Truck driver guides, from your first permit to your own truck
Straight answers on getting a CDL, what drivers earn, the medical and testing rules, and what changes when you run your own truck. Every rule cites the regulation, every pay figure names its survey and year, and everything is written by Henry.
LaneSprint is a dispatch service for owner-operators and small fleets. We don't hire, recruit, place or train drivers, and nothing here is a job offer. These guides are here because most dispatch customers were company drivers first.
Rules, medical and testing
Medical cards, drug tests, hours and the rules that end careers.
- ComplianceDOT Drug & Alcohol Testing Consortium for Owner-Operators
- ComplianceOwner-Operator DOT Drug Testing Requirements
- ComplianceFMCSA Clearinghouse Registration for Owner-Operators
- ComplianceDOT Drug Test Cost and Random Testing Rates
- Guidedot medical card
- Guidewill my cdl be suspended if i fail a drug test
Owner-operator path
Leasing on, your own authority, dispatch and year one.
Getting your CDL
Classes, permits, schools, tests and endorsements.
Driver pay and jobs
What drivers earn, how pay works and how to pick a company.
Ready to run your own authority?
The end of most career routes on this site is your own truck. When you get there, we find the loads and offer each one to you: 7% of gross for a new MC, then 5%.