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<blockquote data-quote="Cowboy Mac" data-source="post: 5110451" data-attributes="member: 59074">Did they at least partner you with an experienced driver? That’s what I think these companies are failing to do. Some starter OTR companies will make someone a trainer after 6 months or a year. I know that after a year of driving package I still didn’t know squat.Also the CDL manual and training does not fully prepare you for actually doing the job. The book says 4-5 seconds of following time is acceptable on the highway…So you’re given not enough/the wrong kind of information to get a CDL then you’re unleashed on the public roads, where it is up to the company to train you. They fail you by giving you not enough time with inexperienced trainers.What about dispatch? They give you a load going through the Rocky Mountains. Do they think to ask how experienced you are at mountain driving? Just like you wouldn’t throw a brand new package driver on a heavy commercial downtown route.Im not excusing his actions, I’m just saying that there were many layers of failure here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cowboy Mac, post: 5110451, member: 59074"] Did they at least partner you with an experienced driver? That’s what I think these companies are failing to do. Some starter OTR companies will make someone a trainer after 6 months or a year. I know that after a year of driving package I still didn’t know squat. Also the CDL manual and training does not fully prepare you for actually doing the job. The book says 4-5 seconds of following time is acceptable on the highway… So you’re given not enough/the wrong kind of information to get a CDL then you’re unleashed on the public roads, where it is up to the company to train you. They fail you by giving you not enough time with inexperienced trainers. What about dispatch? They give you a load going through the Rocky Mountains. Do they think to ask how experienced you are at mountain driving? Just like you wouldn’t throw a brand new package driver on a heavy commercial downtown route. Im not excusing his actions, I’m just saying that there were many layers of failure here. [/QUOTE]

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