Colorado Trucking School Faces Shutdown as Feds Tighten CDL Standards
By Sarah Horbacewicz | CBS Colorado
A federal agency coalition called for at least 270 commercial truck-driving training schools across the country to shut down on Monday, amid reports of fraud. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that 110 CDL training schools were being ordered to shut down over a lack of English proficiency.
The agency also recommended shutting down more than 160 additional schools over unsafe training practices. At least one Colorado school was among those.
As the founder of truck rescue company Mountain Recovery, Charlie Stubblefield says some of the drivers he encounters have trouble understanding basic instructions about their trucks, raising questions about how well some commercial drivers are being trained before getting behin...