One would-be trucker attempted to bribe his CDL tester for a passing grade on his exam. His tester refused and the man was charged with attempted bribery of a public servant, but got only a slap on the wrist which didn’t include any jail time.
With CDL mills pumping out graduates left and right with the absolute minimum training required, it’s surprising that some people feel the need to cheat on their exams. Even more surprising is how frequently CDL school employees or owners are in the news for taking bribes from their students on a regular basis. This owner and his employee last year put un-earned CDLs into the hands of over 100 drivers.
So when Robert Laudemann tried to bribe his third-party CDL tester, he may have expected smooth sailing. According to the DOT, Laudemann offered to pay $1,000 to the tester, who said he believed it was intended to be “a bribe offered in exchange for a passing score on the CDL road test.”
Laudemann was sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment, which was suspended, 1 year of probation, and was ordered to pay a fine of $1,000.
Source: OIG
Is anybody shocked by this? Anybody? Guess not.
At least he should have the cash handy to pay his fine.
LOL. Hey Wiggle, the $1000.00 fine is probably paid to the CDL instructor. It’s a win-win-win all the way around.
Did he get CDL and job? I will admit my test was so easy I am keeping lic even not needing it. Just in case. Drove truck 40 miles in last yr.
1.) How bad of a driver did this guy have to be to need to bribe his instructor?
2.) He had a grand in cash? Shoot, he’s already too rich to be a truck driver.
3.) Am I the only one who thought $1k was TOO MUCH to bribe an instructor? $200-300 would probably be fine. Instructor probably panicked when he realized he’d need to 1099 any amount over $500.
Can you say Illinois?
Whose that ugly bald guy with glasses?
Man, the government has done so much harm to humanity and destroy the planet, why you beating a guy down for trying to survive? What all terrible atrocities these cronies have done compares to nothing this guy did. Self righteous rats!!