Florida’s governor has awarded more than $3 million to schools for commercial driver licenses and diesel technician programs to create jobs needed to help with regional recovery from Hurricane Ian.  

When officials from R&R Trucking were looking for quality commercial driver’s license training, they looked long and far.

John Hank thought he would have a lifelong career in the oil and gas industry and be able to retire with his hobbies — furniture making, ginseng hunting, fishing and cooking Texas barbecue.

Arkansas truck driving students have had a problem. There were too many of them ready to take the state’s skills test to earn their commercial driving licenses for the number of examiners or exam slots available.

In an era of a persistent driver shortage, Transport Topics has decided to take a look at a small slice of the segment of men and women who will be driving America’s trucks in the years to come by following a driver training school class.