Should truck driving schools score all carriers by record and share with students?

Not in today's world, no excuse for not performing due diligence, the info is out there now and almost everyone has access to internet...

 

There is also due diligence in disclosing any financial information that may/may not influence advice or recommendations on which company they choose to promote or allow to recruit. Its not that big of a hurdle to overcome its only a handful of companies they do promote. Greater transparency never has hurt the consumer. When you go to a school and then on to a pay back loan agreement you are the consumer. Your paying for a service on both ends. One in money and other is labor. I just don't understand the resistance to better informed drivers coming into the industry. What? Ya all scared they will actually succeed in greater numbers and threaten your jobs? A better trained, more informed, and prepared drivers will only make the industry better. Poorly trained, under informed new drivers are a hazard to you ever day on the road. They also drive down wages because they are not the best coming into the industry. The better trained, informed drivers make my life a hell of a lot easier on the road.

 

What about an independent third party evaluation? Kinda like a carfax, but for carriers?

 

The thing is, we CAN check a company's CSA score, by just going to the CSA website. Now as a student, one may not know how to read all the stats, but in general, the higher the numbers, the least likely one would want to work for such a company. Whatever, I still think that for a school to give a student all the facts and figures, to me spells, financial endorsements the companies provide to the schools to get students.(again, bribery because they are so bad, word of mouth will not get them in)

 

FMCSA already scores every authority holder. Use that to help make up your mind.Besides, a non-teuck company CDL school has one job...teach the student how to earn a CDL. Picking a starter company is so personal that grading companies would detract the student's attention from the task at hand.

 

No, and for a few reasons,

1) With most cases, schools are sponsored by carriers. For example, Roadmaster is sponsored by Werner.

2) The only obligation a school has is to do what you pay it to do, which is to give you the required education you need to get your CDL. Job placement is your responsibility and yours alone.

3) One mans trash is another mans treasure. Some people can't stand megas, others love them and can make them work. Some people can't stand unions, others love them and can make them work. Some people can't stand OTR, and some can't stand local work.

What works for you won't work for everyone else. I'm against this idea, because you can manipulate numbers to reflect anything you want. Let people get the exposure instead of cramming your opinion down their throat.