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Beyond the Wheel. How to Commoditize Your CDL and Driving Experience for Better Opportunity

Truck driving is often seen as a straightforward profession. Spend a few weeks in school. Get your CDL, hit the road, and keep the supply chain moving. But the reality doesn’t always match the expectation. Long hours, stagnant pay and evolving industry chaos leave many drivers questioning whether they chose the right career.

Some entered the industry for the freedom of the open road, only to find themselves bogged down by regulations, terrible employers and poor working conditions. Others signed...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/beyond-the-wheel-how-to-commoditize-your-cdl-and-driving-experience-for-better-opportunity

FMCSA looks to ease regulations for jet fuel haulers

WASHINGTON — Truck drivers and aviation companies could both see cost savings benefits from a new CDL exemption proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

The proposed exemption, posted on Tuesday, would amend FMCSA safety regulations to allow states to waive the hazardous materials (HM) endorsement requirement for Class A CDL holders who haul no more than 1,000 gallons of aviation-grade jet fuel for agricultural aircraft operations.

FMCSA’s proposal was initiated by an...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-looks-to-ease-regulations-for-jet-fuel-haulers

Breaking down new CDL regulations from the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed a rule back on April 28, 2020, titled “Controlled Substances and Alcohol Testing: State Driver’s Licensing Agency Non-Issuance/Downgrade of Commercial Driver’s License.”

Now approved, the rule is scheduled to take effect Nov. 18. It prohibits state driver licensing agencies from issuing, renewing, transferring or upgrading a CDL or commercial learner’s permit (CLP) for any driver banned from operating a commercial motor vehicle.

Essentially...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/breaking-down-new-cdl-regulations-from-the-drug-alcohol-clearinghouse

Congress approves CDL training boost for veterans

WASHINGTON — Congress has passed legislation to expand CDL training for military veterans.

The Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023, which the Senate approved last year, passed in the House by voice vote on Wednesday. It heads to the White House, where the president is expected to sign it.

“Our veterans deserve every opportunity to participate in the American dream they’ve fought to protect,” said Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., who introduced the bill. “But when their service is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/congress-approves-cdl-training-boost-for-veterans

Covenant seeks exemption from driving restriction for 2,000 new drivers

WASHINGTON — Truckload carrier Covenant Logistics is seeking a two-year federal exemption to streamline the process for employing 2,000 new drivers, the company told regulators.

Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Covenant (NASDAQ: CVLG), along with its logistics affiliate Landair Transport Inc., has petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to allow commercial learner’s permit (CLP) holders who have passed a CDL skills test to drive a truck without an on-duty CDL holder present in the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/covenant-seeks-exemption-from-driving-restriction-for-2000-new-drivers

Philadelphia CDL school owner sentenced to prison for licensing scheme

A former CDL school owner in Philadelphia was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for bribing a CDL exam administrator to pass students who didn’t take the exam.

Vladimir Tsymbalenko, 53, who owned Vlad’s CDL School, was sentenced to four years and nine months in federal prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl. He was also fined $5,000. 

“The last thing anyone should want on our roads are people behind the wheel of big rigs or school buses...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/philadelphia-cdl-school-owner-sentenced-to-prison-for-licensing-scheme

FMCSA takes on fraud concerns in new CDL testing rule

WASHINGTON — Trucking regulators have attempted to address the potential for fraud as part of a slate of proposed new CDL testing revisions that safety advocates claim could make the roads less safe.

Some of the revisions included in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), expected to be published Friday by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, stem from temporary waivers that FMCSA provided in response to the pandemic. They are also based partly on a petition submitted by the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-takes-on-fraud-concerns-in-new-cdl-testing-rule

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