This rule will lower the standards of testing in the State that I am from. In Illinois,
when drivers go to a commercial driving school, or a community college to learn to
drive a truck, it is for 160 hours, and for at least 4 weeks long.
This rule, will allow those drivers, who want a quick license, to go to a stste, with
lesser standards, get trained, and then skills tested, and then come back to
Illinois, and flip it back.That is lowering the standards, no matter how you look at it.
Why can't a state raise the bar? if you make one size fits all, then the whole
country's standards are lowered. You should have a minimum, that all states must
follow, but if they wish to raise the hours, and hold their drivers accountable, and
produce a better driver, why not?
I really would be interested, in your comments, when and if this proposal becomes
law, and asked by the media, why you forced Illinois to lower its hours for drivers
who went out of state, to the weakest link in the chain, came back and flipped its
license, what your comment will be? Would it be something like, well, we did not
want to make truck driver training to hard? or will it be, since it was an
inconvienance to these drivers who flip, and these CDL Mills, that trained them?
I just hope you do the right thing, and not force States, who are trying to be
tougher, for public safety, not be forced, to take some States junk. Your logic on
this is very very flawed.
Terry Montalbano
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