Preparing For Hazardous Materials
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Just rerad the question carefully and relax, and you'll do fine.....My biggest problem is reading the question too fast.....
When I took the permit tests, I had general knowledge, air brakes, combination, tanker, doubles and triples. The lady at the dmv had the computer speak to me and tell me when I was incorrect. I thought I was going insane when every time an incorrect was said. It was tensing me up, and the screaming child that was there was NOT helping.
I swear I have interesting luck at public places...
I passed all those on the first try, and I'm hoping this one goes smoothly too!
Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
I have all the faith in the world you will do fine sir!!!!!
I thought I was going insane when every time an incorrect was said. It was tensing me up, and the screaming child that was there was NOT helping
Great practice for life on the road. Wait til you have to take 78,000 pounds into downtown Chicago in a snowstorm in January. It's 5 degrees out, the wind is blowing 40 mph, you can only see about 100 feet in front of you, it's still dark out at 5:00 a.m., and traffic is already at a crawl. You're not sure if the directions to the customer are correct, the people driving around you are sliding all over the place on the slick roads, your wipers are freezing up so you can hardly see, your day is only an hour old. You still have to make the delivery, work your way around Chicago to find yet another customer, wait for them to load you, and then work your way out of the city in the same snowstorm, slick roads, and snarled traffic you're facing now.
Then you'll find out if you have what it takes to keep yourself calm and focused for 14 hours in very stressful conditions.
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
Brian, I used TruckingTruth's High Road Course HAZMAT section to do my studying, and it made my HAZMAT test a breeze. If you know the material Brett has up here, you'll know plenty for the state test.
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.
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
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Friday I'll be testing into the school I'm signed up for. There's a required reading assessment since it's at a college campus. Afterwards I'll be taking my Hazmat. Which I'm mentally preparing for, I have been taking practice tests every day after work and I've been passing. But, there's always those questions that I get hung up on and have to ponder for a bit.
I'm ready for these tests to be done and get driving!
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.