The stuff people ask before they enroll.

Most students are licensed in three to four weeks: ELDT theory online tonight, permit within the week, then 15 hours behind the wheel while you hold the permit the required 14 days, then the DMV skills test. Traveling students on the condensed schedule are usually done in about two weeks.

No. You need to be 18 or older (21 to drive across state lines or haul hazmat), hold a valid California driver license, and be able to pass a DOT physical. We teach everything from the pre-trip inspection to backing to the road.

A California driver license, proof of US citizenship or permanent residency (the DMV requires it for a CDL; visa holders should call us first, the rules tightened in 2025), a DOT medical card from a certified examiner, and your commercial learner permit. ELDT theory is done online before the permit test.

Entry-Level Driver Training is the federal rule since February 2022. Before the DMV will give you the Class A or Class B knowledge test, a registered provider must file your theory completion. Nixon students do the theory online through ELDT365 (about two hours, $20) and the behind-the-wheel part with us. Read the full explanation.

Class A Standard is $2,000 for 15 hours behind the wheel with one DMV skills test trip included. Premier is $2,500 for 30 hours. Class B is the same two tiers. The Class B to A upgrade is $1,200. ELDT theory online is $20.

You pay $300 to start and the balance as you train, cleared before your DMV skills test. You can also pay in full at checkout with a card, or split it with Klarna, Afterpay, Zip or Cash App.

Yes. Department of Rehabilitation, WIOA through America's Job Centers, workers comp retraining (SJDB) vouchers, and employer sponsorship. We handle the school-side paperwork. Financing and vouchers.

Yes. One skills test trip is in every package: our truck, our transporter, to the DMV. Extra attempts are sold per trip so nobody pays for tests they do not need.

Yes. $700 and we bring the truck to the Fontana DMV for your appointment.

On our own yard at 1963 Mount Vernon Ave, Pomona, the same yard since 1997. The office is at 2680 Pomona Blvd STE A. Office and training hours are 8 AM to 4 PM Pacific.

One student in the seat. Your hours are your hours. Nobody waits in the back for a turn.

We train both. Test on a manual and your license carries no restriction. Test on an automatic and the DMV adds an E restriction, which limits you to automatics.

Most who fail miss one section, usually backing or the pre-trip. You come back for a focused session and we book another trip. Retest trips are priced per trip.

Yes. Instruction, paperwork help and the office, in English and Spanish.

Yes. Hazmat, passenger and school bus require ELDT theory (online, $20 each); tanker and doubles/triples only need the DMV knowledge test. All of it is on our ELDT page. Hazmat also needs a TSA background check. How to get hazmat in California.

Yes. Class B trains on a straight truck (dump, box, bus) and needs its own ELDT theory. Same 15 and 30 hour tiers as Class A.

We let carriers that hire our graduates know when a student is about to test, help with the pre-employment paperwork, and point you at the job types that hire first around here. We do not guarantee placement; nobody honest does. What hires first in Southern California.

Yes, and you get a travel discount and a condensed schedule so the trip is short, usually about two weeks. Do ELDT theory, your medical card and your permit before you come. Pomona is 25 minutes from Ontario airport. We keep a list of nearby hotels; there is no housing on site.