160 Driving Academy of Stockton

I recently completed my CDL with 160 Stockton. The coarse materials made it easy to get my license and add endorsements. I have everything but hazmat and 160 offers that coarse as well. They even sent me an email for a discount after I got my license. Blair, Rick and Mike are excellent instructors. They were also key to helping me target the right companies for employment afterwards. I start the job next week. Go get your license from these guys.

I attended this school through career choice from Amazon, only attending 2 days out of the week I was alittle worried about having enough experience before taking my test at the dmv, but you get what you put into it. The trucks were old and sometimes out of service due to various reasons. I think more trucks and more instructors would benefit this school tremendously, it was alittle frustrating trying to get help when the only 2 instructors were helping other groups so you were left on your own...
Read full review quite a bit. Rick was a great instructor and helped alot with tightening up your skills and making sure you knew your pretrip like the back of your hand and Mike was a great instructor with the on the road training. They both seemed to care alot about the students having enough knowledge and experience and had enough patience to let you make mistakes so we can learn from them. All in all I had a great experience and learned alot. Like I said the only complaint I really had was the condition of the trucks, and maybe being in the fairgrounds with broken uneven asphalt was alittle frustrating but it only made me more confident in my abilities. Get new trucks and more instructors and this school would be top tier.

Attended 160 Driving Academy in Stockton Ca. School was fun for me got to me new people/students and the instructors there where great! Blair is a very good man. Mel, Mike and Rick you guys are awesome. Miss you guys!

If you are from Amazon or career choice DONT BOTHER! Choose a different school. There are lots to choose from. 100% take the time to visit the other schools and ask to see their trucks!!! I hope you like DIRT!! You will be training a dirt lot or broken asphalt at the fair grounds. As soon as there is a fair or event going on they kick everyone off to the side and the school has to do what they say. 160 doesnt have an office anymore. Its closed so no one cares to get a hold of you when the issues...
Read full review show up, and the issues WILL show up! The instructors badmouth each other. Then there is the ex cop Blair that chooses who he wants to instruct while ignoring others and only wants others to praise himself as emperor of the broken truck school. Blair is EGO driven so its a roll of the dice depending on his mood, which swings like a barn door in a hurricane...watch out! Trucks are broke down all the time. They have several trucks there yes, but they are all broke! They lie and say oh we are trying to find someone to fix it its all lies my co-worker told me about this 8 months ago. When I told her i was attending 160 and told her the trucks were broke, she started laughing saying those same trucks were broke when she attended 8 months ago!!! GOOD LUCK or try another school!

My time here in the beginning was not so good, instructors only focused on Tom team people from Amazon which made you really discouraged from not getting the help you needed. And made you not wanna even bother going. Nothing was really explained you just showed up and did whatever. As another student said to me they really didn t teach me nothing I really had to learn from students already finishing . They did bring another instructor in (blaire) that made everything organized and in order how...
Read full review it should be. I just wish they would have done that sooner. I was at the hours I needed to be and dropped days before my dmv test. If you wanna go to a school where trucks are somewhat decent,higher ups don t care about nothing but themselves and the money you give them then this place is for you.

Started this school via Amazon s Career Choice program (separate from TOM). I attended two days out of the week. The theory portion was pretty straight forward. The first few weeks on the yard seemed a little disorganized, but it gave us time to study and memorize our pre-trip inspection and airbrakes as if it were second nature. Following that, we also got a new lead instructor that provided more structure to the program. Regarding skills and on the road driving; Mel, Ricardo, Blaire and Mike...
Read full review were instrumental in helping me get things down. The guys were willing to call out any of my mistakes and help me work through them, they are the instructors after all! I acquired my CDL-A on the first attempt. One thing I will add, you have to put in the effort and also be willing to work through any unforeseen circumstances.

My opinion about the program is that it has really changed a lot you can t rely on old reviews because a lot has been improved by Blair , Rick is a good instructor I felt like I was discouraged before joining the program for being a girl but I feel like Rick understands that and keeps going over whatever you feel stuck at his teaching method makes everything really simple and easy Mike is also a good instructor they have their own ways of teaching all of them are...
Read full review approachable and open to talk to you about anything , we also have a lot of time to talk to each other as students and teach each other that is very useful to perfect your pre trip everyone wants to be behind the wheel all day but that s not what it s all about you have to learn what you verbally have to say at the dmv .

I regret wasting my time & money. Trucks are BROKE JUNK. You will wait hours or days to get behind the wheel of a broken truck. Once they get the money there is no one to talk to. The instructors have no clue. They throw up their hands and say ohh i dunno about all that stuff thats above my pay grade. The other half of the instructors are walking off the job. They closed their office in stockton. NO ONE will return your call. I WANT MY REFUND!!!!

This trucking school is definitely worth the money. All of the instructors and management are very professional, caring, and truly are there to produce truck drivers. Joe, Ray, Dave, James, and Julie helped me to become a safe driver. They all know what their talking about and go above and beyond for their students . Couldn t thank you guys enough for the support and lessons you people taught me. Couldn t have done it without you guys. 10/10 Experience keep doing what you guys are doing and thank you once again. -AUSTIN D

This place has its ups and down like any place should, but at the end of the day, so like as you listen to your instructors, Mike, Rick, Mel, and most importantly Blair and do your best to get better you ll do just fine, but you have to put the work in yourself and so long as you strive to be better, you ll get the job done.