By Dave Dein – January 12, 2026
If you are involved in the training of CDL drivers it is pretty safe to say that you do what you do because you care about this industry and you want to make it better. After all, our students are a direct reflection of the training they received and will always carry that down the road with them mile after mile.
I still remember my instructor at Western Truck Driving School 38 years ago. Ryan was extremely dedicated and thorough. He made each of his students feel like he had our best interest at heart. Granted, Ryan had three months and 430 hours to develop our skills and prepare us for our next phase in the trucking journey. I think the biggest change in driver training over the past 30 years is the amount of time students are fully immersed in the CDL training process
But what if there was a way to reset the training clock? In other words, increase the number of training hours for drivers, all while raising our standards and expectations.
Why should we do this, you ask? Because it is the right and responsible thing to do.