Profile For Steven B.

That's awesome to hear how well you are doing! Being prepared before school started served you well and it shows in your confidence not to mention testing scores plus you know they are noticing. I'm on the second day of class myself and the thought of the pre-trip intimidates me, yet am inspired now that you have taken and passed it what sounds like the first week. Keep up the success, and thanks for letting us know how its going.

Lol its funny I too start tomorrow, and my bundle of nerves is making it hard to sleep so there's only one answer...time here on TT. I have no doubts both of you will do well, all the researching, previous experiences, even the secret weapon of High Road Training Program cant compare to what we have access to that few do, a positive supportive atmosphere here at TT. So while I will be thinking of you all and wishing future successes your way when I sit down to class tomorrow, I also wanted to thank Brett and everyone here for the wonderful community on top of the great site.

There's one in Galt, about 5 in Sacramento that I know of including the one I'm planning on starting next month the Commercial Drivers Learning Center if your looking into this area of Cali.

Hello Roni and welcome to the TT family! First if your wondering about being petite and just being female, if your into YouTube check out Allie Knight as just one sample of the solo female truckers there. A quick look at her you might wonder if she can even crank down a trailers landing gear but she powers through everything with ease and a rather motivating attitude when you hear her say she did it like a boss.

She has some good instructional videos in between her daily drives videos but there's a good one about her training when she started like her first5 videos, and just recently a video about challenges women face. But if you watch someof her daily drives you'll also see she shows her walkingto her truck across a truck stop parking lot and off go the horns honking from a couple of trucks, then shell show when the the guys respect her so there will always be a few neanderthals among us but the times are changing along with our attitudes.

Your past I wouldn't worry about as it wasn't reckless 15 mph over, so just explain it well and believe in yourself the careers yours. You believe in yourself and your goals when even family do not, you took the steps to get funding and into a school and still researching and taking the steps to make sure you do become not only a trucker but a good one. Your have a great attitude and are a person of action so if you can handle frustrations well and can be patient when needed that's all you need to succeed. I'm interested to see how well it goes for you keep us informed.

Thanks Daniel! Always a good read to see the day to day of this lifestyle and to see into the mind of the trucker living it, especially sharing the pay as I was wondering how bad or good the first year could be. So motivating to see at least for myself its a step up into a more comfortable life now I really can't wait to start.