Profile For Iwant2drive

Well if I know PA like I think I know PA, I maybe in for a long wait. I may have to just bite the bullet, put my time in with another company, get my experience and let that experience open doors to a better job down the road.

I really appreciate all the time you put in Brett, I've looked at other trucker forums and websites. This website is by far the most informative and friendly site I've seen.

I was told from day one that I needed to get my (instructional) permit in pa then go to the trucking company's school for training. Then once training was complete, I needed to go back home to get my CDL before heading out with a driver trainer. Then upon further research and asking questions, I found out that I needed to get my CDL while in town for training, transfer it to a PA CDL, then leave with a driver trainer.

All of that sounded easy enough, until I emailed my recruiter about it. She then told me today about PA not conforming. I really want to start a new career in the trucking industry but now my options are limited to companies with schools within PA. As far as my research has led to me to only CR England.

I will be making numerous calls today to other companies and hopefully expand my options further.

Thanks for the replies, I am using this websites CDL Training program to study for my permit test.

I agreed to a conditional job offer with a certain trucking company, starting making plans to do my DOT physical and get my CDL permit in PA. I sent an email to my recruiter asking about when, during the training, would I take my cdl driving test. About an hour later she emails me back and says, due to Pennsylvania not complying with Federal Laws, you can not take your cdl exam in another state and have it transferred back to PA. Therefore we are not going to have you start training until PA complies.

Has anyone heard about this happening to anyone else?

Is this even a real thing?, I can't find anything online confirming that this is true.

Could this be a way of turning down someone for the training program?

I would appreciate any advice I can get. I really wanted to go through this company and even drive for this company.