Tx Pretrip Written
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There is a pre-trip inspection section in the CDL manual so there will certainly be some questions about it. I don't think they give a separate pre-trip inspection written test. I think it's just lumped in with the General Knowledge section when you take the written test for your permit.
You will have to do an actual pre-trip inspection on a truck as part of your testing to get the license though.
Pre-trip Inspection:
A pre-trip inspection is a thorough inspection of the truck completed before driving for the first time each day.
Federal and state laws require that drivers inspect their vehicles. Federal and state inspectors also may inspect your vehicles. If they judge a vehicle to be unsafe, they will put it “out of service” until it is repaired.
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.
No I am actually having to take a written/computer exam specifically for the pre trip. I thought it was just a hands on inspection. I am in Texas. Is this a new requirement?
I just got my cdl in tx and you do have to take a written on study your book and you will pass it
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.
You will have to do an actual pre-trip inspection on a truck as part of your testing to get the license though.
Brett, this is not so in Texas, and has not been so for several years now. Some of the "powers that be" here in the "dust bowl", as you upstate New Yorkers like to think of us, decided several years back that the actual pre-trip portion of the testing with an officer was taking up way too much of the officer's time. So they devised a paper test, which when I took it, had diagrams of the truck parts that you would need to recognize, and then it also had a list of the names of each part. The hopeful person taking the test merely had to match the proper name with the proper part to show that they were proficient enough to do a successful pre-trip.
As far as I know it is still done something similar to that.
Pre-trip Inspection:
A pre-trip inspection is a thorough inspection of the truck completed before driving for the first time each day.
Federal and state laws require that drivers inspect their vehicles. Federal and state inspectors also may inspect your vehicles. If they judge a vehicle to be unsafe, they will put it “out of service” until it is repaired.
Brett, this is not so in Texas
ooooooh I didn't know that. Well that's one less concern for Texas citizens then. You get to stay in the air conditioning and do a pre-trip.
I think we should start a campaign for a flatbed endorsement. The FMCSA will want to have hearings about it and so will Congress. I'm gonna recommend sending Old School to speak in front of Congress and the FMCSA. Man, that would be fun, would it?
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I am in the process of getting cdl. I thought I was ready to take the hands on pretrip &driving test. The DL office tells me I have to take a pretrip written. I have tested & failed. The questions really don't seem to line up with what is in the pretrip section I am studying. My dad says he didn't take a pretrip written. Is this a new requirement?
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: