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Report finds pandemic did not cause significant CDL testing delays

WASHINGTON — CDL skills-testing delays resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic may not have been as extensive as previously assumed, based on new data released by federal regulators.

A congressionally mandated survey report compiled by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for calendar years 2017 through 2020 and made public Thursday, found that the pandemic “did not appear to seriously impact delays experienced in scheduling CDL skills tests through 2020.”

In addition, when comparing the...

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Growing numbers of teens see trucking as attractive career

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...

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