CDL Training Pays Off
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Congratulations!
WTG!
Jopa,
The HME background check only takes about a week to come back. Mine was done in 6 days. Once it is complete, you can test hazmat. I would just wait to do the test when you have your full CDL-A. They will not put hazmat on a learner's permit. Have fun at school.
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
How many questions are on Nevada's test? I've read that some states ask more questions than other. If memory serves me right, IN has 50 on GK, 10 on AB, and 10 on CV.
Rico,
Don't quote me but I think it was 50 questions on the first test and 20 each on the second & third.
Jopa
Way to go man! Awesome news!
Congrats Jopa!
Some states may make you take the road test as if you were driving a Hazmat load. It's just some more stuff to screw up and add pressure to an already tense day. If you just wait until you get CDL and then take the hazmat exam it's better IMO.
Grats man. Let us know how the backing range goes.
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
Let us know how the backing range goes.
HUH?? You gotta BACK those things up??
Oh well, if ya gotta, ya gotta.
Jopa
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
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Well, I went to the Nevada DMV and took the CDL-A permit tests today. It took all of 20-25 minutes to blow through those three tests because it was like child's play after going through The High Road Online CDL Training Program twice. There were about 10 questions that were not in the training course but I only missed a couple that were completely foreign to me. You can "skip" questions you don't know until the end and if you complete the number correct before the test reaches the end it stops asking questions anyway. Why ask more questions when you already have enough correct answers to pass? I was going to get my DOT physical done today too, but the line was too long so I'll get it in the morning. I will get the HazMat endorsement process started but I'll probably be in school by the time the OK comes back from the Homeland Security check . . . good thing I never became a terrorist in my youth. Oh, Bill whats-his-name was a bomber and now he's a college professor (he's good friends with Obama, you know, connections)
. . . so it probably wouldn't make any difference anyway. As long as you were just bombing government buildings in the old days . . .
Jopa
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
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
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.
TWIC:
Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.
Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.