After a long conversation with the young owner of the CDL Training Center of Ogden Brandon Olsen. I was a told that the class size of the school was 2 students to one instructor and that on rare occasions that 3 max was the limit. That turn out to not be true because in the classed I attend there was most of the time 4 students and rarely 3 like I was told.
I was also told that they had a paved parking facility that they used to practice on. It turned out to be a side street at the Ogden Business Depot or The BDO as the CDL Center calls it. My concern for the learning practices was that if I got into an accident would that go on my record. When I asked the instructor whos record would the accident go on his reply was the students. So the responsibility of safe driving and practices fall on the student. I think the responsibility of safe teaching falls on the school and the instructor.
That is poor business practice to put your new student drivers at an elevated risk. The instructor had us practicing in the middle of the road, while other trucks were waved around to pass us. We even backed around corners in to traffic. The instructor did even use safety markers on which they teach in the free book that you get from the DMV.
The boast about what sets them apart from every other CDL School is the same as another website I found www.cdltrainingcenters.com is the same a www.cdltrainingcenter.net word for word.
Why we're different?
* Pre-Screening Acceptance Standards We strive to team with counselors on identifying those students most likely employable as per industry standards after graduation.
* Job Pre-placement -Employment opportunities are often acquired for students even before training has been completed!
* Corporate Alliances - Our multiple relationships with local and national trucking companies ensures a quality job placement for the student after graduation.
* Lifetime Job Placement - Students who leave initial job placements may revisit our Placement Office on an unlimited basis at no additional charge for other job oppotunities.
* Lifetime Refresher Courses - Whereas some companies charge by the hour or the week to train past the course deadline, we train students for Free!
The Training Program
* CLASSES START EVERY MONDAY!
* 4-Weeks of intensive CDL classroom and driver training
* Day or Evening Courses Available
* Road Driving & Backing Skills Training Pre-Trip Safety inspection Training and Testing
* Third-Party Testing to Acquire the CDL license
It seems that they will only Honor that if your OK with there less than adequate training. Because once you ask, question or say anything about what is going on at there school you become a threat to them and they have told me that they called the police and have got a restraining order on me. I called the police and spoke with the records department and they have not received a call as of yet.
I believe that this schools tactics are to convince prospective students that they will bend over backwards to work with you and help you. They will tell you all the wonderful things about the school and there training. Until you enrolled and they got the money. Then every thing changes and does not match anything they said or advertised.
BEWARE and know that if you have received a CDL from this Third Party examiner and you find your self questing some of the things that happened in your examination and didn't speak up because you were in a hurry to get your CDL. Realize this fact that with in 2 year from when your CDL examination was the state has the right to revoke your CDL and request you take a retest with them. So for 2 years you will have this over hang over your head regardless if during your test the examiner did every thing right.
So what could happen is you get your CDL revoked, the school my lose its only Third party examiner and go out of business. Then your left with a CDL certificate from a school that know longer exists, your CDL has been revoked and the money paid to the school gone.
It is difficult to speak up when you pass the test with flying colors and know you did every thing right but because of the things that the examiner did you could get your CDL revoked. But I would rather get it revoked tomorrow that have the press and stress knowing that any time I could be revoked in 2 years.
You also can't take advantage of Lifetime Refresher Courses for free if they go out of business.
Remember It is your responsibility to speak out and take charge of your training because once you get in a wreck or do something wrong or was not taught you can't just say I didn't know or they didn't teach me that. I believe no judge or jury would except that as an reasonable excuse for your liability.
This a compliant against the CDL Training Center of Ogden in an effort to get a responce and has in no way been intend for legal advice if you are having the same issues contact a lawyer who can help you and if you are low income and can not afford one, some states have law office who help the poor with legal advice if you qulifiy.
Anonymous.
Salt Lake City, Utah
U.S.A.
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