Scoring Yourself

This is the "grading scale" to the "Are You Driver Material?" quiz.  Printer Friendly Version of quiz.

Section I:

Total Possible: 135

If your score is between:

135 - 115:    You would seem to be very good driver material. You seem to have a reasonable expectation level and good attitude.

100 - 114:    You would seem to be pretty good driver material – you have most of the attitudes and expectations, but have a couple of questionable issues you may want to give more thought to.

Below 100:   You probably should think the decision concerning truck driving over, long and hard. You may have a lot of issues with the job that may cause you distress and frustration down the road.

 

Section II:

Total Possible: 25

A:
#1 = 5 pts     Responsibility isn't much fun but this is by far the best answer.

#2 = 0 pts     One sure way to damage your career. These things follow you.

# 3 = 1 pt     Not a good way to ensure a professional driver/dispatcher relationship, but at least you're staying with your truck.

#4 = 5 pts     A lesson learned is invaluable!

B:
#1 = 1 pt     Whining is pathetic but at least you called in.

#2 = 0 pts    Your company could lose an account over an incident such as this .. they may, in turn, lose you!

#3 = 5 pts    Best bet – you should make the dispatcher aware you're unhappy – i.e., call him on it, but you may as well just resign yourself to the fact you're going to be waiting for seven hours.

#4 = 5 pts    A lesson learned is priceless.

C:
#1 = 0 pts    Do this and you're virtually guaranteed every crappy load the dispatcher can find for quite some time. Home? He's going to forget where your is!

#2 = 5 pts    Professional response - call him on the error but don't shove down the throat.

#3 = pt    Poor choice because now it looks as though it is completely your fault and chances are very, very high the company knows you were late.

#4 = 5 pts    A lesson learned is worth more than gold.

 

D:
#1 = 0 pts    Oh boy - your conflict with authority is going to be a major problem. This is a guarantee you'll be at the scale for many more hours to come.

#2 = 0 pts    Another purely dumb idea… DOT officials have never been known to be motivated by a threat from a driver.

#3 = 5 pts    DOT officers are human, too – when approached professionally and diplomatically, especially.

#4 = 5 pts    Once again, a lesson learned…

 

E:
#1 = 1 pt    You're bailing ship a bit soon but this response is preferable to running over and opening yourself up to liability in such a way.

#2 = 5 pts    Best plan – and last ditch effort to be made before throwing in the towel.

#3 = 0 pts    No, no, no!! Just because you're new doesn't mean you're dumb! Besides, no one can fire you for refusing to run over hours. You have a nearly guaranteed-win lawsuit on your hands if they do.

#4 = 2 pts    Not a totally bad response, either but going above the problematic dispatcher is better. If the dispatcher isn't held accountable, he'll never change. It's good that you are brave and smart enough to stick up for your rights.

 

If your score is between:

20 - 25    You're instincts are good as to what you would do in these problem situations.

15 - 19    Slightly "off" in response to problem situations, but after some time on the road, this should come easier.

Below 14    You might just be tired or spacing off – your responses are rather scary. You may well end up jumping from job to job if you exhibit such behavior – need to rethink a few things!

This quiz is by no means scientific!! Be careful how you interpret it's results…for better or for worse.