Class A Drivers License

Getting trained at a private trucking school will be your most expensive option in most cases. If you need to get trained and get on the road with the flexibility of being a commercial driver for what ever company you want, this is an option.

When you call the trucking schools to protect yourself, ask if they are PTDI certified. This ensures that there are at least a certain level of standard and quality to the training for class a commercial drivers license.

Since this is a private trucking school for graduating commercial drivers they aren't governed by the same principles as public schools like your community colleges who may also train for CDL.

Because of this lack of accountability without organizations like PTDI, obviously you will have some businesses that simply want your cash and will do what ever they can to get it. So they may claim to train you for a class a drivers license but you really are just a $dollar$ sign filling a seat passing time away day dreaming about the open road where you may very well end up one day as a commercial driver......completely clueless.

(I know, I am so dramatic) That's not to say that there aren't some great private trucking schools which are not certified for whatever reason.

It's just that finding out that one is certified should provide you a certain level of comfort, especially if your comparing cost of the training and one your considering is much higher than another school that you found which is not certified.

If something seems too good to be true, it what? ......riigghht probably is. (Keyword, probably. Exception, if you happen to run across an owner op or small operation recommended by someone who is training personally for a much smaller fee, that may be a different story. Do some snooping around online and around the area of that operation to see if you can get any feedback. However, if it is not an established or legitimate training you may be penalized even with your Class A CDL when it's actually time to get a job. If you already have an employer lined up ready to hire you as long as you have the CDL, your good.

Always compare the amount of hands on time behind the wheel, hours of class room training and the policy for refresher if you fail the test. These things could vary greatly among different private trucking schools as well as the costs.

What truck driving school did you get your CDL training?

Drivers where did you get your CDLs and how do you rate the training program you attending on a scale of 1 to 10.

10 being the highest.

Based on what you learned, the equipment, the instructors ability to keep your attention in class and the quality of the information he or she delivered. How well did they prepare you for going over the road as a trucker.

Also if you don't mind how much did the training cost.

Tell us the name and location of the truck driving school

Tell the potential new drivers how good or bad the school was. [ ? ]