Commercial Carrier Journal

FleetForce takes driver training directly to carriers

FleetForce takes driver training directly to carriers with its new strategic partnerships program. FleetForce owner Tra ...
Commercial Carrier Journal

FMCSA boss: 'We're going to bite off more than we can chew.'

Derek Barrs addressed the many changes FMCSA has been making in recent months and what's to come during the Truckload ...

Several local CDL training schools received removal notices after USDOT, FMCSA crackdown

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced in a Feb. 18 release that over 557 CDL training schools reportedly ...
Overdrive

FMCSA shuts down 500 'CDL mills' after wave of in-person audits

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration had shut down "550 sham CDL training schools." The move follows nearly 1,500 in-person audits carried out ...
Yahoo

FMCSA registry rife with fake CDL schools, industry exec says

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lax federal rules have flooded the trucking market with unsafe drivers, fueling crash increases and prompting new investigations, ...
Truckinginfo

FMCSA Finally Issues Final Rule on Driver-Training Standards

A very long-awaited final rule on national minimum training standards for entry-level applicants seeking to obtain a commercial driver’s license or certain endorsements was announced on Dec. 7 by the ...
Overdrive

'Entry Level' truck driver training: With FMCSA's new regs looming, old-school training ways survive

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's new Entry Level Driver Training (ELDT) regs' compliance date is Feb. 7, meaning any prospective CDL skills-test taker without a Commercial Learners' ...
Transport Topics

CDL Schools Across Varied Sites Flagged in Safety Sweep

FMCSA’s nationwide sting uncovered more than 550 CDL training providers violating federal safety standards. Violations included fake addresses unqualified instructors and missing hazmat training.
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Why these Arkansas CDL training schools received removal notices from federal agency

More than a dozen commercial driver’s license (CDL) training schools recently received proposed removal notices from the ...
Opinion

The Great ELDT CDL Swindle That Downgraded US Trucking

The Entry-Level Driver Training regulations took effect in February 2022 after years of development and industry lobbying. The result was a federal training standard that requires no minimum hours of ...
Fleet Owner

FMCSA proposes national training standards for entry-level drivers

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has proposed a set of national prerequisite training standards for entry-level commercial truck and bus ...
Truckinginfo

FMCSA Extends Entry-Level Driver Training Rule Compliance Date

FMCSA said a big reason for delaying the entry-level driver training rule is to give the agency more time to complete development of the Training Provider Registry. The new entry-level driver training ...