Truckinginfo

Are Entry-Level Driver Training Rules Making Trucking Safer?

How well are mandatory entry-level driver training requirements working to improve trucking safety? The American Transportation Institute’s new research project aims to get some insight into that ...
Fleet Owner

Training standards outlined for entry-level drivers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced a final rule establishing comprehensive national minimum training standards for entry-level commercial truck and bus operators seeking ...
Opinion
FreightWavesOpinion

Commentary: How the FMCSA should investigate truck driving schools

Truck driver training schools don’t even have to assert that they trained the driver, rode with him, tested him on specific material, completed an obstacle course, ride along, or anything like ...
Truckinginfo

DOT Targets 7,000 CDL Schools in Entry Level Driver Training Provider Purge

Nearly 3,000 commercial driver’s license training providers have been removed from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Training Provider Registry. Another 4,000 training providers were ...
CCJ

ATRI begins study to update entry-level truck driver research

The American Transportation Research Institute on Tuesday issued a call for motor carrier participation in new research analyzing the impacts of new entrant truck driver training on safety and ...
Transport Topics

Trucking Leaders Warn of Lax Oversight in CDL Training

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Top leaders at the Commercial Vehicle Training Association and the National Association of Publicly Funded Truck Driving Schools are ...
Overdrive

CDL schools call out 'threat' of 'unscrupulous training entities'

Trade groups representing public and private CDL trainers across the nation wrote a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy calling out the Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...
Fleet Owner

More ways mixed fleets are turning challenges into solutions

For carriers across North America, successfully meeting different driver training needs begins with the essentials. Common topics include regulatory requirements, distracted driving, trip planning, ...
Transport Topics

ATA Urges Duffy to Focus on Training, Language, ‘Cabotage’

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] American Trucking Associations is urging Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to focus on three specific areas that it believes are vital ...
Odessa American

TSTC’s Professional Driving Academy updates training to meet new federal mandate

TSTC’s Professional Driving Academy recently updated its four-week, 160-hour commercial driver’s license training in accordance with the newest federal mandate that took effect in spring 2024 to meet ...
WKBW

Department of Transportation removes 'illegal' CDL Training Centers

Hello! I'm covering Niagara County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at [email protected] BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The U.S. Department of Transportation removed or "put on ...