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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nhbalt, post: 9628668, member: 286536&quot;]Hi,</p><p>I am looking to get my CDL as soon as possible but want something that is going to be valid for employers. I have found three options.</p><p><br /></p><p>1) local community college, seems well-funded, but the program takes 8 weeks full-time (10 weeks if you do a night/weekend program). It also doesn&#039;t start until early January so I would be waiting almost 2 months from now, and it would not complete until the end of February 2020. Total about $4000-4500</p><p><br /></p><p>2) 160 Driving Academy local branch - they say it can be completed in 3 or 4 weeks, unsure when the next class begins but hopefully sooner than January (total cost about $4000-4500)</p><p><br /></p><p>3) Drive Rite 57 where you can pay by the lesson: <a href="https://driverite57.com/cdl/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://driverite57.com/cdl/" rel="nofollow">CDL Training – Drive-Rite</a> I was told the total cost is about $2500 but that it varies based on how many lessons you need to pay for, i.e. if you are struggling you will need more lessons before you get there.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I know the only one that is &quot;accredited&quot; is the community college. But does this make a difference?&nbsp; I would like to have the best experience, but I also don&#039;t want to not be able to drive until 4 months from now, when some of these programs take a few weeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have thoughts? I am in Maryland, if there are any other good local options such as company training programs, etc. I would prefer to have a regional position when I get my CDL rather than OTR if that is possible. Tanker or hazmat would be interesting to me too.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I pass the CDL test, but attended one of the less-legit schools, would a company not want to hire me even though I had demonstrated by passing the CDL test that I had learned the same material?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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