If you want to operate a truck over 26,000 pounds, earn money for doing it, and cross state lines… then you need to have a Commercial Driver's License (CDL).

Truck drivers are essential to the economy, and so having a CDL is a real asset. It offers job security and flexibility, as well as solid earnings and great benefits. In fact, CDLs are so valuable that even people who haven't earned one are willing to break the rules to get one.

But having unqualified commercial drivers on the road is a danger to everyone.

In this episode of the Art of Supply podcast, Kelly Barner covers the right way and the wrong way to get a CDL:

• Safety statistics associated with large trucks and their drivers
• How to get a CDL and what the pass/fail rate is
• Recent news stories that illustrate what can go wrong when the administration of CDLs is not handled properly or when licensed drivers aren't qualified

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