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FMCSA denies prison inmate CDL training exemption

18 July 2023

WASHINGTON — Regulators have denied a New Hampshire prison inmate an exemption from certain training requirements that he had sought on behalf of himself and fellow inmates seeking truck driver jobs after they are released.

Robert Towle, an inmate at the New Hampshire State Prison for Men in Concord, requested that people graduating from the New Hampshire Department of Corrections Special School District’s Granite State High School (GSHS) be exempt from a requirement that their CDL training...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-denies-prison-inmate-cdl-training-exemption

Ex-CDL school director sentenced for role in defrauding VA of $4.1M

19 October 2021

The former director of a California-based truck driving school was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison on Monday for his role in bilking the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) out of more than $4 million.

U.S. District Court Judge Stephen V. Wilson also ordered Robert Waggoner, 59, of Canyon Country, California, to serve three years of supervised release once he finishes his sentence.

Waggoner pleaded guilty to five counts of wire fraud in February 2020 after initially entering a not...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ex-cdl-school-director-sentenced-for-role-in-defrauding-va-of-41m

Growing numbers of teens see trucking as attractive career

20 August 2021

Trucking’s age-old problem has been just that — the age of its drivers.

The median age of a truck driver is 46, which is five years older than the national average for all workers. As more and more drivers — especially those in their 60s and 70s, of whom there are many on the road today — decide to retire from commercial trucking, America’s highways are in danger of becoming a lot quieter.

This may sound good to commuters, until they realize that almost everything in their lives is shipped via...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/growing-numbers-of-teens-see-trucking-as-attractive-career

CDL fraud could rise under relaxed requirements

14 January 2021

Tractor trailers and automobiles may share the roadways, but not everybody has the right to drive in the proverbial truck lane.

Obtaining a commercial driver’s license (CDL) is a rite of passage for any driver eager to traverse the wide world of logistics. However, this rite isn’t a right — it must be earned.

As the trucking industry continues to grapple with a driver shortage as well as coronavirus-related delays in CDL issuance, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cdl-fraud-could-rise-under-relaxed-requirements