Transport Topics

FMCSA Proposes Rule to Add Flexibility to CDL Skills Testing

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s recent proposal to increase flexibility for the commercial driver license skills test process offers a nod of recognition to third-party testing ...
Truckinginfo

Third-Party CDL Testing From Trainers OK, Says FMCSA

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has OK’d a practice that it previously banned because of concerns it could allow unqualified truck drivers to get commercial licenses. The new rule will ...
CCJ

Comment period opens for proposed CDL testing changes

Update – Tuesday, July 9: FMCSA has opened the comment period for the rule that would allow third-party CDL trainers to administer the CDL skills test to applicants they trained themselves. The ...
Transport Topics

FMCSA Sets New CDL Permit Standards That Require English-Only Testing

This story appears in the May 16 print edition of Transport Topics. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last week published a rule setting new national standards for commercial learner’s ...
Overdrive

As N.J. adds 3rd party CDL testing, national efforts loom on CDL skills test delays

A recent push by the state of New Jersey to allow CDL applicants to take their skills test through third-party providers aims to reduce the delay prospective truckers encounter, a problem many states ...
KSTP-TV

Trucking schools want third-party testing amid CDL testing delays

years, commercial driver’s license testing delays have hampered the trucking industry, putting jobs on hold at a cost of millions of dollars to local economies. Chris Hanson owns TDT Safety Training, ...