Bill Collins

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Bill Collins has driven trucks for 51 years and instructed students in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, Hours of Service requirements, commercial vehicle operations, and highway safety for 28 years. Today, Collins operates True North CDL Training, providing instructor-led Hazmat ELDT Theory Training, and Collins Transportation Safety & Compliance Services, where he serves as a trucking industry expert witness and regulatory compliance consultant.

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Veteran CDL instructor 'ain’t buying' what 2-hour CDL courses are selling

A CDL school operator calls out ELDT Nation's two-hour CDL Class A Theory course as not good enough, and calls on FMCSA to do more.

November 11, 2026

Fleet of white AMES delivery trucks lined up in a row at a distribution facility

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Nighttime highway view from a moving vehicle showing brake lights of cars ahead on a dark road

ELD fraud: Drivers reveal what it's like hauling 16, 18, 22 hours a day

Overdrive tells the story of truck drivers coerced to run around the clock for fleets they say engage in ELD fraud, monitor the police, and aren't afraid to use or threaten violence.

Bill Collins

Veteran CDL instructor 'ain’t buying' what 2-hour CDL courses are selling

ELD fraud: Drivers reveal what it's like hauling 16, 18, 22 hours a day

5K trucking authorities suspended in single day: Motus still messy

Near-original 1963 Kenworth 921 hauled same loads for 49 years

How would you rewrite truckers' hour of service regs?

California’s non-domiciled CDL program could roar back to life