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can someone please describe a typical road test?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tough Guy" data-source="post: 2345005" data-attributes="member: 47811"><p>They typically will find one of the older sticks to take out. I had mine in p800 4 speed. The 4 speeds seem to have been phased out over the past few years though. We have some 5's still. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, on my test, the sup had me go around the yard for a few minutes to make sure I could handle the vehicle, before going into live traffic. After that, he basically took me on a 10-15 minute trip and just told me where to turn and so on. </p><p></p><p>There's as a pretty extensive list of things they're supposed to make you do though. They're supposed to make you park on a hill, and observe if you cut your wheels against the curb, and make sure you start up on a hill with no roll back. They're also supposed to make you back to a dock between two trailers. </p><p></p><p>Everyone is different but I imagine as long as you show you can safely handle the vehicle they'll probably skip most of the other stuff. I remember watching him just put a bunch of check marks off on all the things we didn't do. Most of the sups probably see road tests as an inconvenience and interruption from their regular work and just want to get through them asap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tough Guy, post: 2345005, member: 47811"] They typically will find one of the older sticks to take out. I had mine in p800 4 speed. The 4 speeds seem to have been phased out over the past few years though. We have some 5's still. Anyway, on my test, the sup had me go around the yard for a few minutes to make sure I could handle the vehicle, before going into live traffic. After that, he basically took me on a 10-15 minute trip and just told me where to turn and so on. There's as a pretty extensive list of things they're supposed to make you do though. They're supposed to make you park on a hill, and observe if you cut your wheels against the curb, and make sure you start up on a hill with no roll back. They're also supposed to make you back to a dock between two trailers. Everyone is different but I imagine as long as you show you can safely handle the vehicle they'll probably skip most of the other stuff. I remember watching him just put a bunch of check marks off on all the things we didn't do. Most of the sups probably see road tests as an inconvenience and interruption from their regular work and just want to get through them asap. [/QUOTE]
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