04:31:
I drove big buses for about 10 years. I went to get my CDL in my own bus (before I started the company). The old lady had me go through the pretrip and check the brakes. I started it up and she said, "you mind if I smoke in here?". I told her to go right ahead. By the time I turned the turn signal on the first time she had already said, "just drive around until I finish this and I will pass you."
I was kind of mad because I could back-dock that bus within 3 inches every time and was looking forward to testing. Oh well, I'm not one to complain. I was always glad that I did so much prep work and only hired drivers that drove that well. A big vehicle is not the place to learn from experience.
When I was getting ready for the test a friend told me to make idle chitchat during pretrip and find something they like to talk about. They will forget parts of the procedure. Or the whole thing in my case.
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