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Federal officials said they traced more than 5,000 commercial drivers who failed English-language proficiency requirements back to the providers being removed.<\/p>\n
According to the spreadsheet provided to KVUE by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the 13 entries where training was conducted in Texas are:<\/p>\n
ASC Technical Institute LLCAsere TransportBrothers CDL Training LLCCDL Aris Truck LLCCDL Commercial Trucks Training LLCCultural Technical Institute LLCEP Texas Trucking SchoolMountain View Vocational Institute LLCMT Training Center LLCOne Stop CDL Driver Training LLCPrime Time CDLSun City CDL LLCTony CDL Training <\/p>\n
The federal action is part of a broader effort to scrutinize how commercial drivers are being trained before they get behind the wheel.<\/p>\n
Elyas Aboseid, CEO of Get Drivers Ed, said he supports efforts to hold training programs accountable.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s our responsibility to make sure who actually is licensed on the road, so I support it,\u201d Aboseid said.<\/p>\n
Get Drivers Ed is not among the providers on the federal removal list. The company offers the online portion of entry-level driver training nationwide and connects students with partner schools for behind-the-wheel instruction.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe start with offering the courses, which is available online nationwide, and then from there we partner with them and we basically send them to any CDL school in the nation to be able to actually get top-tier service, learn how to drive and get their license,\u201d Aboseid said.<\/p>\n
The federal crackdown comes amid increased scrutiny of commercial driver qualifications, including requirements that drivers be able to read and speak English well enough to understand road signs, communicate with officials and respond to questions.<\/p>\n
Aboseid said those skills are particularly important given the size and complexity of commercial vehicles.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s very difficult operating a commercial driver vehicle,” Aboseid said. “It is tens of thousands of pounds, and it’s very important to be able to really understand what you’re doing in the vehicle, let alone understanding, really, the road signs and the road rules.\u201d<\/p>\n
Federal officials said the problems uncovered in the CDL training industry go beyond English-language proficiency.<\/p>\n
In July, federal investigators conducted nearly 400 investigations of entry-level driver training providers across 40 states. According to the Department of Transportation, investigators found problems including unlicensed instructors, missing assessment documentation and facilities without adequate space for students to perform required driving maneuvers.<\/p>\n
More than 160 additional training providers received notices of proposed removal from the federal Training Provider Registry. Unlike the providers subject to the emergency action, those providers have not been immediately removed.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of schools have been affected by this, and it’s sad right? And I think it’s something that is very important for them to really look at it from a perspective of safety rather than a perspective of business,\u201d Aboseid said.<\/p>\n
The Training Provider Registry is maintained by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and identifies providers eligible to offer federally required entry-level driver training. Providers removed from the registry can no longer offer training that satisfies those federal requirements.<\/p>\n
Federal officials are also launching a nationwide audit of third-party CDL skills testers and states\u2019 oversight of those testers as part of the broader enforcement effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federal officials say the schools are tied to thousands of drivers who failed English-language proficiency requirements. AUSTIN, Texas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-429583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}