| With this list, you will be on the right-way-highway to | | | | spot a few things about the truck driving school itself. |
| finding high quality truck driving schools. In recent news | | | | Consider the condition of the training equipment. The |
| there have been many sad stories about trucking | | | | condition of the equipment can be a sign of how well |
| schools that have broken laws and are now closed or | | | | the school takes care of its students. Also, Is the |
| in danger of closing. Students could have avoided | | | | equipment out dated? Most major carriers use late |
| many of these schools with this list. For the students | | | | model equipment. It will be a tough transition if you've |
| who were trained at locations that are no longer in | | | | learned on an old truck, so if the equipment doesn't |
| business, often they find themselves back in the | | | | look like other equipment commonly seen on the road, |
| unemployment line. | | | | you may want to stay away. |
| The List: | | | | 4. Find a Truck Driving School on the Internet |
| 1. Find a Truck Driving School in the Yellow Pages | | | | These can be found using a search engine like Google |
| This can be a great way to find a truck driving school. | | | | or Bing. Your results will tell you something. If you feel |
| You can even search the yellow pages on the | | | | like you have reached a school, then your looking good. |
| internet. The nice thing here is that the companies listed | | | | If you get the feeling like you have reached a web |
| in the yellow pages have to pay for their ad space. | | | | page that was designed to advertise many other |
| That will usually rule out the fly by night operations. | | | | schools, then your probably right. Your dealing with an |
| 2. Find Trucking Schools in Magazines and Other | | | | advertiser, not someone that is going to train you. A |
| Printed Publications | | | | little more scrutiny here is needed, but ultimately you will |
| Like the yellow pages, schools that advertise in | | | | find a truck driving school. |
| magazines have paid for advertising space. This again | | | | 5. Workforce Service Locations |
| rules out the fly by night operations. Also, the | | | | This is probably the least used but can be the best |
| advertising terms can be shorter, so the chance of | | | | option for finding a quality truck driving school. |
| seeing a printed ad and then finding out the company | | | | Workforce service centers specialize in helping people |
| has closed up shop is unlikely. | | | | find employment. They also know where you can go |
| 3. Advertisements Located on Training Trucks | | | | to get the training you need for the job you want. |
| Almost all truck driving schools will put signs on their | | | | Workforce service centers only work legitimate truck |
| training equipment. They do this to advertise. When | | | | driving schools that have a positive reputation, making |
| you see these trucks on the road you can observe | | | | this an excellent resource for finding a truck driving |
| some of the training process in action. You can also | | | | school. |