Commercial Driver Handbook ( PDF ) - California Department of ...

serious traffiC violations
Serious traffic violations include:
• Excessive speeding (15 mph or more above
the posted speed limit).
• Reckless driving.
• Improper or erratic lane changes.
• Following a vehicle too closely.
• Traffic offenses committed in a CMV in connection
with fatal traffic collisions.
• Driving a CMV without obtaining a CDL.
• Having a CDL in the driver’s possession, and
driving a CMV without the proper class of
CDL and/or endorsements.
You will lose your CDL for at least:
• 60 days if you commit two serious traffic
violations within a three-year period involving
a CMV.
• 120 days for three or more serious traffic
violations within a three-year period involving
a CMV.
violation or out-of-serviCe orders
You will lose your CDL for at least:
• 90 days for your first conviction of an out-ofservice
order.
• One year for two convictions of an out-ofservice
order in a ten-year period.
• Three years for three or more convictions of
an out-of-service order in a ten-year period.
violation of hands free or texting
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You will lose your CDL:
• For at least 60 days for your second violation
of the cell phone hands free or texting law,
within a 3 year period, and receive one point
on your driving record.
• For at least 120 days for your third and subsequent
violations of the cell phone hands free or
texting law, within a 3 year period, and receive
one point on your driving record.
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railroad-highWay grade Crossing
violations
You will lose your CDL for at least:
• 60 days for your first conviction.
• 120 days for your second conviction within a
three-year period.
• One year for your third conviction within a
three-year period.
These violations include violation of a federal,
state, or local law or regulation pertaining to one
of the following six offenses at a railroad-highway
grade crossing for:
• Drivers who are not required to always stop,
failing to stop before reaching the crossing if
the tracks are not clear.
• Drivers who are not required to always stop,
failing to slow down and check that the tracks
are clear of an approaching train.
• Drivers who are always required to stop, failing
to stop before driving onto the crossing
• All drivers failing to have sufficient space to
drive completely through the crossing without
stopping.
• All drivers failing to obey a traffic control
device or the directions of an enforcement
official at the crossing.
• All drivers failing to negotiate a crossing
because of insufficient undercarriage clearance.