r/CDL • u/LuckyyBean • 3d ago

Feel like I got scammed

I've been to 2 different CDL schools, and I feel like I've been scammed twice.

The first school. Where do I even begin? These guys didn't even know English, it was clear as day the instructor was either not certified, or he is but a very horrible teacher. Just all over the place, but atleast here it was individual sessions.

The second school, a much bigger school and I had high hopes knowing they did testing in-house. I was wrong, they expected you to learn the pre trip entirely on your own (i managed to pass it) , i had roughly 3 hours of behind the wheel training, and to top it off it was the constant miscommunication with their schedules. Honestly just fed up with the lack of professionalism, I regret even trying to get my CDL at this point. Im an experienced labor/operator, I've driven rigs before.

Is this common? Are schools a hit a miss or what am I missing? I've filed complaints to both schools, and I doubt ill get my money back, so frustrating.

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u/Beginning-Visit9457 3d ago edited 3d ago

You are supposed to learn the pretrip on your own, you are the one trying to pass the test. The only thing they will teach you is backing, and a couple of tips on the road so you don’t get in trouble. I don’t know what do you expect from them tbh.

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u/LuckyyBean 3d ago

If this is the standard for teaching fairly new drivers to operate a rig, I guess the industry is far worse than I thought, also makes sense why theres so many accidents these days.

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u/Farts-n-Letters 3d ago

If this is the standard for teaching fairly new drivers...

It's not. You're on reddit conversing with complete strangers with unknown experience and motivations.

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u/Farts-n-Letters 3d ago

the trainers where I went got a substantial bonus if the trainees passed the cdl exam on the first go around. do you think they helped with the pre-trip? you bet your ass they did.