Had my first assessment this morning, first time I have ever sat in a truck, which was a 51 plate DAF CF, 4 over 4 gear box. Was an hour long, trainer drove out to a local area with a mix of town, single and dual carriage way roads and had me drive back. Gear box was interesting to say the least, remember what gear your in I think will be 99% of the problem when it comes to shifting smoothly. My anticipation of things further ahead seemed good and I was able to get around corners and junctions just fine. I think I did fairly well considering. Got another assessment next friday with a different trainer and then a final one in may before I make a decision on which is the one for me.
Either way I now know for sure that a trucking career is what I want to do. 15 years of sat on my backside fixing computers is well and truely over!