Grumpy
It's too bad that some spoil it for the masses. Like they say one bad apple spoil the lot.
Greed and corruption are foul in all walks of life, unfortunately.
This is a good example of Why I Prefer Paid CDL Training Over Private CDL Training.
With Paid CDL Training Programs you're being trained to drive by the company you're going to be driving for. So they care deeply about you becoming a safe, professional driver for their company. A private school doesn't have a long term concern for you. Once you graduate and leave the school they're done with you.
On top of that, a paid training program is investing their money into your career up front. They provide the housing, the meals, the instructors, and the trucks for training. They invested a ton of money in you, and the only way they can recoup that money is if you go on to be a successful driver for their company. At a private school you pay the tuition up front. So they've made their money from you whether you go on to get your CDL and have a good career or not.
In fact, a private school is going to do all they can to train you as inexpensively as possible. The cheaper your training the more money they make. Well the most expensive part of training is when the students are in the trucks driving, shifting, and backing. They have the cost of buying, maintaining, insuring, and fueling the trucks. The more they can cut down on those costs by using old equipment, owning fewer trucks, and giving students less drive time the more money they're going to make.
So unfortunately a private school will make more money if they give their students less time behind the wheel in fewer trucks that cost less.
The paid programs are training you in the same equipment you're going to be driving for the company.
It's two completely different business models. The paid programs have a business model that relies on turning their students into successful drivers for the company. The private schools have a business model that relies on providing students with as little drive time as possible in the cheapest equipment they can get their hands on.
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
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On Novermber 2, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced that the owner of Central Truck Driving School is being apprehended under charges of conspiracy to pay off government officials and fraud. Gill was accused of paying off the Department of Motor Vehicles in order to fraudulently present his unfit students with illegal commercial driver’s licenses.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Gill admitted to taking money from the students, and using it to pay off the employees of the DMV. In turn, the DMV employees would alter their database in order to change the status of the exam to say that the student had passed.
Central Truck Driving School Owner Arrested
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.