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FMCSA denies prison inmate CDL training exemption

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

Last call for compliance: 5 musts to meet new driver training standards

After years of delay, a federal requirement setting new baselines for entry-level truck driver training (ELDT) will become effective Monday.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and industry associations have been reminding the industry about the deadline for months — there is plenty of information available from FMCSA’s ELDT webpage and from the Commercial Vehicle Training Association — so if you run a driver training school you likely know the ins and outs of the new regulation and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/last-call-for-compliance-5-musts-to-meet-new-driver-training-standards

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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-to-upgrade-communication-on-new-driver-training

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...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/new-head-of-cvta-focusing-on-entry-level-driver-training-rule

UPS tries again for entry-level driver training exemption

UPS [NSYE: UPS] is taking another swing at a federal exemption from new entry-level driver training (ELDT) regulations as it struggles to fill driver training slots across its network.

The new application, to be published Wednesday in the Federal Register, follows a denial last year by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) of its initial attempt for an exemption of the ELDT regulations. The final ELDT rule is scheduled to go into effect Feb. 7, 2022.

UPS contended in its initial...

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