ATDS Truck Driving School

Fantastic experience: If you’re interested in or considering going to truck driving school, ATDS - Elm Mott is definitely a school I would encourage you to enroll in!

Fantastic experience: If you’re interested in or considering going to truck driving school, ATDS - Elm Mott is definitely a school I would encourage you to enroll in! If you LISTEN to the instructors & do as they teach you to do, your experience will be fantastic, as was mine! The WHOLE team at ATDS, was supportive, encouraging & kept me positive that I would succeed & I did! The combined experience is great! Each instructor, instructs the same, but sometimes has a different way of delivering instructions that understand & remember! Just listen & execute & you can’t go wrong! BIG THANKS to EVERYONE at ATDS - Elm Mott! You guys ROCK! ✌

Fantastic experience: Had to drop out due to personal issues and they worked with me on getting my money back and for that i’m extremely grateful! Great teachers who want to see the students succeed. Also EVERYONE who works there is extremely friendly.

Fantastic experience: I highly recommend ATDS driving school to start your journey, It’s the easiest way to transition into driving truck and you will be treated like family, from start to finish.

Fantastic experience: Great school and great people.

Positive experience: I had a very good experience while attending ATDS(El Mott,Texas). The instructors were very helpful and patient with me. They always took the time to give a helping hand when needed. The knowledge i gained to prepare me for the written and driving test was more than sufficient. I would recommend ATDS to anyone who is considering obtaining a CDL. Thanks to all of the ATDS instructors and office staff for the helping me through the process of successfully completing the course and obtaining a Class A CDL.

Positive experience: Just a word of warning it's almost impossible to get a job if you're under 21 after you graduating and getting your CDL

Fantastic experience: I just received my CDL after attending ATDS in Waco. The instructors at this school are top notch and they never give up on you even when you feel like you can't do it. Highly recommend this school!

Fantastic experience: Graduated Jan of 2013, love that school,, just applied for an instructor position, anxiously waiting!!!

Negative experience: This people are so rude my truck broke down at the gator truck stop was walking to the next town to get help well gps sent me the wrong way... I stopped to ask if I can drink out of there water hose and female with short blonde/white hair said no.. in this heat you can't refuse water to anyone especially walking...hope one day your in this situation and no one helps you...

Fantastic experience: This is the absolute best place to go if you are looking to get your CDL all the instructors are very experienced CDL drivers an have a host of knowledge bout the trucking industry an you will get the proper knowledge and everything you need to get your CDL and be very successful in the trucking industry I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS CDL SCHOOL FRFR thank y'all for everything s/o to my instructor CLINT I appreciate you for everything you taught me brother an s/o Mr.Larry for the motivation an Mr.James From Frank Moss class of 2023

Fantastic experience: Class of Dec. 93. Attended ATDS when it was in Prairie View, Tx. We had old runways to practice on. Was great location and top shelf instructors. Finished with a 98. All these years later still driving. Only one non preventable accident. Fantastic school. Although, I must say the job is not as fun as it use to be. And I believe the bar to get into this industry needs to be much much higher. But ATDS is a great place to start.

Negative experience: Bait and Switch, High interest loans for an industry that’s paying less and less. Are you insurable for the first 2 years?

Fantastic experience: This place is great. The instructors are awesome and the learning experience is amazing. If you fail to get your CDL from here it is your own fault. They teach you and give you everything you need to pass and pass the first time. I will be back to visit one day and show off my new truck. Thanks to all the instructors for all you done for me. For helping me open a door to a whole new world..

Fantastic experience: I Went in 1988 @ Coldwater , Michigan love to hear from others see some photos of the old OG trucks if anybody would like to share I'd be grateful for the memories it was really cool when i would drive by the Texas school or the Michigan school and see the real semi truck up in the sky sign now semi retired/disabled miss driving a truck but don't miss being a truck driver the way it is now spent my life in truck 3 rd gen. driver

Fantastic experience: Great place to get your class a cdl. Clint is the man, if he's your instructor consider yourself lucky. He a great teacher, real driver (flat bedder), and will make the time enjoyable.

Fantastic experience: Absolutely love this school great instructors and you will most definitely learn alot! They really make sure you know everything you need to know to get your cdl. I would most definitely recommend this place!

Fantastic experience: Great group of instructors, they will go above and beyond for their students. Thanks

Fantastic experience: Outstanding school! Everyone on staff was great. Super helpful and professional. My instructor, Tim Loch, was very knowledgeable and has an awesome aptitude for teaching. Every instructor I met went above and beyond, when it came to their students. Thanks guys for everything!

Fantastic experience: I should of posted this 8 years ago. I went to this school and had a blast. Our class was a class the instructors would never forget. 3 years later I own my own trucking business in the Oilfields. 3.9 GPA class aug10th 2012

Fantastic experience: Amazing school. Very patient & dedicated instructors that go way beyond expectations. Bill, Steve, Charles, Ken, & Larry are are all very knowledgeable & have a lot of experience in the industry. Highly recommend this school.

Fantastic experience: Excellent truck driving school I recommend it to anyone wanting to learn and make a decent living

Fantastic experience: Mikey Bobby justin nolle Daniel they were very great guys I will miss them I kept failing my backing but I must say different strokes for different folks those guys really care about teaching and Susan is pure beautiful I just wish I had a good experience as a student god bless I will miss you all...

Fantastic experience: They are the best. Sorry it took so long to rate y'all. Vanessa Garrington. 2016

Fantastic experience: That's how it all began truck driving in 2000 and been loving it ever since

Negative experience: I was at the Flyin J in Waco, TX earlier today when one of the training trucks came into the lot. Truck number was 326. Since these are student drivers, I hold the instructor accountable. The truck was parked in the middle of the driveway...even though there were quite a few open spots. Teaching new drivers that it’s ok to pop your brakes anywhere is doing them a great disservice. Teach them truck stop etiquette. Teach them how to properly park the truck. Don’t teach them to be inconsiderate, rude, park wherever you want jerks. Downright shameful.

Positive experience: Bobby (left) ,Justin, and Mike were the best instructors. I learned how to pre-trip so well that the dps tester told me to "ok, just shut up and get in the truck, I can tell you know this". I still use some of the notes I took to this day when I'm unsure about something. As far as not having a backing pad... the truck lot is bigger than most Love's and if you need fresh black asphalt with white lines to back properly, you are in for a rude awakening when you get out into the real world. I passed on my first try.

Fantastic experience: I graduated from ATDS in 1988 at the Coldwater MI school and have been driving ever since...my instructor had 40 yrs under his belt then....great teacher he was

Fantastic experience: Great school as far as I can tell

Negative experience: I was looking the option "Cero Stars" but unfortunately is not available here. Guys, this the most terrible, awful, nasty and disgusting place to study for your CDL A. Here some facts: 1) TIME: No matter you arrive on time, you have always to wait for the "instructors" up to one hour while they are smoking, chewing tobacco or just chatting on them phones. Same case when you have to come to the "driving practice" on the street. They order you pull the truck to pad before of time. NO RESPECTFUL FOR YOUR TIME/MONEY. 2) CROWED PLACE: Too much students and few trucks to learn. They are accepting and accepting new students all the weeks without thinking in the space of the pad/yard or the vehicles available. YOU ARE DRIVING SCARCELY 1/2 HOUR A DAY. NO MORE. 3) TRUCKS WITH POOR MANTENIANCE: You have to go in your classes to the tire shop or to the truck wash and expend hours and hours of your valuable time waiting for reparations. NO RESPECT FOR YOUR TIME/MONEY AGAIN. 3) LITERRALLY: NOBODY TEACHING YOU. (Some restrictions apply) Instructors are not interested in explain you basic technics of driving like "double clutch, rpm's, straight back... you have to research by your self on you tube, pay additional classes in other schools and look for support of drivers to learn. (MRS. SABRINA IS THE ONLY ONE INTERESTED IN TEACH YOU) YOU ARE GOING TO THE DPS AND FAILED. 4) DESORGANIZED. They are not following a teaching pattern, a line of succession. They improvise every day. FINALLY: DONT INVEST YOUR MONEY IN THIS PATHETIC "SCHOOL".

Negative experience: Illegal as heck, the students are not taught to do daily driving logs while at the school, and do not do driving logs. Those are legal documents that are not done. They do not own a backing pad, so the students fail backing at the DPS test (unless they have a friend or family member help them on the side). Very unsafe, the trucks do not have seatbelts. The instructors are not taught how to train, they use "trucker" lingo and do not know how to put their thoughts into layman's terms. The map and trip planning class was 3-5 minutes long (literally). As many as 50 students standing around in a day, waiting to get into a truck (I counted them, and knew them all by name). And, the trucks are extremely old and unkempt. You're yelled at, talked down-to in a condescending voice at all times, never respectfully (by *most* of the trainers. Rob Hunt and Susan Denton spoke respectfully, they're in the office though, not training you). I saw three men at separate times turn away and tear up, they were treated so harshly (bullied basically) and embarrassed and cut down by Larry Scott. Bobby is the very best trainer, at ALL times he is top notch, last I knew, he was leaving though (Larry was hateful to not only the students, but the other three trainers.) The one good thing I can say about this school, the female trainer that thought it was funny to literally hit a student while they were driving, with a belt if they made an error, immediately got fired. I know many people sitting at home after 6-8 weeks at this school and do not have their CDL yet, they keep failing backing at the DMV in Waco. Do yourself a huge favor and check out Roadmaster in Dallas. They have a cement backing pad, they have million mile truckers who've been trained to train, they are professional, patient and kind. They have you keep driving logs and have an 8 hour class on map reading, trip planning and log keeping that is an excellent class. All the trucks have seat belts and they make sure you get your CDL.

Fantastic experience: Great school I've been driving 4 years after graduation so far.

Fantastic experience: Outstanding people!!! Phenomenal course!!!

Fantastic experience: Great staff. Unique approach to teaching cmv operations and maneuvers. Excellent student to instructor ratio. Great location.

Fantastic experience: Taught me a lot about driving