Federal rules on driver instructor background requirements are hampering carriers’ ability to staff trainers, according to companies.
Exempting former prison inmates from certain CDL training rules could not ensure that safety standards would be upheld, according to federal regulators.
Federal regulators are easing training requirements for UPS truckers who want to drive double trailers.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ruled — again — that UPS has not shown it can maintain safety levels if it were exempted from new driver-training requirements.
Carriers interested in conducting driver training for both property carrying and passenger carrying commercial motor vehicles must now meet requirements set forth under FMCSA’s entry-level driver training rule, including registering their programs with the TPR.
The introduction of the entry-level driver training rule is a boon for truck safety and could help reduce the industry’s driver shortage and retention concerns.
As the industry prepares for the new entry-level driver training rule to go into effect in February, fleets that train their own drivers and schools face new challenges in complying.
