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You will be given a Medical Certificate Card (DL 51A) to carry when you drive commercially. You can be given a citation for driving out of class if your medical certificate expires, or you drive without a valid medical certificate in your possession. You may also be removed from your vehicle by a law enforcement officer for driving out of class. If you must have a CDL as part of your job, your employer shall pay the cost of the examination unless your examination was taken before you applied for the job (Labor Code §231). Note: Customers who do not meet the minimum medical standards will either be restricted or refused a CDL. The restrictions are: — may not transport passengers commercially or transport materials which require placards (CVC §27903). — may not drive in interstate commerce. • An acceptable birth date/legal presence (BD/ LP) document. All applicants for an original DL/ID card must submit proof of legal presence in the US as authorized under federal law. If the name on your BD/LP document is different from the name on your DL application form, you must also bring in an acceptable true full name document. Your true full name, as shown on your BD/LP document, will appear on your DL/ID card. (Refer to the California Driver Handbook.) An acceptable BD/LP or true full name document is one produced by an issuing authority (i.e., county, state, etc.). This document is a certified copy of the original (the original is always retained by the issuing authority) and will contain an impressed seal or an original stamped impression. The certified copy will be returned to you. If you make a copy of the certified copy, DMV will not accept it for BD/ LP verification. • Your social security card (cannot be laminated), Medicare card, or U.S. Armed Forces active, retired, or reserve DD2 form for an original CDL. The document must contain your name and social security number (SSN). Your SSN will be verified with the Social Security Administration while you are in the office. - 4 - • A Certificate of Driving Skill (DL 170 ETP) if your employer is authorized by DMV to issue such certificates. Both you and your employer sign this form. • The applicable fee. This fee is good for 12 months from the application date. You are allowed three attempts to pass the written knowledge test and a total of three attempts to pass the entire road test (pre-trip inspection, skills, and driving test) on a single application. If you fail any portion of the road test (pre-trip inspection, skills, or driving test), it will count as one failure towards the maximum three attempts you are allowed. Example: Failing the pre-trip inspection, skills test, and driving test counts as a three-time failure (or any failure combination equaling three). However, if you are required to take a driving test for separate types of vehicles (Class A or passenger transport vehicle), you are allowed three driving tests for the Class A vehicle and three driving tests for the passenger transport vehicle. If you fail the skills test or the road test there will be a $30 retest fee charged upon your return to take the commercial driving test. required testing You must take and pass vision, knowledge (law), and performance (pre-trip, skills, and driving, if required) tests to get your original CDL and/or endorsements or to upgrade to a different class of license. Law and vision tests may be required for renewals. A driving test is required: • For an original CDL. • To remove a restriction placed on your license because of vehicle size or equipment. • To add a “P” or “S” endorsement. • To renew a CDL expired for more than two years.
fees suBjeCt to legislative Change eaCh january 1. If the class of license is… and the application type is… the fee is… commercial class A or B commercial class c an original—no prior California DL (with/without a driving test) ..................... $66 an original—prior California DL (with/without a driving test) .......................... $66 to remove a restriction(s) imposed due to vehicle size or equipment ............ $66 to add a passenger transport endorsement ................................................... $66 a driving or skill retest fee .............................................................................. $30 a renewal ....................................................................................................... $39 a renewal by mail or internet .......................................................................... $39 add an endorsement other than PV ............................................................... $39 add noncommercial Class A to a Class B ...................................................... $39 add Class M1/M2 ........................................................................................... $39 a duplicate ..................................................................................................... $29 a name change .............................................................................................. $25 an original—prior California DL (with/without a driving test) .......................... $39 a renewal ....................................................................................................... $39 a renewal by mail or internet .......................................................................... $39 add an endorsement not requiring a driving test ........................................... $39 remove an air brake restriction ...................................................................... $39 a duplicate ..................................................................................................... $29 a driving or skill retest fee .............................................................................. $30 a name change .............................................................................................. $25 The CDL law tests are: • General Knowledge Test, for all Class A, B, and commercial C applicants. • Air Brakes Test, if you operate vehicles with air brakes. • Combination Vehicles Test, if you drive Class A combination vehicles. • Passenger Transport Vehicle Test, if you transport passengers. • Hazardous Materials Test, if you transport hazardous materials or wastes requiring placards. • Tank Vehicle Test, if you transport liquids in bulk (including cement mixers). • Doubles/Triples Test, if you pull double or triple trailers. (Triple trailers are illegal in California.) • The School Bus test is required if you want to drive a school bus. • Firefighter Endorsement Test, to operate firefighting equipment. (Not required but optional for commercial class A or B license holders). Note: Your law and/or endorsement test(s) will not be returned to you. You may take the law test at any DMV office. Office hours vary. Please go online at www.dmv.ca.gov or call 1-800-777-0133 to make an appointment. - 5 -
Page 1 and 2: California CommerCial Driver HanDbo
Page 3 and 4: cAlIFORnIA DRIVeR lIcenSe clASSeS
Page 5 and 6: SectIOn 1: IntRODuctIOn ...........
Page 7 and 8: The California Commercial Motor Veh
Page 9: hOW tO get A cDl Apply at CHP offic
Page 13 and 14: Driving test. You drive on a DMV-sp
Page 15 and 16: hazardous materials endorsement BaC
Page 17 and 18: Heavier vehicles with a GVWR more t
Page 19 and 20: length of vehiCle/loads-single vehi
Page 21 and 22: • Exceptions: — the gross weigh
Page 23 and 24: ight lane rule Vehicles listed in C
Page 25 and 26: California law states that you must
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Page 29 and 30: This section contains general knowl
Page 31 and 32: • Automatic transmission fluid le
Page 33 and 34: Right Side • Right front: check a
Page 35 and 36: Get in the Vehicle • Turn off lig
Page 37 and 38: BaCking With a trailer Backing with
Page 39 and 40: Road conditions. Look for hills and
Page 41 and 42: If you must stop on the road or the
Page 43 and 44: • Bridges. When the temperature d
Page 45 and 46: smaller than yours, it can probably
Page 47 and 48: are turning into a multilane street
Page 49 and 50: DRIVIng In FOg The best advice for
Page 51 and 52: If coolant has to be added to a sys
Page 53 and 54: traffic conditions to trap you in a
Page 55 and 56: • Weaving across the road or drif
Page 57 and 58: • Avoid eye contact. • Ignore g
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If the lamp stays on after the bulb
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FIReS Vehicle fires can cause damag
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What is Considered a drink? It is t
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• You drift between lanes, tailga
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This section is about cargo safety.
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Cargo should have two tiedowns in t
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SectIOn 4: tRAnSPORtIng PASSengeRS
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Bus interior Always check the inter
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If you are driving a 40 foot bus at
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SectIOn 5: AIR BRAkeS This section
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drum Brakes Drum brakes (foundation
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spring Brakes All trucks, truck tra
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The trailer air supply control on n
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All vehicles built since 1994 have
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Check rate of air pressure buildup.
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emergenCy stops Controlled braking.
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This section provides information n
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ear of your vehicle close to the cu
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trailer air tanks Each trailer and
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*Air Compressor Governor Cut-In Pre
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Step 3. Position tractor • Direct
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unCoupling traCtor/semitrailer The
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This section has information you wi
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Connect the converter dolly to the
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DOuBleS/tRIPleS AIR BRAke check Che
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This section has information needed
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unBaffled tanks Smooth bore (or unb
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SectIOn 9: hAzARDOuS mAteRIAlS/WASt
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• Certifies on a shipping paper t
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Identification Numbers May Be Displ
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“RQ” m eans that this is a repo
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Other clues suggesting hazardous ma
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You do not need EXPLOSIVES 1.5, OXI
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Class or Division Explosives 1.1 an
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FeDeRAl DRIVIng AnD PARkIng RuleS d
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tire CheCks The driver of a placard
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Never continue driving with hazardo
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hAzARD clASS and DIVISIOn CLASS 1
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hAzARDOuS mAteRIAlS WARnIng lABelS
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You should be thoroughly familiar w
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loading proCedures • Students sho
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• Mechanical/operational problems
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There is also a no passing zone sig
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AntIlOck BRAkIng SyStemS vehiCles r
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SectIOn 11: PRe-tRIP teSt This sect
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Coolant Temperature Gauge • Start
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suspension Springs/Air/Torque • L
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ear of vehiCle Splash Guards • If
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cOAch/tRAnSIt BuS passenger items P
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tyPIcAl tRuck OR cOmBInAtIOn VehIcl
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SectIOn 12: BASIc VehIcle cOntROl S
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SectIOn 13: DRIVIng teSt This secti
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stop/start For this maneuver, you w
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Bulk packaging—a packaging, inclu
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Infectious substances or etiologic
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