S The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s recent removal of 3,000 fraudulent truck driving schools from the Training Provider Registry (TPR) was a significant and overdue step. The registry was created to support the Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) rule, which was intended to establish a minimum national standard for training new commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders. However, flaws in how the rule was implemented allowed widespread abuse that undermined its original purpose. As reporting has shown, the ELDT rule was weakened before it went into effect. Instead of strong oversight, truck driving schools were largely allowed to self-certify. There were no federally required minimum hours behind the wheel, no inspections of training facilities, and no verification of instructor credentials. Schools did not have to prove they tested drivers on specific skills, conducted road training, or even provided meaningful instruction. They only had to declare that a driver was “proficient,”… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
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