Roadmaster Drivers School Hit with Class Action After Former Students Urged to Retake CDL Test

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Roadmaster Drivers School faces a proposed class action lawsuit more than three months after graduates nationwide reportedly received letters informing them that their commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) were “improperly issued,” and that they must retake their CDL exam or else lose their license. 

Per the 10-page case, the letters sent to graduates from various government entities stated that Roadmaster had failed to comply with government regulations and had provided invalid CDL training. The lawsuit alleges Roadmaster Drivers School and its Pennsylvania affiliate have breached their contractual obligations to students, who paid money for services that ultimately were not provided and incurred myriad other damages.

“Students such as Plaintiff were harmed as a result of Defendants’ actions, including the loss of income, lost revenue, lost jobs, and other harm associated with not receiving the services they paid for,” the complaint alleges. 

According to the lawsuit, Roadmaster has engaged in a “pervasive, deceptive scheme” whereby the school induced consumers into paying for CDL classes by way of “deceptive and inaccurate documents” that reflected “services that were not actually provided.” 

The filing argues that Roadmaster is not entitled to pass the entire cost of its “now-discovered” invalid CDL testing process onto students. The lawsuit contends that students such as the plaintiff, who the case says paid roughly $7,000 in tuition, fees and other costs for the Roadmaster training program, are entitled to full refunds. 

BackTheTruckUp.com shares that a video on the Mutha Trucker YouTube channel brought to light reports from drivers who, over a two-year period, allegedly had their training documents signed by a pair of instructors “who were not certified by state officials” in Pennsylvania, which reportedly requires “private instructors” to be certified in order for a student’s CDL training during the permit stage to be considered valid. Per the suit, the plaintiff and other Roadmaster graduates received letters on or around July 15, 2022, including from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), stating that their licenses were invalid, and that they must retake their CDL exam or risk losing their license. 

The plaintiff, a New York resident who attended training at Roadmaster’s Bethlehem, Pennsylvania location, accuses the defendants of “passing off their Commercial Driving License training program as complete and capable of achieving a valid CDL for students who complete the program.” Roadmaster purports to operate an “industry-leading CDL training school” that offers comprehensive classes and behind-the-wheel education to prepare students for jobs in the trucking industry, the complaint relays. 

The lawsuit looks to cover any and all students, and any other person, who paid or caused to be paid tuition and/or fees or other related educational expenses to Roadmaster and later had their CDL declared to be improperly issued due to improper conduct during skills testing by a Roadmaster employee. 

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