CL Driving School

The training program at CL Driving School encompasses a comprehensive curriculum designed to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge for a successful career in truck driving. The program spans over 4 weeks, equivalent to 16 days, culminating in certification. The instructional hours are divided into various components: 50 hours of classroom instruction and testing, 50 hours of field instruction, 20 hours of highway behind-the-wheel training, and 40 hours of observation during highway behind-the-wheel sessions, totaling 160 hours of rigorous training.

The training schedule offers flexibility to accommodate different needs. Full-time students can complete the program in 4 weeks, attending classes from Monday to Thursday, with sessions running from 7 am to 6 pm. Part-time options are also available, with two 10-week schedules for the Charlotte location, holding classes from Monday to Thursday, 6 pm to 10 pm as well as Saturday and Sunday 8am to 5pm. Alternatively, the Indian Trail location offers a 10-week part-time schedule on Fridays and Saturdays, from 7 am to 4 pm.

The content of the instruction covers a wide range of topics essential for safe and efficient truck operation. This includes:

• Laws relating to interstate and intrastate operations
• Pre-trip inspection
• Coupling and uncoupling of combination units, if the equipment to be driven includes such units
• Placing the vehicle in operation
• Use of the vehicle’s controls and emergency equipment operation in inner-city and interstate highway traffic and passing
• Turning the vehicle
• Braking and slowing the vehicle by means other than applying the brakes
• Backing and parking the vehicle
• Experience operating property hauling vehicles with a minimum gross vehicle weight of 49,000 pounds or experience operating passenger motor coach vehicles having a minimum capacity of 46 persons
• Completing Driver’s Daily Log books

Campus Location

9223 Old Statesville Rd
Charlotte, NC 28269