Roadmaster Driving School

We‘ll see. Lawyers were pretty excited to get moving on it. I’d guess tuition and expenses (lodging, lost wages for retest dates...) will be refunded. Some guys will likely fail and lose the jobs they’ve had for months as a direct result of roadmasters practices. The examiners were roadmaster employees, testing on campus, wearing roadmaster uniforms and representing the school.

 

Quite true. But this is a legit screwup. The notices from DOT did not come certified mail or require signature. There is no way to ensure that guys actually receive their retest dates. If they miss those dates knowingly or not, their license is downgraded and they lose the job. If they happen to get inspected after the downgrade, they’ve committed a crime. This is not an idiot spilling their own coffee on themselves. Rather 250+ people paid thousands of dollars to a negligent company. Take that before a jury and make them aware of werners record of unsafe practices and anything can happen. Most likely they settle for tuition, expenses and legal fees.

 

What’s a reasonable effort? Shouting it from the rooftop? Mailing it to the home of a road driver who may not be there to receive it before the deadline? No doubt some drivers will face hardships due to roadmasters negligence. I’m not a litigious man myself, but this seems like obvious misfeasance and more likely malfeasance as the manager on site was absolutely aware of the noncompliant testing practices at that site.

 

Agreed, Werner wants their drivers legal, competent doesn’t seem to be a sticking point though. The examiners were properly certified. They were knowingly and intentionally disregarding state testing standards. Ie: examiners were also providing instruction to students. Portions of tests were performed outside of the test date and utilizing different vehicles than those used for other portions. Pretrip tests were performed days or weeks prior to the test date by uncertified examiners and substituted for the day of test pretrip portion. Students were allowed to use school provided paperwork detailing the pretrip while conducting their tests. The manager on site was aware of these irregularities and allowed them to proceed. I’m not at all looking for any tiny thread, these are the fraudulent testing practices that I witnessed myself. There are plenty of other practices alleged but I won’t list those as I have no first hand knowledge.

I’m mostly concerned with preserving the status of my license and employment. I was hoping someone might offer some insight as to how people have resolved the issue in the past as it’s happened before. I don’t believe returning to that site is a good idea and it certainly isn’t convenient. It may not even be possible depending on prior commitments.