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Transportation Department says more than 550 driving schools must close over safety failures
The U.S. Department of Transportation found 448 schools with safety violations after 1,426 inspections in a nationwide crackdown on commercial driver training programs.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation plans to close more than 550 commercial driving schools that train truckers and bus drivers after inspectors found widespread shortcomings in active programs.
- Following the Florida crash that killed three and an Indiana crash that killed four, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said officials linked the enforcement to those incidents, prompting decertification actions.
- Inspectors found unqualified instructors, inadequate skills testing, and hazardous-materials failures; agency figures show 448 schools failed basic standards, 109 withdrew, and 97 remain under investigation.
- Students face disruption as decertifying schools could affect training pathways, with industry holding some cushion due to a 10% drop in shipments since 2022, while federal funding has already been lost.
- The targeted list mostly includes smaller driving schools and programs run by school districts, with officials saying the administration pressures states to tighten licensing by threatening to withhold funds and pushing standards.
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More than 550 driving schools ordered to close
More than 550 commercial driving schools in the U.S. that train truckers and bus drivers must close after investigators found they employed unqualified instructors, failed to adequately test students and had other safety issues, the federal Transportation Department announced Wednesday.
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Lincoln Journal StarOver 550 driving schools ordered to close down
More than 550 commercial driving schools in the U.S. that train truckers and bus drivers must close after investigators found they employed unqualified instructors, failed to adequately test students and had other safety issues, the federal Transportation Department announced Wednesday.
More than 550 schools to train truck drivers and buses will have to close their operations in the U.S., after federal authorities found that they did not comply with basic safety standards and their instructors were not qualified, the Department of Transportation (DOT) reported on Wednesday. The schools received notifications informing them that they would be removed from the national register of the Federal Transportation Security Administratio…
More than 550 U.S. commercial driving schools to close; 31 are in California
More than 550 commercial driving schools in the U.S. that train truckers and bus drivers must close after investigators found they employed unqualified instructors, failed to adequately test students and had other safety issues.
Los Angeles (USA), Feb. 18 (EFE).- More than 550 schools to train truck drivers and buses will have to close their operations in the U.S., after federal authorities found that they did not comply with basic safety standards and their instructors were not qualified, the Department of Transportation (DOT) reported on Wednesday. The schools received notifications informing them that they would be removed from the national registry of the Federal Tr…
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