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TRUCKING TOPICS 32 / COMPANY DRIVER // JUNE 2016 Make sure to tell us your name and state of residence. In a move rather uncommon for such a small fleet, White and his family-owned company moved to negotiations with its insurance company to "start hiring student drivers," he says. "We went well beyond" what industry-standard guidelines exist for such, as required by the insurance company. Working with a local technical college (within two-three months drivers graduate with a CDL), Old Time then takes the student driver out for a couple weeks to shadow his local driver, and gradually move into solo driving. "It might be up to a two-year program before they're free and clear" with a dedicated truck, he says. "We even went as far as putting dashcams, forward facing, on the trainees with the trainer – and also once they go solo, for up to two years." CD