I'm a Career and Technology high school teacher, and also a third generation trucker who drives part-tme on weekends. It is amazing how many of my students think they can turn to trucking if they fail high school.
I would like to develop a list of questions and/or situations that will make my students THINK about what they consider to be an easy occupation.
How about some help?
I know that simply gleaning questions from the CDL manual given to those preparing to add the endorsement to their license will probably suffice, but I would like to add situations that we face on the road that one can only experience through years of 'practice'.
For example: You are hauling a load of building supplies, someone calls you on the CB and tells you some of the boards are sliding out, you know you have used all your straps, so what do you do now?
Another example: You pick up an oversize load from a farm, your appointment at a port is tomorrow AM but the person you picked the load up from does not have your permit. What do you do?
Those are just a couple of ideas of what I am looking for.
Steven