just looking for opinions on new truck drivers.
years ago u worked your way into a truck, started maybe on a dozer moved up to a grader then a tandem dump truck then a tractor tailer, basically a try out u get the idea. but now any body can take a 6 week course and come out with a license. these courses are set up to make money and that's it, so everone is pretty well guaranteed to come out with a license.(i have never ever heard of any one failing)
we have a small foresry operation, and the guy that halls our wood get's all kinds, one guy took 1 hour to back off the road and down a freld, at the end i just hocked the forwarder to the end of the trailer and drug the dumbass back. and then there is others that can put a truck places most people couldn't put a 1/2 ton.
so is this really safe?
these people are basically green drivers hauling huge loads with little or no experence. we make teen drivers go through more
2006-10-06 05:37:50 · 8 answers · asked by bubbles 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
i guess you made your statement :)
2006-10-06 05:40:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the driving profession we call the new drivers steering wheel holders. It takes years to understand the offstreet world I have trained multiple drivers on how to drive offroad but, they won't learn by telling it takes experience. I would think learning a grader and other offroad equipment would have taught you how and where to drive and more importantly where not to. These schools show the newbie driver how to make a turn without driving over the curb. unfortunately they often forget the passenger side mirror when backing up. To answer the question yes it is safe on the streets. But offroad let them bog down and screw up they need the experience so they know not to do it again. also i would recomend that the person in charge of hiring offroad drivers gets your input on how the guy is doing in the field so he might recomend adjustments to his work load. This could allow you to help more advanced drivers to learn tougher challenges., and put this newbie where he should be learning at a less advanced level.
2006-10-06 12:51:37 · answer #2 · answered by mousehth72 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Company I work for has a training program.
New drivers are matched up with trained and experienced drivers. The trainer gets paid a premium rate for training the new recruit, and will stay with him/her until he/she is confident that the rookie can go out by him/herself. This is costing my Company a fair amount of money, but with the driver shortage, it's well worth it. As well, the Company owner ensures that his equipment is looked after....$125,000 truck, $50,000 trailer and possibly cargo worth anywhere from $25,000 to upwards of $1,000,000. If every trucking Company were as careful, the highways would be much safer.
2006-10-06 22:46:57 · answer #3 · answered by Louis C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a former terminal mgr, found it extremely hard to hire those "fresh" out of the driving schools. Looked for experienced driver with clean records. Inherited a new driver once--took a while to catch on, not very productive.
Safety--they need to build confidence through experience.
2006-10-06 16:32:24 · answer #4 · answered by JD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. My hubby is an otr driver, and we talk all the time about how some of these guys are able to get a license, but can't drive worth a #&*! He went through a legit school and has well over a million miles under his belt, accident free. I really do think they need to make it harder to get a CDL.
2006-10-06 12:43:31 · answer #5 · answered by lisa s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not interested in giving an answer, only like to tell you that as a ww2 participant from and for the USA, I saw how mighty gracious and gratefull the people, like you and yours were at our saving your bacon, but then you did give us some good looking women to play with, so you are not all ingracious. Blindly hatefull of the hand that helped you, and let you again return your little ones back home, but I'm not surprised at the turn the world has taken that lied to your little ones at how evil the USA was.
2006-10-07 10:31:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with the statements you made.
My brother is a driver and a lot more talented than I am, but I could pass one of those courses (and I can tell you I should not be behind the wheel of a semi.
2006-10-06 12:48:08 · answer #7 · answered by Intersect 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
truck school? i just went to the drivers license place,took the written test,did a walk around the truck,then a short drive,and i had my cdl.
2006-10-07 03:45:53 · answer #8 · answered by namkciub 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋