European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 3 c f n photos by Dave Didio 5 Beverly Mcneal uses her outside mirrors while backing at instructor 4 Zane Kleiber gives hand signals to a Driver backing Between two rows of touring in tractor trailer the Only Way to go by Chris Estes staff writer Germany 5 Beverly my Neal says she figures the Best Way to tour Europe is in a tractor trailer its the Only Way to see she said during her first Day of driving at the 28th trans in driving its the three week course for Drivers is one of three such schools in the 4th trans it teaches Drivers to handle the big trucks before allowing them to Ven Ture onto the i know How to Mcneal but Here in learning backing and How to Man Euver with different types of of Colorado has spent eight years As an army but the 150th trans co is the first assignment in which she expects to have to jockey the big she the training helps her get rid of bad in advanced individual training i Learned the she but i went to Ait eight years the big trucks didst seem to frighten her As she waited for her turn to the first time Ive driven them is i cant Back till be an she its a Challenge a big hopping into the cab of a tractor with a 40 foot she began mastering reverse helping share the Burden of training Drivers Falls on Standard instructor Drivers known in the class As Side who Are provided by individual companies that have Drivers attending the 4 Henry an Sid from the 109th trans said 90 percent of what the Drivers learn Here is fitting a giant Rig into a tight parking not covered in their the course Here is is to make people understand driving before they get on the he 5 Robert also from the 150th trans volunteered to help the Academy with the current class because three students in it were from his my main Job is to Road test and Check ride the licensed he he explained that a Check ride is Riding with a Driver after and Miles and every six months Ever the checker makes sure the Driver Hast developed any bad driving staff Michael the noncommissioned officer in charge of the said the Academy in Rolls Between 15 and 50 students each the fail ure he is about one student every three we have some excellent he they definitely teach these students How to drive the there very Hawks said once students the they have to get stick Miles and Are then Given a Check ride by an Only after that do students get to take the Road test for their the students go through two weeks of classroom learning German Laws and Road signs and then they spend 40 hours on the driving manhandling the they have to learn to parallel Park the 30and 40 foot have to drive straight through and then Back out of lanes of weave through serpentine lines of barrels and master the offset a Tricky Man Euver involving backing from one Small Alley into another at an another barrel course provides practice in backing up to a with the barrels in one students learn to Back in in another students must Jackknife the trailer in Between the bar the result of All the Hawks is a Low number of in fiscal Drivers were at fault in 16 accidents in Miles of so far this fiscal with Miles under their battalion Drivers have been at fault in Only four