Bad School--Napier Truck Driver Training In Hamilton, OH

I graduated on August 18, 2014 from Napier Truck Driver Training in Hamilton, Ohio. I have to say that the last four weeks of my six weeks at this school was the worst educational experience of my life. Ignoring the old, falling apart, tractors filled with garbage and dirt, tractors and trailers sporting bald tires, my time spent at Napier was the next thing to a complete waste. During a 9-hour day, I and 15 others in my class were lucky to get an hour of cumulative behind-the-wheel time each day, split between four different backing maneuvers. Some days the time was even less. While on the very small, inadequate practice track, individuals have to compete for drive time with the class that was just ahead and the class coming up from behind. At any given time, there are three classes of students positioning for track instruction. What this amounts to, in my experience, was 12-20 students per maneuver during a 90 +/- minute session. Each maneuver had one (1) practice truck and one (1) instructor. Occasionally, one instructor was responsible for two maneuvers, two trucks, and double the students.

If you find yourself in this bad scenario at Napier, for heavens sake do not complain about practice time or equipment defects! You will be accused of harassment, being mentally ill, and coming from another world never before visited by the company's president.

The company made verbal promises to me that they in no way fulfilled. The company made statistical representations to me that proved to be flat out erroneous. During my time at the school, I saw about half of the students FAIL their first attempt at the State CDL exam. You are the exception to the rule if you pass the first time around. If you don't pass, you have the privilege to pay more to the school in undisclosed fees. But, the really great thing is Napier will stick with you until you pass (at least, as long as you can pay that is.)