TN revoking Swift Licenses given over past couple of years
 

This is actually a serious inquiry...A friend of mine who went through the Swift Academy with me about 2 years ago received a letter from the state of TN stating that all class A CDLs given by the Swift Academy from the past few years (since 05, I think) will be revoked in 90 days. ALL CDL holders must go through testing again.

It is a legit letter from the state. We've both moved on to different companies immediately after the academy. We've both switched our licenses over from TN to our different home states.

I've not had a solid address so did not receive the letter. Changed my address about 6 times since then.

Does anyone know anything about this?

Could this be possible?

We all know the school is not up to standards but can this legally happen?

If anyone knows anything please let me know..
Thanks

If your unsure, get ahold of TN or your home state and ask them about where your license stands. If they are anything like VA, they will revoke your license even if you did not recieve a notice. They claim it's your fault for the US Mail not being able to deliver it. If your friend got a letter and his is now registered in another state, then your sure to get one since you went thru with him.

it is true

Buddy who went thru class with me that lives in MI got the letter today. I called IN and they told me my CDL is in good standing and not to worry about it.

But I also had to retake all the test to get my IN CDL all but the skills. where in MI they just swapped his out. Can you smell the lawyers waiting to sue. Swift just voided all their contracts when ppl lose what they payed for. should be entertaining to watch it play out and what Swift does to fix the issue.

As they told you this contract is to get you your CDL not a Job w/Swift

I think the SKILLS part is what is in question with anyone who went to the swift school. It seems the testers neglected to administer that part of the test to a lot of the students. So you may not be as safe as you think.

That's alway's nice to hear !!!!!!!!!

I went thru a Swift school in Idaho, they didnt show the backward serpentine or the paralell back....so what. does that make me 'unsafe'? hardly. I had the proper schooling, got my CDL from whats known as the 3rd or 4th hardest state to get a CDL Class A from (CA and NY being the top two), and a mentor who taught me well. I feel i am a safe driver.

It's not about whether you feel your are a safe driver or not. It's about whether or not you were trained and tested to proper standards.

agree with that statement, however i did pass the test in one of the hardest states to get a Class A CDL. So i say i must be above satisfactory. ;-)

good for you, apparently those that went to the Swifty school in TN can't say the same.

Based on the news reports that I have read the reason that those who tested through Swift's third party testing facility in TN are being retested is that there is some serious question as to whether or not the skills tests were given at all, at least to some students.

For those that went through that testing facility during the time frame in question and have since gotten a CDL in another state it is going to be up to your current home state as to if you need to be retested or not. What all of those who no longer have a TN CDL needs to do is to contact their state and see what they need to do and also to keep an eye on the mail and even though your state may tell you not to worry about it, check the validation status of your CDL after that 90 day period has passed just to be on the safe side.

We were trying to keep this story a secret . .
 

. . over here: http://www.classadrivers.com/forum/a...est-again.html

In most states, if not all, it doesn't matter if you make your living with your driver's license or not, it's up to you to make sure your license is in good standing. It's still considered a "PRIVILEDGE", and not protected by the 5th amendment. I have no idea how many states are going to require retesting for the CDLs in question. And, the rest of you... Be thankful that it's only one school (for now) and not all of them.

Does anyone know if there is a web site for those drivers to get together and make some serious waves?

I understand the part they they are questioning is the SKILLS part and while I will keep checking in on it to make sure my CDL stays valid. And even if IN asked me to test the skills part after over 2 yrs out here im sure i wont have any issues passing :)

From some of the recent performances I have seen from Swift drivers, they should revoke alot more than just the last couple years.

Amen Brotha!!

I've also seen a few Swift drivers that have impressed me with their performance. Every company has drivers that know what they are doing, and those that do not. Simply have to "WEED" them out.

Illinois is making the drivers re-test. Two guys I work with got a letter from the state giving them 90 days to re-test or surrender their license.

hey man, how are those 4500 mile weeks treating ya? :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Makes me very glad I wasn't included in that, but...

In every other walk of life, there is legal recourse for those affected. I mean, for crying out loud, look what it's worth to spill McDonald's hot coffee in your lap. To my way of thinking, this is far more serious than a cup of coffee. Far more people affected.

Never claimed to be running 4,500 miles per week. 3,500-4,000 maybe, but not 4,500. Get your facts straight.

Last chance...........sure you wanna stick with the 3,500-4000 claim? Ok if you do. I just want you to reaffirm.:o Before we.............

Shut up stupid!

A little off topic,I suppose,although it does involve Swift.....

I'm sitting at the Flying J,on I-20 in Tye Texas,30 miles east of Swee****er.....Roads are icy,no ones moving.....

Swift truck pulls in,drops trailer,pulls out bobtail and parks 2 spots over from his trailer.....

I've been scratching my head for a ½ hour,trying to figure out why a guy would do this.......

Saving a parking place for someone he knows is behind him.

Waiting for another truck to show up to swap trailers/loads with.

Yeah,that's what happened.....Another Swifty came and took the drop trailer.......That didn't occur to me.....I guess because I keep the same trailer all the time..

I used to drop trailer if 2 empty slots were side by side on a back row ...I'd drop the empty so it was even with nose of the parked trucks leaving me a place to safely workout behind my trailer after I pulled my bobtail in nose first next to the trailer and pulled my weights out and set up my bench . This was not usually possible at night , But if it was I'd seize the opportunity ...keep in mind I only jacked 2 slots for about an hour and re-hooked after finishing my workout .

LOLOLOL...the t-w-a-t in swee-t-w-a-ter got edited out!!!

There has to be some kind of justice here
 

We need to ban together somehow to get some kind of justice and compensation for this. We paid almost $4,000 for......nothing.

I've spoken with the swift academy, attorneys and a few others to get the money back. The technical jargon and loophole is that the $4k was for "training for the cdl" and not an actual cdl so - no refund.

Again, I believe all of us that have been effected by this need to get together and do something. A lawsuit doesn't seem like it will work but....maybe a tv station, maybe a newspaper, something.

At the very least we should protest with signs at all Swift Terminals. I plan on doing this when all other options are futile.

Will anyone want to get together on this?

We have to do something for the financial compensation and to prevent people from going to any swift academy. I went because it was PTDI certified. It didn't help.

Well ,Swift is a very reputable company that was built on a sound foundation of honesty an high moral values with a strong ethical backbone ,So I'm positive Swift will make good on their part ,and you have nothing to be worried about...Oh $ h i t nevermind we're talking about Swift ...you're screwed!

And, I would not have known the first thing about it until YOU brought it up....:clap:

California did the same thing with England drivers back in 2005. I think it was something like 3000 drivers and it went back 2-3 years....