I was not trying to imply that there was any kind of black eye for the drivers. But for the company, there certainly is. Swift KNEW what was going on. If they had not
ALLOWED it to go on, it would not have. But, is it the only place where that sort of thing is going on? NO!
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Originally Posted by thebaldeagle655
As for the Swift thing, this shows how stupid our government is to allow a school to test their own students! Gee, do I want to fail this guy and give a black mark against our school or falsify the exam and pass him to make our school look better, thereby ensuring that I have a job! Doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that one coming!
And, they'll keep it up until they get caught.
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The Department of Safety did not name Swift Driving Academy in Millington, but that's the company whose relationship with the state exploded last February.
Swift trained thousands of drivers, had employees specially designated to administer license tests on behalf of the state, and was the only company in Tennessee that actually housed a state testing center.
Swift also arranged for thousands of students to get a Tennessee license even though they lived out of state.
The Millington motel where the students were housed for three weeks of driving school was established as their legal residence.
It all came to a halt -- the third-party testing and motel residency -- when the FBI led a raid on Swift's school in Millington and terminal in Memphis on Feb. 25.
Swift is implicated up to their ears, just not charged. The same thing if a driver has an accident... The company doesn't know them anymore. How many drivers have we had come to this board and tell us that after one accident, they were terminated? There's one just recently looking for a company that he can work for with a roll-over.
A few years ago, I crossed TX on roads that were wet ice. Golfhobo ran the same road, the same day. I lost count of how many trucks were off the road, jackknifed, and rolled over. Did all those drivers lose their jobs? I doubt it. But the Swift drivers that lost control certainly did. Why? Because their training was incomplete. I put it right back on the company and TEAM TRAINING.
The company (Swift) allowed it, and the drivers are the victims.