Diesel Truck Driver Training School

When it comes to driving vehicles on our open roads, the Class A Commercial Drivers License (CDL) is the highest license available to any driver. For that reason, it isn’t just given away – you have to earn the right to hold one. Earning that right requires several factors that must come together – these [...]

Scams seem to be a part of our lives these days, affecting (or should that be infecting) almost every industry you can think of.  Most people undertake training to start new careers, and given the cost of many training programs, the last thing anyone needs is to find they have been scammed. Unfortunately, the truck [...]

Trucks and truck driving have been studied by various groups over the years, all trying to find ways to predetermine trucking accidents. When it comes to truck driving safety, we all applaud measures that are well founded, workable, and which do lead to fewer accidents. One acronym that has risen its head in recent years [...]

You can attend a lot of training to become a truck driver, but one of the few things you’ll ever learn is what a truck driver really needs with them in their cab – especially for long hauls.  Having the right skills is important, of course, since you won’t even gain a commercial drivers license [...]

If I mention the phrase “truck driving safety,” most people will think of a truck driver sticking to the road rules. The term “safety” is applied to everything a truck driver does on the road in terms of keeping the load safe, the driver safe, and other drivers safe. There is more to truck driving [...]

A recent article related to women truck drivers has pointed out that this career is one of the few that really is gender neutral. One statement really caught the eye and is well worth repeating and thinking about here1: “When you’re a professional driver, the steering wheel doesn’t know whether you’re a man or a [...]

Is a long distance semi-trailer harder to drive than a local dump truck? Does size really matter when you’re learning to drive a truck? These are interesting questions that are often asked by students during the first days of a truck driver training program. The answer is not as simple as you may think. To [...]

Long distance truck driving offers one of the easiest entries into a trucking career for new drivers. Long distance companies often find that these jobs are the hardest to fill due to the demands they place on drivers. However, as an initial job, these positions teach new drivers a lot and they certainly provide a [...]

The financial rewards gained in a career such as truck driving make the costs of training a great investment. While many feel that learning to drive a truck is out of their reach, the reality is often very different. There are a lot of government programs available that can be accessed to help pay for [...]

There are thousands of trucks traveling our highways every day, and despite the best training and the best intentions, trucks are involved in accidents. Often, it’s not the truck driver who is at fault either, but the consequences can be severe. What would you do if the truck you were driving rolled over and the [...]