CDL schools are exploiting federal loopholes and flooding the trucking industry with untrained drivers, industry exec says.
Two participants in the Massachusetts scheme to give CDLs to unqualified candidates were sentenced to jail in separate proceedings this month. Eric Mathison, who needed a supply of drivers and plied a state trooper with beverages to help get them, received a sentence of a year and a day, according to the U.S. Department of […]
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Monday published a notice in the Federal Register that the state of Florida is seeking an exemption to the CDL testing regulation pertaining to skills testing.
The lack of participation in a program meant to address a shortfall of drivers entering the trucking industry is forcing regulators to adjust.
The FMCSA has waived procedures for CDL testing officials in the administration of knowledge tests, removing the requirement that officials be trained on administrating such a test.
