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Regulatory Compliance Commercial Driver Town Hall

Regulatory Compliance hosted a successful
Commercial Driver Industry Town Hall Meeting in
Macon recently. The meeting brought together over
100 transportation business partners and DDS
Team Members to share information and address
Georgia’s commercial driver shortages.
Commissioner Spencer R. Moore said, “DDS is
spearheading efforts to improve the commercial
driver training and testing process. Efficient testing
of commercial drivers enables them to get on the
road sooner which supports manufacturing and
other industries that have a direct impact on
Georgia’s growing economy.”

The goal of the Town Hall event was to cultivate and
maintain open lines of communication with the
commercial driver industry including training
Epidemiologist Shenee Bryan presented on the information program administrators and third-party testers
that she discovered while assisting DDS prepare a complete throughout the state.
report on Commercial Driving as requested by Governor
Kemp. The entire report can be read/downloaded from the Attendees received information on several strategic
DDS website at https://dds.georgia.gov/dds-reports.
initiatives, new legislation, and received program
updates. There was ample opportunity to ask and
receive answers and also offer suggestions to
improve the commercial driver testing and issuance
process.