Talkcdl Trucking Podcast

High Schoolers now have Trucking Class. We recently sat down and interviewed a teacher from Patterson High School in Patterson California. Along with David Dein, Teacher, Instructor and former Trucker himself, he was joined by Lindsey Trent, President of the Next Generation In Trucking Association. Mentor to Trucking. Back in the day when a man could teach his grandson or his own child how to drive a tractor trailer, he could also help him get a job driving for a living. But today it is allot different. Insurance companies rule the industry and dictate who can drive. Having a mentor was almost a thing of the past until now. Patterson High School is changing the way boys and girls at the senior level are getting started In the trucking industry. They now have a class that teaches everything about being a trucker. They teach all things from road hazards to all safety aspects. of the industry, they even teach CB language. Thats right, these kids know what "Hammer down, Smokey, Chicken house and Yard Stick