FMCSA Removes 110 Truck Driver Training Schools from Certified ELDT List

Federal regulators also are targeting more than 160 additional training providers and launching a nationwide audit of third-party CDL skills testers as part of a broader crackdown on trucking fraud.

Federal regulators are kicking more than 110 commercial driver training schools out of FMCSA’s registry and putting third-party CDL testers under nationwide scrutiny as the Trump administration expands its crackdown on fraud in the trucking industry.

The actions announced August 31 also include proposed removal of more than 160 additional entry-level driver training providers, stepped-up Homeland Security investigations involving CDL schools and trucking companies, and a new multi-state Justice Department task force targeting fraud and other illegal activity tied to commercial transportation.

FMCSA also is launching a nationwide audit of third-party CDL skills testers and state oversight of those testers.

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