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If you’re reading this article, you’ve probably already completed your truck driving training and are getting ready to embark on the first of many trucking jobs in your long and successful career. First off, congratulations! You’ve made a huge step towards a fulfilling, flexible job with tons of opp...

A truck driving career has many unseen benefits; one of the biggest being the opportunity to travel across the country while getting paid. An over the road truck driving job allows you to see and explore numerous beautiful vistas and stunning sites. Each road presents a truly different opp...

Our culture romanticizes the job of over-the-road trucking. Many of us have memories of traveling in the family car across the country and sharing the road with big rigs. Many of us remember looking out the window at the truck driver and signaling for them to blow their horn. And of course, with our...

If you're ready to start a lucrative, fulfilling, and exciting career, earn your CDL today with 160 Driving Academy. We're proud to announce the opening of our new school location in Saginaw, Michigan . This means that for the first time, students from Michigan can begin registering immediately f...

At 160 Driving Academy, there are plenty of reasons to get your CDL—great starting salaries, opportunities for advancement, and a thriving industry just to name a few… but we also recognize that it takes a certain resilient personality to become a tried and true truck driver. So you kno...

Winter is a dreadful time for truck drivers. As if hauling loads of cargo around isn’t stressful enough as it is, adding bitter cold temperatures and icy roads makes it all the more nerve wracking. As a top educator in the art of commercial truck driving, we can’t stress the importance of truck safe...

Making the decision to become a truck driver is incredibly exciting. Being a trucker allows you to drive and see places all over the country and meet new people all the time. With the comprehensive training and driving safety instruction from 160 Driving Academy, becoming a truck driver is also a gr...

No matter where you are driving, it seems like there is always construction work being done on the roads.  Short of leaving extra time to get to your destination though, it often seems like there is not much else you can do to help construction season driving be any easier. Keep up to date. Whe...

So you’re looking to become a commercial truck driver, but aren’t sure which company to train with? For the students who have chosen 160 Driving Academy, there was no question—and no regrets! Brandon B. left a glowing review: “Well, today I graduated 160. All around best school ever! I lea...

When over the road driving jobs is your career, it’s often difficult to find the time to go outside and smell the flowers. While truck driving training is our livelihood at 160 Driving Academy, we also love to provide our graduates with the knowledge to help them make the most out of their newfound,...