Mexican drivers are better trained
 

The U.S. has not kept up to the U.N. standard of truck driver training, therefore most contracts will be going to the most qualified contractor... :wink:

Huh :?: Is there more to what you're talking about?

Re: Mexican drivers are better trained
 

who cares about a U.N. standard......?

Yes Greg, I'm trying to get a thread going on the Quality of training.

I'm just starting to understand that the training schools are just putting out bodies to sit behind the wheel... and find it upsetting as a untrained driver can cause alot of pain and suffering.

I'll start another thread, this one didn't work :wink:

Re: Mexican drivers are better trained
 

I'm not saying that the U.N. hasn't "proposed" such a standard, but I'm not aware of it. Could you give some background on this?

I'm ALSO not aware that U.S. companies are REQUIRED to follow any such standards. Could you provide PROOF that they are?

Currently, as I understand it, a person can study the manual and take the test to get a CDL. Am I missing something?

And, I REALLY would like to see Splitshifter, Roadranger, MadFatboy and a few others that (apparently) were self-taught or learned by means OTHER than a CDL school, and have been driving for years, take you out to the woodshed!! :lol:

But, you're RIGHT about ONE thing! If you wanted to start a serious discussion about the state and caliber of training in the U.S., Canada or anywhere ELSE.... you SURE went about it in the WRONG way!!

Like I said, I was just trying to get a thread started about the quality (or lack of) training...

Using the member's love of Mexican drivers was a way to start a fire, I thought... :wink:

I was shocked at the lack of knowledge in the airbrake thread we had going, I truck in northern remote areas where you can't stop on the side of the road without impeding traffic, if you do have a problem especially in the winter, you just have to "fix" it and get off the road A.S.A.P.

I've seen "southern" truckers cause some Very dangerous situations on the Alaska Highway... Lack of training, knowledge, experience...

I couldnt agree with you more on this subject. When I got my license in 2005 the school I picked was horrible. 1 day of logbook training and someother stuff and I had 1 hour of shifting training during my school.

That being said when I went to orientation for Roehl, they noticed it when I did my preliminary test. I was lucky enough to get an awesome trainer and I finally got the shifting down 1 week before I was to go back to Indiana to test out to get my truck. I actually nailed there test with 100%. But back to the subject. Yes these schools are just putting bodies behind the wheels. I realize theres a so called shortage but training with these schools definitely needs to improve for everyones sake.

Not all schools are like that though. From what I understand the SAGE schools are great. I dont think Mexican training is any different. If anything I would bet its probabaly worse.

For me this really isn't a "school" problem. Are there schools that are rip offs and qualify for the "CDL MILL" label? Sure there are. To me there is a HUGE problem with the training standards of the carriers. The CDL is a starting point to build on.

I don't know if they are better trained, but they do gain their experience on roadways that would make the average truck driver in the US cringe. Mexico's highway system today is probably at the point ours was in the 1960's when our Interstate system was still in it's infancy and the old narrow 2 lane blacktop was still the main route in most places. So from that perspective, driving in the US would be more like a vacation. :wink: