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Tori Learns How To Drive A Big Rig

NEW CASTLE, Del. (CBS) - Look out Delaware, this is where anyone can become a Big Rig driver.

The American Driver Training Academy in New Castle will have you hitting the open road in four weeks. And it's one of only three certified woman-owned trucking schools in the nation.

Meet head girl boss Jaden McKinley.

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She says that over the years the number of female truck drivers have been growing.

"When they realize it's not as cliché as always thought... they realize it's a real profession to be proud of and it's a real profession," says Jaden. "Then more women have signed up and they know it is a safe place to be."

There's a truck briefing after you register -- then you hit the course.

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When asked what it feels like to drive a big rig, one student answered, "Girl power!"

Another student said, she always wanted to drive a truck because her father was a truck driver.

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