I’m not one for the easy way out, but the driving took me almost all my weeks of training to get the hang of it. I’m usually good at everything I do and am just a natural at it. I have autism, and I got my CDL, so if I can do it, anyone can. My biggest advice and this is what made me go from all over the place to nailing every move with no pull-ups is to plan your first move, do it and then stop. Bring tractor and trailer straight and stop. Look out window and evaluate your situation. Then make your next move and stop. Re evaluate again and back it in. Physically look out your window, I sometimes reversed my plan of execution because I wasn’t looking at the corner of the trailer and was only looking on the mirror and got myself all messsd up. There is no rules in the CDL test that says you have to do the maneuver on a single motion. Stop as many time as you need to. You only get points when you pull up and or hit a boundary or cone, so take your time
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Keep in mind, if your instructor is using lines or marks on THEIR training course, it’ll do you NO good on a different DMV course!! You must use the truck/trailer as your means to know when to make your steering wheel moves.
This is the most useful video I’ve seen so far about learning and understanding angles. I knew there had to be a formula to this and I was right. The driving school my job sent me to is a joke and just keeps telling me to “ feel for it”.
This is a great video I watched it so many times I still failed I did better in practice then on my test 😞 and I failed on a straight back to make it even worse and I usually do good with straight back and offset parallel is what supposed to be the hard one for me guess 😞
Just wanna thank you because of this video I easily passed my maneuvers today and now just sitting here waiting with my wife to check online to see if I passed thanks man great work
I just watch the first part of video straight if i did everything exactly same i would have failed when he turned on hazards im not allowed to switch hazards through the sterring wheel as wheel can jar and hurt your arm and second when finishing we have to set the brakes before we take out of gear just little things like that seem ridiculous to get deducted points right away but driving technique is nice
Thank you, Safe Ride Driving Academy! This video provided awesome instructions that helped me successfully complete my CDL maneuverability test. Your guidance was invaluable!
Did you find a video that talked about splitting the V? The tips video is good as well, but I'd like to learn about the V as well because I remember one of the instructors at my school teaching his students that technique. I would think that is good when you don't have lines and cones.
I back up pretty good with one pull up on the parallel parking. But the truck that I use is short, so it definitely Jack knives. Really quick, but this is a great demonstration. Great video
Most vids I've seen show setup between tandems but i was taught between ICC and last tandem. You nearly went out of bounds. What, if any, is benefit of mid-tandem setup?
I didn’t do parallel for my CDL just 90 , straight and offset , my offset was terrible I just pull all the way forward and back straight after the initial setup , I wish seeing this video before good explanation, I got cero points in the offset anyway but look awful 😂 , I don’t remember doing any parallel parking at anytime for now but good to know
At 5minutes 5 seconds you exit the truck totally wrong! That's an automatic fail for would be truckers that's trying to get their CDL. If you're going to teach, teach 100 percent correctly.
