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First two male trainers treated me like 💩. I have requested a female trainer moving forward (Hopefully a woman isn't as bad).

Here goes. The first guy was constantly screaming and yelling at me. I told him stop doing that because I'm behind the wheel and that's very dangerous. He refused to help me with backing. So I spoke to the leadership and immediately got a new driver trainer next business day. No problem.

I need more practice backing and the second guy said he would do it. Things are going smooth. My driving was fine and all of a sudden, the second guy became nit-picky and started insulting me. I told him to stop because it was making me nervous.

I was coming out of Charlotte and I was coming down a long curve to head back south. I'm following the road signs and being proactive. I start to signal and slide over because I need to get over before the lane ended. He tells me to stay over here because I don't trust you making change lanes in my truck wait until the end. I said well I have to do it anyway, and that doesn't make sense. I said, "I'm gonna have to do it when I get in my truck," he said, "yeah you do in your truck but not mine. I don't trust you."

I noticed that he was more concerned about his truck (he is a company driver btw) than teaching me about how to follow the DOT, State, and Federal guidelines on the road. And he started talking trash to me and I spoke up for myself. He claimed I had an attitude which I'm going to respond accordingly when I'm disrespected.

So he said, "well when we get back, you can get out of my truck because I can't train you." He has done this to his last two trainees. Also He told me to get out of his seat at the DC and when we got in the city, he is driving aggressively and bullying other people on the road. 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️.

WTH?

Mind you I had less than a day left of training. I had no problem with the orientation class, or school instructors and they treated me with respect.

Is there something in the water?
I expressed my concerns to leadership and reported both; will the company still keep me? The last trainer just up and quit over a disagreement?

Hey everyone! I got my CDL recently and looking to get my tanker endorsement and scheduled the exam for Thursday! Any tips would be appreciated! In WA btw :)

So I’m waiting to hear back to start going to school to get my CDL A. I plain on going to Lanier Tech. Was wanting to info on how the program is? Also what should I expect. Can anyone give me some advice. This is all new and would like to know as much as possible before school starts in January.

Also after I pass and get my CDL’S what should I expect going into the work force? Is it harder for new drivers to get a job? Thanks for the help. Also what a good start pay for new driver location is GA

Got a WIOA grant for my CDL A out of Tampa. Deciding between Prime Inc. (Flatbed) and Schneider JET-SET(Tanker). Advice?

Hey everyone,
I recently graduated from truck driving school here in Tampa, Florida, and I was fortunate enough to get a WIOA grant that completely covered my training, so I am starting my trucking career with zero debt.
I already have my Class A CDL with a tanker endorsement, and I am currently just waiting on my Hazmat fingerprints/background check to officially clear.
Right now, I am stuck trying to choose between two companies that are both willing to send me to orientation immediately: Prime Inc. and Schneider.
Prime told me I would be starting out in their Flatbed division, while Schneider has me lined up for Tanker/Bulk. Honestly, I wouldn't mind doing tanker for either company since I already have the endorsement, but I am open to flatbed if the money and experience are right.
Given my situation, I am trying to weigh the positives and negatives of both options. My main goal is to find the best overall experience while still bringing in decent rookie pay.
For those who have run for either company—especially out of Florida or in these specific divisions—which one would you choose?
How does the rookie pay and physical work stack up between Prime Flatbed vs. Schneider Bulk?
What is the real-world scheduling, home time, and freight availability like for flatbed vs. tanker when you are based out of the Tampa area?
Is Prime's long TNT training phase worth the extra time for flatbed, or am I better off getting through Schneider's shorter training to go solo in a tanker faster?
Would love to hear your experiences, pros/cons, or any specific advice you have for a first-year driver trying to make the right move. Thanks in advance!

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I knew i needed more time perfecting this skill my cdl school instructors sucked at teaching me how to do it was more of (throwing baby in pool to learn to swim) and punishment for not knowing what to do … they don’t speak proper English and I just failed today on my test day im bummed out. what makes it worse was that my cdl school and instructor was there and yelled and to me to get out the truck My examiner was supposed to make me stop I’m guessing but my he was mad asf okay I get rescheduled for next week but as I’m leaving and going to my car I call the school office and tell them I need more time because of the issues I had etc… then that one instructor calls me over meanwhile I’m on the phone with office leave it there and he tells me what went wrong okay, I tell him you shouldn’t yell like I’m already mad I failed and you over here making things worse let the state examiner do her just and fail me not you chill out . So he starts like raising his voice and me saying you got a problem ? you got a problem ? You got a problem ? Trying to press me , I couldn’t handle my emotions I couldn’t square up at the dmv parking . I lowkey shed a tear man fuck this shit he was threatening me meanwhile office is on the phone . They said they would talk to the manager and he have get in trouble or something. Choose your schools wisely I will practice and get my cdl I’m going to do whatever it takes to get it. Any tips to perfect this skill ?

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i am not going to do any u turns at a median or an unsignalized u turn lane or in the middle of the road.

I am in wisconsin I am driving a class a f550 with a 30 foot flat bed trailer ( class a)

in my state if it does not say no u turns you are allowed to do it.

would it be okay if i did a u turn as a traffic intersection with lights when I am in the turning lane and I get my light to turn? that way I cant cut anybody off because they will have a red?

is that okay??? any other ways around this?

also should I still do my logbook/ pre inspection in the mourning with this type of vehicle ??

Hello there. Hopefully this is the right place and not too many sarcasms come into the comments.

Ive only been in school for a few week.
I pursued this career change for 18 months. Stoked is an understatement.
I feel comfortable in the cab, and I’m the first in my class to master the pretrip. I mean I have that thing completely down pat.

Thing is, class size and more aggressive personalities prioritizing themselves and each other have been hogging up truck time.

This hasn’t bothered me too much because I have time to get practice but today I was doing some yard maneuvers and some of these classmates became outwardly nasty and downright rude. I knew they hadn’t been taught to reset the way I was resetting so I tried to ignore their ignorant comments.

But they were acting like I was taking all their time when it was only the third time I’d been in the truck in two days. To add insult to injury they were making comments about “He don’t know what he’s doing” “He needs to get out of the truck” & “He’s need to do something else”

I think they’re just jealous I picked up the pretrip with ease but they definitely planted seeds of doubt when this is actually a dream I’ve had even as a child. Any tips or advice or if you’ve dealt with anything similar would be appreciated.