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Current CDL training news highlights developments in commercial driver license education, apprenticeship programs and entry-level driver standards. This category covers federal rules, funding opportunities and industry initiatives focused on improving training quality, driver safety and driver retention. From new simulator technology to changes in regulatory requirements, our coverage offers insight into how driver training is delivering the future of the trucking workforce.

Safety

Reduce Your Risk Kit

Risky driving and fatal crashes surged in 2020. As a result, your drivers are dealing with even more difficult roadways and must stay vigilant with their own safety. But you know that safer driving doesn’t just happen. It takes strategic planning, training, coaching, and proven technology to successfully reduce risk in, and around, your vehicles. 

May 1, 2021
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment

Arkansas’ Mobile Job Simulator Promotes Industry

Be Pro, Be Proud, a workforce development initiative, puts students behind the wheel of a truck driving simulator inside a tractor-trailer.

December 7, 2020
BusinessTechnologySafety

Perspective: Technology Powers Virtual Training

The COVID-19 pandemic makes it challenging to provide training to drivers due to the need for social distancing, but technology is helping bridge this gap.

November 20, 2020
BusinessTechnologySafety

Driver Coaching Takes Personal Touch, Positivity, Panelists Say

Coaching programs should be geared to the drivers who are receiving training, according to panelists at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition.

October 23, 2020
TechnologySafety

Automating Performance Coaching and Gamifying Driver Safety

Fast-track the development of a positive fleet safety culture with cutting-edge technology. Hear from industry leaders about how gamifying driver safety can encourage drivers to improve and maintain good driving habits while simultaneously reducing the need for managers to coach drivers face-to-face.

October 15, 2020
BusinessTechnologySafety

Truck Driver Training Programs Overcome COVID Risks

As the coronavirus gripped the nation, companies across the trucking industry were forced to alter their operations while confronting the pandemic. For some, that included driver training and orientation.

September 24, 2020
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafetyLogistics

UPS Requests Exemption for Driver-Trainees to Operate Doubles

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Feb. 24 that it is seeking comment on a 2019 request from United Parcel Service Inc. in which the carrier seeks a five-year renewable exemption from federal regulations in order to allow its driver-trainees with commercial learner permits to operate twin 28-foot trailers on public roads.

February 24, 2020
Business

Experts: Fleets Can Boost Recruiting by Supporting Student Drivers, Veterans

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Truck driving students and military veterans are two key pipelines for bolstering the industry’s driver workforce, but fleets must take proper steps to effectively attract and support them, experts said.

February 21, 2020
GovernmentBusinessSafety

FMCSA Issues $77 Million in Grants Supporting Truck Safety, Driver Training

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced more than $77 million in grants to states and training institutions to improve commercial motor vehicle safety.

September 26, 2019
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

ELDT Compliance Urged Despite FMCSA’s Proposed Delays

Despite proposed delays regarding certain parts of the federal Entry Level Driver Training rule, commercial driver license training schools shouldn’t dawdle as the rule’s upcoming effective date nears, according to training expert Jim Butler.

August 7, 2019

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