Bad CDL School

That's how mine was too. The road truck and trailer were very road worthy.

 

back in my "teaching days", i'd get all sorts of complaints about the yard trucks.

i'd just tell the students, "shut up and get in, and back up".

then they'd run crying to the school admin that i yelled at them.

the school admin would tell them, "shut up and get back to the yard".

 

I usually recommend #5 on the list; Careers Worldwide CDL DrivingSchool.

I can co-sign for that - I got my CDL there!

 

Is there like a list on this forum of bad CDL schools, for people to know where not to go? I feel like that would be a nice thing to have.

 

And really who can blame a school for putting students in a beater in the yard. After all, it's just going to get beaten up worse.

 

Could be worse. Ive seen some trainers that look like this.

 

The driving range trucks were so sold when I went to school, that they told us not to take it out of 2nd gear lol. It was an old day cab, like a 1970s Ford day cab, I can't remember but it was no way that truck would ever get on the road. Now if the actual testing trucks look that bad, that's cause for concern.

 

the only "speed" in the yard was idle speed. all day, all night long.

come winter time, and a fast moving massive snow storm, and the instructors would "floor" the throttle, to get the tractors to a larger area for parking for plowing later.

flames musta shot up outta the stacks, like 50 feet into the sky...lol

almost like this

 

one hit wonder....

 

Sorry that you experienced this. Did you complete the course? I knew that my first school and instructor was not for me. I dropped out immediately after the 3rd day. There’s still some ongoing issues, but my money is refunded. Unfortunately, if you stayed for the whole course, it’ll be hard for you to force a refund.

If you keep looking for another school, visit them first. Ask to see equipment. Ask class sizes, how many hours of road time do they guarantee, what is their failure rate, ask to see their course, ask about the route you’ll be driving to learn.

If they can’t answer those questions, won’t let you see the course, the equipment, etc, don’t do it. I might add to also ask how many students are paying students and how many are getting some kind of subsidy.

With all of that said, my first school was all cash paying customers, the equipment wasn’t that bad at all (not new but not awful), small class size so tons of drive time each day, and it still was a huge mistake on my part.

Look for schools that have multiple quality vehicles. Make sure that they have a legit course and not just tape on the ground in an abandoned parking lot, and a few other things I’d recommend. To be honest, this will make some people disagree with me, but at a mega carrier you’re going to be in a 2018, 2020, 2022 truck. You should be getting trained on what you’ll drive, not a 40 year old beater.