2024 Facts for Drivers PDF

the vehicle class that the driver operates or expects to operate. (c) Safe on-road driving skills. All applicants for a CDL must possess and demonstrate safe on-road driver skills for the vehicle class that the driver operates or expects to operate. Skills tests must be conduct...

the vehicle class that the driver operates or expects to operate. (c) Safe on-road driving skills. All applicants for a CDL must possess and demonstrate safe on-road driver skills for the vehicle class that the driver operates or expects to operate. Skills tests must be conducted in on-street conditions or under a combina- tion of on-street and off- street conditions. A State may use simulators to perform skills testing, but under no circumstances as a substitute for the required testing in on-street conditions. To qualify for a CDL, a driver must meet certain additional minimum qualifications to drive in interstate commerce. These qualifications include, but are not limited to, the driver: + Being at least 21 years old if driving in interstate commerce, though 49 states allow drivers 18 years of age to drive in intrastate commerce (391.11(b)(1)); « Being able to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, respond to official inquiries, and make entries on reports and records (391.11(b)(2)); however, some states waive this requirement for intrastate drivers; « Having a current valid CDL or CLP tssued by only one state or jurisdiction (391.11(b)(5)); - Being in good health and physically qualified to drive a CMV (391.11(b)(4)), meaning the driver has a valid medical card and meets the following standards (see 391.41): o Has no loss of foot, leg, hand, or arm or has been granted a walver; o Has no impairment of the use of a foot, leg, hand, arm, or fingers or any other structural defect or limitation likely to interfere with safe driving, or has been granted a watver; o Does not have a form of diabetes currently requiring insulin for control, unless the person obtains the Insulin-Treated Diabetes Mellitus Assessment Form, MCSA-5870, from their treating clinician and ts free from complications that might impair the ability to operate a commercial motor vehicle safely; o Does not have a heart condition of the type known to be accompanied by loss of consciousness, collapse, or cardiac failure; 31