Truckinginfo

FMCSA Finally Releases Entry-Level Driver Training Rule

Talk about taking the long way around the block: A final rule on minimum entry-level CDL training requirements-- issued in December 2016 -- has at last gone into effect, having been delayed several ...
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 ...
FleetOwner

DOT expands CDL school enforcement to combat training fraud

FMCSA identified about 75 CDL training schools suspected of fraudulent practices. Homeland Security Investigations will ...
Transport Topics

FMCSA Seeks Help in Crafting Entry-Level Training Requirements for Drivers

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asked its advisory committee Monday to help it work through various ...
JD Supra

Federal Scrutiny of CDL Training Schools: Practical Considerations for Motor Carriers and Brokers

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced a formal partnership with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...

DHS, DOT partner to investigate 75 CDL training schools suspected of fraud

The Department of Homeland Security announced a partnership with the Department of Transportation after FMCSA identified ...
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.
Fleet Owner

ATRI seeks carrier data on new entrant driver training and safety

ATRI is seeking carrier data to study how entry-level driver training impacts safety and retention in today’s trucking industry. The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) is calling on ...
Overdrive

FMCSA Administrator Barrs to make radical changes to driver training, ELDs, med cards

Derek Barrs, the leader of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, on Thursday announced plans to radically change something at the core of big problem areas for trucking in 2025: ...

DHS And DOT Launch Major Crackdown On CDL Fraud By Illegal Aliens In Trucking Schools

DHS will team up with the U.S. DOT to target fraud in commercial driver's license schools, aiming to protect the integrity of ...
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 ...
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 ...