I Have A Few Questions Thank You

1. I am a 8year Pennsylvania resident and I have 0 points on my license. But once Resident in New Jersey I accumulated between 5 or 8 points in my New Jersey license will that affect me from getting my CDL.

2. I'm looking towards a Company Sponsored CDL Training school. Is this the right thing to do also Well they'll help me with the whole CDL process or I have to complete my CDL test at the DMV before The training school.

3. If I do attend a Company Sponsor CDL Training School. Which sponsor CDL training school are closer to Pennsylvania. And Which one will you recommend because there are so many and why.

4. Last question and I thank you so much for your help. How long would it take someone to complete the Company Sponsor CDL Training School course.

Hey there Edwin.

1) It depends on the nature of the tickets. If they were your ordinary, run of the mill tickets then no problem. They won't even ask. Only a DUI would be a major concern after 8 years. So you should be perfectly fine in that regard.

As far as the Company-Sponsored Training there's quite a few variables depending on which one you choose. Follow that link right there and you'll find pages and pages of information on the various training programs offered.

The way most of them work is pretty similar. You'll normally take a bus to their training facility. They'll spend a few weeks teaching you to shift, back up, and drive around town.

At this point some of them will have you get your CDL , others will send you on the road with your permit and have you test for your CDL after you return from the road in a month or two.

Now different states have different laws as far as license transfers. So in some cases you would transfer your regular license to the state you'll be training in, get your CDL in that state, then return home to transfer your license back to your home state. In other cases you'll get your permit in your home state, do your training with the company, then return home to do the testing for your CDL. The state you live in and the state the program is being run from will determine how it will be handled.

We have tons of information about this kind of stuff in our Truck Driver's Career Guide. Go through that from beginning to end and follow all of the links you come across. You'll understand your choices a whole lot better.

And finally, going through company-sponsored training versus private truck driving schools is really a matter of preference or your financial situation. If you have the money for private schooling the pace is a little slower and you'll get a little more one on one training. If you can't afford it then company-sponsored training is a great alternative. It's more like a tryout to make the team than it is a regular school. They bring in 50-100 people a week and in the end only about 1/4 of them make it through the program for various reasons. Most of them either lied on their application, failed the physical or drug test, or just had a terrible attitude so they were sent home.

But either type of schooling can be a perfectly fine way to get your career off the ground.