Continental Truck Driving School In Lancaster Tx

Wednesday Road test day and airbrake test of course. We load up head to DPS and I am elected to go first for the Air Brake test. Lets do this start knocking it out things are moving along swimmingly until oh wait its been 2 mins at 1500 rpm and my primary is still below 60 psi. Ruh roo raggy... Truck fails inspection; were told that we can try once we have another truck. We screw around for 2.5 hours before they get us another truck. All right game time we start with PTI and DOH!!! we have a side marker out truck is not road worthy FAIL. We replace the bulb and come back at 1400 new evaluator from DPS she comes out nice to meet you blah blah blah start with PTI PASS Sweet!!! Air brake test blah blah blah engine off release brakes and should not lose more than 3 psi it starts to settle out around 85psi. Boom Failed again. Now I am fuming, not at DPS I thanked them for their professionalism and so on. I talk to the instructor and he gets testy with me cussing DPS behind their backs about how his truck didn't fail blah blah blah. You are wrong sir I watched it, its coming from the supply valves behind the dash it needs a new O-ring I mean .50 cents lets do this I will fix it. Well now he talks to his supervisor and not to the owner Rod. I have had enough we get back to the range and I am done for the day regardless of time, I then head up to the office to inform them of what just happened. That this is unacceptable and that they need to have at least one truck that can pass PTI and Air brakes... I forgot to mention we tested to more trucks at the range when we got back and they both failed too. and one more truck was in the shop and the other had students out on the road so we couldn't test them.

Thursday we were supposed to test again... Negative Ghost Rider the pattern is full, so we head out to Waxahachie to learn their route for the course waste half a day doing that to find out that we are going to test in Waco on Friday; Maybe. Once again I decide its an early day.

Friday we are back with our instructor from that Friday that we first hopped in a truck, he goes over some weak areas with the weaker drivers and bif bam boom time to test I hop up first ready to do this thing chat with my evaluator very pleasant woman we start with straight and parallel knock it out then were off on the road. Aside from a few morons trying to sneak in on my right side while turning, one idiot that wanted to play chicken, and a DPS officer that was drafting off my rear end; I only had one hiccup and made the most sound judgment I could and took the hit on points after coming up to an intersection making a left turn the light turned yellow after I had passed the point of no return, I went instead of jamming the brakes and collecting a Toyota as a new hemrhoid. passed with a 94, received Top Gun from my class ready to head home.

Monday come back for our graduation I get there at 1022, at 1122 they are ready for me to sign a piece of paper and fill out 2 evals on the instructors. Then I am told no cert nor transcripts until the loan is paid in full even though I am going to get back by VA. We are just waiting on the Cert of Eligibility. I get a hat and swiche( <-- on purpose) army knife. I contact my soon to be employer let them know whats going on they contact the school figure what needs to be done blah blah blah heart ache is relieved. I am done with this school; almost. I have to be reimbursed by them once the COE comes in.

I definitely do not recommend this school, The classrom was phenominal the range that is another story There are only 2 instructors on the range worth a durn so unless you can guarantee you will have them check out TDI in Dallas I heard great things about them and saw some of their equipment at a test site and was impressed.

I attended this school a few months ago & I would not recommend to anybody. They are unethical at best, insructors have no patience cuss you out and treat you like dirt. I even overheard a few of them say we are the enemy, well my thought is if thats so then why do you have a job? Could it be because of the students..Yes without us, you have no job or source of income you vile excrement instructors. I will let everyone know this school is a waste of time and a waste of money. Maybe if they are on the unemployment line they will wake up. Understand we need you as much as you need us okay hard heads!!! And as far as the Executive Director goes, huh what a blow hard, he is as unethical as his instructors. Word of mouth is huge in the trucking industry and I have already been blabbing my mouth as one instructor put it..I sure as heck am & might wanna watch who you cuss out and treat less human-FYI!!

This is a scam. You will agree with me that the first week is excellent. You will have excellent classroom teachers who have years of experience and can relate to damn near anyone and are quite likable. Most scam schools tend to have instructors like this. Unfortunately, they will also speak Texas slang/ Southern slang about every other sentence. I can imagine what non native speakers actually understand but this atmosphere will make you feel like you made a great choice. Mr. Rod (no last name given to students) will routinely come into the class with a beaming smile radiating professionalism. All he is saying to himself is "yes, that is $6000 dollars a head there, another $6000 there, a $6000 write off there." A driving training program does not exist. Everyday the training trucks will break down one after another and every week more new students will enter your truck. The driving instructors lets face it, are not in this for the money but for other reasons-- they can make more actually trucking (some still do). You will enter this school smelling a fragrance of professionalism but as soon as you enter the driving range after your classroom program it will smell like poo poo. The facts are the facts. Business....this type.....will actually GROW!