My first practical hour

Today my teacher made me drive backwards, having to maintain the long trailer on a linear direction on broad track and then made that track much narrower.
Then he made me "park" like all trucks do in truck-stops (backwards, of course) but at an angle marked by painted lines.

To describe you my first practical hour in a few words, I'll share with you a question my new teacher asked me today after some "rolling":

"Have you ever driven a car with a trailer before...?" and again "...are you sure you haven't?"

Like many of you know, I never have.

Later, he told me he liked quite a lot what he saw for my first practical hour!

In any case, I'll try to get someone to film me and post it in YouTube. More later!

Step 2: Getting practical

Getting practical can only mean one thing: Getting hands on the wheel. Not only of the truck as one thing but of the trailer as well. Believe me, it's not the same to back up on a huge truck than to back up on a truck hooked up with a long trailer. It's a world apart.

That's what I'll be up to when I start learning that art on the 10th of March. You may ask: Why shouldn't I start now? Good question. The answer is: -It's all booked up until then!

Till then I can only "play" with a truck and trailer model I have which front wheels turn, giving you a good idea how the maneuvers work on a real truck. Of course, you cannot replace this to the real "hands-on" experience in the cabin; but you get a real good idea how the whole thing works.