Non commercial Class B license Calif

msmith1199 wrote:

mowermech wrote:
Reality check:
Just exactly WHEN do they think anybody will parallel park a motorhome?
OR, back it up to a dock at right angles?
IMO, if they are going to have a "skills test" it should be a "Real World" test; something on the order of backing the rig into a campsite from a narrow access road (a la Forest Service campgrounds).

Congratulations to the OP for passing what is, IMO a silly, pretty much useless, test.

I've never parallel parked mine. On the dock backing my guess is they used a dock because there was no tight fitting campsite available near the DMV.

In the last 10 or 15 years, I may have parallel parked ONCE.
I have never done it in the motorhome, and never will.
So, based PURELY on personal experience, it is a skill that I do not not need in a motorhome. Shucks, it is a skill I don't need in my PT Cruiser Convertible!
However, backing to the dock at the local Albertson's store COULD be considered similar to backing into a camping spot. The aisle is only about 10 feet wide, and maybe 60 feet long. Of course, the access road and parking lot are a LOT larger than any Forest Service Campground access road, so getting properly lined up is a LOT easier! But, that is the only dock I have seen that might be worth backing to. All the others are wide open. I have, however, backed a 16 foot boat down a 50 foot boat ramp with a 29 foot Class C. Of course, it was on a tandem axle trailer, so that made it much easier.
However, since I will never have a coach longer than my present 32 footer, and I will never live in CA, and MT does not (at the present time) require any special license for my 32 foot coach, nor for towing doubles, it is all moot anyway.
I changed my post to show that my opinion of the CA test, is just exactly that, MY OPINION!