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From https://www.ncdot.gov/dmv/license-id/driver-licenses/commercial/Pages/default.aspx
“Effective 2/7, anyone applying for a Class A or Class B CDL (Fire is exempt) must attend an Entry-Level Training Driving School per FMCSA. We reached out to one of the local driving schools that has received authorization from FMCSA as a vendor, and for a Class B CDL, it will cost $3500 per person for a 5 week course, M-F (7am-6pm) or a weekend course for 16 weeks. For a Class A CDL, it will cost $4500 for the same length of the course. There is an exam at the end of the course, as well as the regular DMV exams that were previously in place. “
Are you kidding me?!?! They now REQUIRE a drivers Ed that costs $3500 or $4500 and 5-weeks of 5 days per week to even sit for the CDL class A or B. Mind you, this is in addition to the exam, walk-around, and driving test you have had to take for decades.
They’ve lost their frickin minds! New employees at my shop have to either come with a class B or A (5% bump in pay if you bring an A) or get one within 6 months at our cost. Most come in without. How the hell am I supposed to work with this BS?!?!
“Effective 2/7, anyone applying for a Class A or Class B CDL (Fire is exempt) must attend an Entry-Level Training Driving School per FMCSA. We reached out to one of the local driving schools that has received authorization from FMCSA as a vendor, and for a Class B CDL, it will cost $3500 per person for a 5 week course, M-F (7am-6pm) or a weekend course for 16 weeks. For a Class A CDL, it will cost $4500 for the same length of the course. There is an exam at the end of the course, as well as the regular DMV exams that were previously in place. “
Are you kidding me?!?! They now REQUIRE a drivers Ed that costs $3500 or $4500 and 5-weeks of 5 days per week to even sit for the CDL class A or B. Mind you, this is in addition to the exam, walk-around, and driving test you have had to take for decades.
They’ve lost their frickin minds! New employees at my shop have to either come with a class B or A (5% bump in pay if you bring an A) or get one within 6 months at our cost. Most come in without. How the hell am I supposed to work with this BS?!?!
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