Truck-driver's, your thoughts and comments please

it does teach you the basic concept, so you will understand the dynamics of an articulating vehicle and standard transmission.

So, unethical ? no.

 

there are some that teach you on a 1 ton pick-up with a gooseneck or bumper trailer that classify as a Class A vehicle due to weight ratings.

 

Unethical not really I don't think...

Have these schools dumbed it down to a point where just about anybody can get a CDL ?? yes just look around you..

 

Not only schools, but mega carriers who make a driver with 6 months experience a trainer, or a trainer in the bunk while the student drives, that's an accident waiting to happen and every company that does that should have their authority yanked and put out of business.

 

I think it's unethical. They should be trained in the same kind of equipment they're gonna operate when they get a job. Using a pup trailer is kind of "cheating" by making sure everyone passes the class.

People pay big bucks to take those classes. By not teaching them with a 53 footer, they are getting ripped off. They're not getting the skills they're paying to learn.

 

Ethics. I saw the pick up and gooseneck guys try to pass the drivers test. The trailer had all the wood stripped off and the driver could look out the back window and through the trailer. They had a real hard time backing. They ran over lots of cones. The cost was only $300. They get a license and then what? They still have to pass a road test with a company. I don't think it is a question or ethics.

I think it is a question of National Security. I am retired Air Force now (along with many other things). I flew. I still fly. On 9/11 the attack was carried out by people who had taken flight lesson. The were not interested in learning how to land a plane. They were only interested in learning how to take off and point a plane at a building. What possible reason would someone want to get a CDL without knowing how to drive a big rig. It would seem to me that the Timothy McVay's of the world would want to just get a license.

I will point out one exception to my above view. I was hired to drive a 48' flatbed day cab, delivering roofing supplies. There was a guy there who had driven all his life. Raised on a farm. I was only temporary. The guy had a CDL B but not the A. One day they had me run him out to the course to show him the test for an A. He ran the course with no problem. He could have taken the $300 course and I would have had no problem with it.

 

unethical yes but if people know what there getting its really up to them isnt?

a question of National Security #### NO!!! before i get on my "soap box" i would like to say i'm in no way dirtecting this at you as matter of fact i would like to say THANK YOU for your years of service
ok soap box time......
Q. What possible reason would someone want to get a CDL without knowing how to drive a big rig
A. the desperate...... the people who have lost there job and have used there ira/401k to live untill they find another job and when they cant and the money is all but gone where will they look to feed there family and keep there house? thats right !!!! there going to look to get there cdl i mean where else can you earn 75k a year (sarcasm intended) with no education req? sorry but this just hits close to home my bro down in tx did an end around the cdl schools to get his class a so he could go to work for a ready mix co. and eventually he goto the school to get into the oil patch

he used a ryder truck as did the people on February 26, 1993 no cdl required
sorry for my rant but when i hear "national security " or "state of emergency" i wonder what one of our elected officials is going to wipe there butt with the bill of rights now
off my soap box now ... and sorry for getting off topic
　
　
　

 

I would have rather had a short trailer and a a truck with no power steering to teach backing... lol