Ok little update, I used this thread to show to my local state senator that truck driving school was a scam and the industry is rigged for new...
Well I just want to say thanks for sharing your experience. You have a lot of good points there and really made me think. However my individual...
So why do so many smaller trucking companies require so much experience then? Why is it most of the truck driving companies require you to have 1...
Anyone can do a Google search on "truck driving school scams" and see pages, and pages of complaints and websites warning people about the scams...
Notice I'm not the only one calling truck driving school a scam....
Truck driving school is a scam. There isn't any other way to get a good job without going through school, and trucking companies know that and...
It didn't say anything in the manual about being illegal to drive with just a permit.
I disagree with you. Like the other reply stated the real training starts when you begin your OTR. I'm not a trucker but I didn't learn to drive...
That's TDI (Truck drivers insitute South Bend) would charge me if I financed it. I'm not going to trust a company to pay me back, that's to big...
I was told that I have to get a CDL in the state I live in. So that limits my choices right away. I also don't have 7500 just laying around to...
"The system is rigged so that you fail" "Company's want you to fail to keep new drivers walking through the door so they don't have to pay...
Isn't that how they use to do it, back in the day. My grandfather learned on the job and drove for 30 years. Most of the older guys I talk to...
In the state of Indiana you DO NOT have to go to school to get your CDL.
I shouldn't have to sign a contract for the right to work. What if trucking isn't for me? What if I get fired half way though year because...
My state (Indiana) is broke, they don't have any money to pay for my schooling. A lot of states won't pay for truck driving schools because of...
Why don't they have the same financing for trucks as they do for school? Since there are so many used trucks in my area on craigslist for 5000...
So far I've had 19 reply's with no real answers on how I can get my CDL on my own. I can see why the trucking industry is the way that it is....
Sorry not sure if that reply went through. My blood pressure is to high, however, I can pass a CDL physical. My blood pressure is 150/whatever....
I won't get a job with a major carrier because I'm not going to sign a contract, and I don't think I should have to. There needs to be other ways...
Yes your right CR ENGLAND offers school for 2,000. So I saved my 2,000 and now they won't hire me.
