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gives the rookie view "Here's your load notes and where
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you need to go; see you later." That's about as much instruction as agency drivers get: they're given their load details, pointed at the truck and left to get on with it.
That's exactly what happened in this test. I simply had to get into the trucks and drive, without any instruction or introduction on their use. In general this worked out f ine, but there are things which let all of them down Few were absolutely foolproof, and all had to be driven vvith a degree of 'if I do this, what does it do?". Even trucks which were otherwise straightforward had one or two frustrating pants: the MANS steering wheel adjustment being a case in point.
Hire companies might do well to include a quick guide to each truck's main features as part of the paperwork sent out with the truck, to be left in the cab for the driver — or, at the very least, transport managers in the firms hiring these trucks should ensure drivers are briefed on how to get the best out of them