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That's good to know. I was reading online about this hoping to make myself less nervous but it's only gotten worse! Lol online makes it sound so invasive. Them watching you pee, stripping you down and making you wear nothing but a gown! I hope that isn't true.

Andrea, not to worry. There is provision in the regulations for that to happen, but that's for cases where someone is suspected of cheating by substituting someone else's urine for theirs.

Usually you get a (tiny) toilet room all to yourself, and the lab clerk has a table full of cups right outside.

Also, not sure how this page worked. I asked those questions on the other threads but apparently forgot to subscribe? So now I can't see any of the answers😐

Ok! I'm may be going way the $$&@ out of line here! I read where you asked "do they watch you while you pee in a cup" in two of the C1 training threads. STRONG ADVICE! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO BRING SOMEONE ELSE'S URINE INTO THE TEST! They will catch you! I apologize if I am out of line. They will catch you! They will catch you!

Hmm. Haven't heard of that before! I wonder why they said drink lots of water?? (Ladies at work one).

Careful w amount of water you drink. If urine is diluted you can be "disqualified". Fail.

Great, thanks for the info!! I was told I would have to strip down into nothing but a hospital gown???

I (very recently) completed C1 Indy. The urine test is 1st & is used as a portion of your physical (split sample) to determine of you're diabetic & the level of protein in your urine. You can smoke whenever you wish... although smoking prior to having your BP measured is known (fact) to elevate your BP, so of you have concerns of high BP... I recommend you refrain until afterwords.

Ummmmmmmm no lol I just don't like the idea of someone else watching me pee! Doesn't that make you uncomfortable?? Maybe it's just me but someone watching me while I use the bathroom doesn't sound at all pleasant!

Ok! I'm may be going way the $$&@ out of line here! I read where you asked "do they watch you while you pee in a cup" in two of the C1 training threads. STRONG ADVICE! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO BRING SOMEONE ELSE'S URINE INTO THE TEST! They will catch you! I apologize if I am out of line. They will catch you! They will catch you!

I will be taking part in the c1 training in indy starting Monday. That being said I will be taking a DOT Physical which I am quite nervous about.

I was told to drink a lot of water the morning of for the urine test. That being said:

1. Is the urine test or the physical first? If I drink a lot of water, will I be holding it throughout the physical?

2. Is the physical right after the urine test?

3. How do they check for hernias?? Do I have to strip completely down??

4. Do they allow smoke breaks?

tia!!

I will be taking part in the c1 training in indy starting Monday. That being said I will be taking a DOT Physical which I am quite nervous about.

I was told to drink a lot of water the morning of for the urine test. That being said:

1. Is the urine test or the physical first? If I drink a lot of water, will I be holding it throughout the physical?

2. Is the physical right after the urine test?

3. How do they check for hernias?? Do I have to strip completely down??

4. Do they allow smoke breaks?

tia!!

Did they do the physicals before the urine test? Do they watch you in the bathroom or is it private?

Did they watch you while you peed in the cup? I've heard rumors theyou stand in the bathroom with you?? Did you do the urine test before your psychical? Was the physical right after the urine test?

First day of school today. So anxious I barely slept a wink. Gave up a 5 year career, health insurance, steady pay etc. to follow my dreams. "It's very difficult to follow your dreams...but it's even more difficult to forget them." -Rabul Rumpai

Woke up in the middle of the night thinking it was time to go to school, was 1am! LOL. I've been advised to keep a journal by quite a few drivers so here goes.

Day 1: Class begins @ 6am. Pulled into the parking lot @ 5:30, gave myself a peptalk in my review & headed to the door @ 5:40am. I was the first student in the building. There was another student in his truck smoking a cigarette when I pulled in but I think he didn't wanna be the first guy & soon followed suit when I got out of my car.

I was greeted by the student advisor @ the door who asked if I needed a DOT permit. Out-of-state students are required to have their DOT permits & physicals prior (with the exception of Ohio, more on that later), Indiana residents are not required to have either. She then gave me some forms to fill out & I made my way to 1 of 3 classrooms. The rooms were divided into Swift & PAM prospectful hires. The spare room is a break room. Swift is alloted for 10 students per week, PAM is alloted for 30. There was 6 students (counting myself) in the Swift side, 4 were apparently no-shows.

Being the smaller class we were told to line up outside in the hallway behind a green cone & put everything in our pockets into a basket. You're warned nicely that if you step pass the cone before being called you will be reminded again far less nicely. Whiz-quiz time. Don't flush.

The urinalysis is used for a 5 panel tox screen (THC, Cocain, Opiates, Methamphetamines & something else) as well as a portion of your DOT physical to check for protien, blood & sugar.

The DOT physical consisted of a 20ft. Snellen vision exam requiring 20/40 in each eye (corrective lenses & contacts permitted). A monochromatic test for colorblindness to test your ability to recognize green, red & amber faint alternating colored numbers in a circle of the 2 other shades respectively. BP of no higher then 140/90 (I tested 139/90...whew!) And then a nurse practitioner listens to your chest & belly.

1 other Swift applicant had high BP & they wrote the number on a post-it note on his chart in case it changed so when they retest manually instead of with an electronic cuff. He did pass the manual BP test. One other applicant couldn't pee & had to wait behind the 30 PAM students to try again, LOL.

After that myself & the 4 other students waited nearly 5 hours until 12:45pm for everyone else to finish. One of the students was dismissed (the same one that couldn't pee earlier) due to taking (legit) prescription meds that are on the list of substances banned for CDL drivers...

Lunch time 12:45-1:30. There is a McDonald's practically in the same parking lot. I had a McDouble (extra pickles & onions), a McChicken & sweet tea.

Back to class, they combined the Swift & PAM students after we signed seperate tuition contracts & attendance policies. They played a motivational video, students who pass the skills test the 1st try get a red "Ace" C1 hat. Those who pass on the 2nd-5th tries get a black C1cap. (Yes, in rare circumstances you can get up to FIVE tries). 2 students came in throughout the course of the day with red hat's to have the instructor sign it & were met with a round of applause.

There's certain criteria before you're kicked out. Its supposed to be a 3 week course but you MUST HAVE your permit no later thab Friday of the 1st week to test out on the 3rd week.

Ohio students are driven by a van Wed-Fri to take their permit exams in Ohio if they don't have them. After the 3rd try they either pass or are dismissed.

Indiana students have until Friday of the 2nd week to get their permit or they are dismissed.

You have until the end of week 3 to pass pretrip or you're dismissed.

You have to have 2/3 skills down (Offset, Straight-line & parallel) by week 4 or you're dismissed.

Finally on the 5th week those who have taken the skills test up to 5 times without passing are dismissed.

To finish we watched some slides & done a quiz on combination vehicles. I was the only student out of 30 to get 100% (Thanks to Trucking Truth)!

School starts @ 7am tomorrow. (But if you're not there by 6:45am you're late, LOL). Doors unlock @ 6:30am. I (ofcoursr) intend to be there by 6:25am & go to the BMV immediately after 4pm to get my CDP.

School is open (optional & highly encouraged) on weekend's for students who want extra pretrip & backing practice. If you can't pass pretrip you're only allowed to straight-line back until you do.

Needless to say...I plan on being there every second of every day I'm allowed to be.

Sorry for the looooong post. I'll update as I