re: New Iberia car accident results in death of local school Principal.

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You’re grossly overvaluing a CDL

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1. You must take a DOT certifed physical and DOT drug test to qualify for CDL school and every two yrs or yearly depending if that said driver has certain ailments.
2. You must attend a CDL School that will take anywhere from 4 weeks to 4 months and pass a state road test and written test. It is not easy. During the road test, you must recite a 130 point pre trip inspection of your truck/trailer then pass a 3 major backings and then go on the road.
3. Go to dmv and test there and get your CDL A,B what have you woth which ever endorsements you trained for.
4. Then you get a job and drive and drive then drive some more just to get some experience that these illegals dont have much less a license to do what these sugar companies are letting them do.
5. The daily requirements before you even get into the truck to drive is a task from you daily inspections, dvirs etc.

To answer your question, you along qoth many other dont undertsand what it takes to be a trucker. Tell a DOT officer that. Cdl isnt important. Tbh im surprised DOT hasnt burned through these sugar mills cuting every illegal thing they are doing.

Most everytime i look over on the hwys of a cane driver hauling cane, its a native latin person who shouldn't be here much less, hasnt been properly trained with experience to do what they are doing. Sad thing is you wont see a cane truck being pulled over for dot inspection unless they are speeding. Every single driver should be checked. I bet the number would be astounding at how many dont have a cdl. The cane company dgaf. Just get out of there way and let them grind right?