CDL

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

Leveraging legal benefits to recruit and retain — Taking the Hire Road

Commercial drivers typically spend more time on the road than the average American driver. With this comes more opportunities to be caught committing a traffic violation.

With a citation also comes the burden of handling the citation in court, which can result in a driver spending less time on the road, moving goods. TVC Pro-Driver helps keep truck drivers on the road rather than in courthouses fighting traffic citations.

TVC Pro-Driver assists drivers with protection personally and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/leveraging-legal-benefits-to-recruit-and-retain-taking-the-hire-road

Texas man sentenced for selling $215K worth of fraudulent CDLs

A Texas man who issued fraudulent commercial driver’s licenses netting $215,000 while he worked for the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has been sentenced to two years in prison, according to a news release.

Alonzo Blackman, 68, of San Antonio, was sentenced Wednesday on one count of conspiracy to commit mail and honest services fraud, a crime he pleaded guilty to in February 2020.

Authorities said the crimes were committed from January 2017 to June 2019, when Blackman oversaw the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/texas-man-gets-2-years-for-cdl-scheme

Driver shortage: Hire qualified drivers faster and without settling

In what has become a near annual occurrence, the American Transportation Research Institute said the driver shortage is among the top industry concerns. In the latest iteration of its research, released in October 2021, the driver shortage was the top concern, followed by driver retention and driver compensation.

“When we talk to our providers and ask them if they are having a driver shortage, they say, ‘We’ve always had a driver shortage, it’s now the consumer [knows about it],’” said Daniella...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/driver-shortage-hire-qualified-drivers-faster-and-without-settling

Viewpoint: TCA and the FREIGHT Act

On Nov. 19, TCA voiced its public support for Sen. Roger Wicker’s (R-MS) new legislation, which makes an effort to identify and reduce the issues in the U.S. supply chain. The Facilitating Relief for Efficient Intermodal Gateways to Handle Transportation (FREIGHT) Act, S. 3262, would improve the efficient movement of freight at ports across the country and would advance other efforts to codify regulatory flexibility to help with the current supply chain crunch.

As we’ve experienced throughout...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-tca-and-the-freight-act

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