DOT Automatic Vs Standard Laws
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I would contact your local DMV and ask them about it. They are the ones issuing the license, and will have the most accurate information.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
I would contact your local DMV and ask them about it. They are the ones issuing the license, and will have the most accurate information.
I agree...I looked at MA DOT (department of registry) and although they refer to the "automatic restriction" on the CDL they do not clearly specify the circumstance(s) requiring that to be placed on the license.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
Tried to search the MA RMV,,, confusing, while I wasn't able to come up with the CDL Restriction codes, I'm Sure they have no air brake, and No Manual Transmission Restrictions...
Heck they have a ton of restriction Codes for automobiles, Restriction Code E for "Automatic Transmission Only"
Call the MA CDL RMV
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
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You are correcte, however, it is up to each state to determine the "best way" to implement the new law. The endorsements anbd restriction, from my understanding, are not law, but regulations, there is a difference. As said earlier, the state of Maine only recently adapted the new restrictions. Massachusetts still mey be "in the process" of doing so, therefore, able to not have to add the restriction.
There will always be states rights issues, and plenty of states have chosen to ignore federal laws, whenever they have pleased if it violated their own laws, in many different circumstances. But this is not a political history lesson.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.