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- 156 - tyPIcAl PASSengeR tRAnSPORt VehIcle InSPectIOn guIDe STEP 1: Engine Compartment Fluids Belts and hoses Components STEP 2: Front of Vehicle Windshield Wipers Lights and reflectors STEP 3: Right Front Corner General condition Right front wheel Right outside mirror Front passenger door STEP 4: Right Side of Vehicle General condition Lights and reflectors Exit doors Fuel cap Fuel tank Exterior body Baggage compartment doors Right rear wheels STEP 5: Rear of Vehicle General condition Lights and reflectors Engine cover and inspection doors Bellows level Fluid leaks Exhaust STEP 6: Left Side of Vehicle General condition Lights and reflectors Exterior body Left rear wheels Battery box STEP 7: Left Front Corner General condition Left front wheel Left outside mirror STEP 8: Inside the Vehicle Fire extinguisher (if applicable) Emergency reflectors (if applicable) Passenger entry and exit door Emergency exits Interior lights Rear door interlock (if applicable) Seats Handrails STEP 9: Operator’s Cab Service brakes Gauges Parking brakes Horn Steering Mechanism Wiper operation Wheel chair lift & Mirrors tie downs (if applicable) Turn signals Driver’s seat belt Lights Passenger signals Heater/defroster Radio/PA system Sun visors Destination signs STEP 10: In Cab Brake Check Headlights, Signal & Clearance Lights Engine Start Passenger Items Engine Compartment Signal, Brake, and Clearance Lights Entry Area Front Suspension & Brake Front Wheel Fuel Tank Area Baggage Compartments Rear Wheels Rear Suspension & Brakes
SectIOn 12: BASIc VehIcle cOntROl SkIllS teSt This section will assist drivers taking the skills tests Three of the six following CDL skills tests are required. All directions for the skills tests will be given in the English language. This is pursuant to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations §§391.11 (b) (2) and 383.133 (c) (5). If you are unable to understand the instructions given in the English language after three times, the test will be counted as a failure. • Straight line backing. • Off-set backing right. • Off-set backing left. • Alley dock (driver side). • Parallel park (conventional). • Parallel park (sight side). These exercises are shown on the following page. ScORIng Your performance on the Basic Vehicle Controls Skills tests is scored by the Examiner. Errors occur anytime: • You pull-up to prevent crossing over a boundary for the skill. • You actually cross over a boundary line with any portion of the vehicle (except the mirrors.) • You leave the vehicle to check your progress. • The final position of the vehicle is not within the prescribed boundaries upon completion of the skill. exeRcISeS The examiner will give you specific instructions before each skill is attempted. The instructions will inform you of the skill objective and the parameters for the skill. You are expected to inform the examiner that your attempt at any skill is complete by sounding the vehicle horn and setting the parking brake. Straight line backing — You will back your vehicle 100 feet in a straight line between two rows of cones without touching or crossing over the exercise boundaries. Offset backing right — You will be asked to pull forward from a lane and stop at a barrier of cones. You will then back up so your vehicle is positioned in the lane to the right of the lane you pulled from. You must continue backing until the vehicle has cleared the forward set of cones with the front of the vehicle. Offset backing left — You will be asked to pull forward from a lane and stop at the barrier of cones. You will then back up so your vehicle is positioned in the lane to the left of the lane you pulled from. You must continue backing until the vehicle has cleared the forward set of cones with the front of the vehicle. Alley dock — You will be asked to back your vehicle from the sight side into an alley, bringing the rear of your vehicle or trailer within three feet of the rear of the alley without going beyond the exercise boundary. The final position of the vehicle must be within the exercise boundaries and within three feet of the rear boundary. Parallel park (sight side) — You will be asked to park in a parallel parking space that is on your left. You will drive past the space and back into the space getting the entire vehicle (tractor and trailer for Class A) completely into the space. The vehicle’s final position must be entirely within the exercise boundaries. Parallel park (conventional) — You will be asked to park in a parallel parking space that is on your right. You will drive past the space and back the entire vehicle (tractor and trailer for Class A) completely into the space. The vehicles final position must be entirely within the exercise boundaries. - 157 -
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California CommerCial Driver HanDbo
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cAlIFORnIA DRIVeR lIcenSe clASSeS
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SectIOn 1: IntRODuctIOn ...........
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The California Commercial Motor Veh
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hOW tO get A cDl Apply at CHP offic
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fees suBjeCt to legislative Change
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Driving test. You drive on a DMV-sp
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hazardous materials endorsement BaC
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Heavier vehicles with a GVWR more t
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length of vehiCle/loads-single vehi
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• Exceptions: — the gross weigh
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ight lane rule Vehicles listed in C
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California law states that you must
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A driver is disqualified from opera
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This section contains general knowl
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• Automatic transmission fluid le
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Right Side • Right front: check a
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Get in the Vehicle • Turn off lig
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BaCking With a trailer Backing with
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Road conditions. Look for hills and
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If you must stop on the road or the
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• Bridges. When the temperature d
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smaller than yours, it can probably
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are turning into a multilane street
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DRIVIng In FOg The best advice for
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If coolant has to be added to a sys
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traffic conditions to trap you in a
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• Weaving across the road or drif
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• Avoid eye contact. • Ignore g
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Brake failure on downgrades. Slow d
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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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