I wouldn't have a problem with that, i mean why not it's a school that a good driver, in good physical, mental condition could get thru in less than a month..
The reason there is such a trucking shortage, is because a large amount of society couldn't pass the strict, random drug testing policies, i know guy's who hire on at a big company drive 5 years accident, incident free, and they call him in for a random drug test on Monday morning and escort him to the piss test, he test positive for smoking a joint Friday night to wind down after a long 13 hour day, bullshit..
That is part of it. Kids today find smoking pot more important than learning a career and using it to their advantage.
But remember that once you get that CDL, life changes for you. If you drive a truck for a living, you don't have any constitutional rights. You don't have two different drivers licenses; one for your personal use and the other for your professional use. Let me give you an example:
You and I are at a bar and have the same amount of drinks. We both weigh the same, and we get in our cars to drive home. On the way, a police cruiser pulls me over and another pulls you over.
They give us both breathalyzer tests, and we have the same results. But because I have a CDL, I'm going to jail for drunk driving and you are just going to drive the rest of the way home.
The police have the option to use your CDL and it's threshold of drunk driving even if you are not driving a truck. Another example:
I'm driving a little over the limit and I get busted for drunk driving. The judge allows me to drive to and from work and at work since I drive a truck. Problem? I lost my job because of my DUI in my car. That's because my companies insurance will no longer cover me even if (other than my DUI in my car) I have an outstanding driving record.
When you have a CDL, you are a driver 24/7 regardless if you are driving on personal time or professional.
Why isn't everything free. I mean it only seems fair since rich people can have anything. Feel the Bern!
Swift, Knight, CR England and other companies already offer that. I never paid for my schooling.
I'm glad we're held to a higher standard. We should be.I wouldn't have a problem with that, i mean why not it's a school that a good driver, in good physical, mental condition could get thru in less than a month
The reason there is such a trucking shortage, is because a large amount of society couldn't pass the strict, random drug testing policies
That is part of it. Kids today find smoking pot more important than learning a career and using it to their advantage.
But remember that once you get that CDL, life changes for you. If you drive a truck for a living, you don't have any constitutional rights. You don't have two different drivers licenses; one for your personal use and the other for your professional use. Let me give you an example:
You and I are at a bar and have the same amount of drinks. We both weigh the same, and we get in our cars to drive home. On the way, a police cruiser pulls me over and another pulls you over.
They give us both breathalyzer tests, and we have the same results. But because I have a CDL, I'm going to jail for drunk driving and you are just going to drive the rest of the way home.
The police have the option to use your CDL and it's threshold of drunk driving even if you are not driving a truck. Another example:
I'm driving a little over the limit and I get busted for drunk driving. The judge allows me to drive to and from work and at work since I drive a truck. Problem? I lost my job because of my DUI in my car. That's because my companies insurance will no longer cover me even if (other than my DUI in my car) I have an outstanding driving record.
When you have a CDL, you are a driver 24/7 regardless if you are driving on personal time or professional.
There's an overall lack of people willing to spend weeks at a time away from home. I got a wife and kids and insist on being home as much as possible. More companies are responding to this by adopting the hub to hub model used successfully by FedEx and others. You don't take a load all the way across the country, just to the next hub, then you take a load back and go home. Loads can be relayed across the country this way.
Right now Crete pays the best of any national fleet, 48 cpm, but they have to be operating where he lives. They don't operate in my state.
