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Enterprise Fleet recap: Driver trainers in high demand

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ 2022 Enterprise Fleet Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: New training regime for enterprise fleets.

DETAILS: Companies that lease or own enterprise truck fleets are as concerned about keeping drivers seated as for-hire companies. In this fireside chat, the leader of the Commercial Vehicle Training Association (CVTA) gives a status update on new entry-level driving training rules and what the government is doing to help schools deal with a flood of new...

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FMCSA to upgrade communication on new-driver training

The trucking industry’s top safety regulator plans to step up its communications with state agencies and training schools before next year’s compliance date for new entry-level driver training (ELDT) requirements.

In a final rule to be published on Wednesday formalizing the Feb. 7, 2022, extension date for implementing the new regulation, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it “plans to provide further guidance as the compliance date approaches.”

The ELDT rule, which sets minimum...

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New head of CVTA focusing on entry-level driver training rule

Helping prepare truck driver training schools for a major new federal regulation is at the top of A. Bailey Wood’s priority list.

Wood is taking over as president and CEO of the Commercial Vehicle Training Association (CVTA) from Don Lefeve.

“Obviously the first issue in terms of the association’s priorities is implementation of the entry-level driver training [ELDT] rule, and making sure the states are ready for it as well as the industry,” Wood told FreightWaves. “We’ve had several webinars and...

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