If you renounce your United States citizenship, you will be denied a hazardous materials endorsement.
The minimum number of days you can lose your CDL if you have committed two serious traffic violations within a three-year period involving a CMV is 60 days.
The minimum number of days you can lose your CDL if you have committed three serious traffic violations within a three-year period involving a CMV is 120 days.
You will lose your CDL for at least one year if it is your first offense and you are caught operating a CMV with a blood alcohol concentration that is 0.04% or higher.
You will lose your CDL for at least one year if you have committed two violations of an out-of-service order in a ten-year period.
If you are transporting any amount of hazardous materials, you must inspect for proper papers and placarding.
Vehicles should be equipped with emergency equipment. This equipment should be a fire extinguisher, spare electrical fuses (if the vehicle uses them) and warning devices for parked vehicles.
Rust around lug nuts may indicate the nuts are loose.
As you drive your commercial vehicle through long sections of road construction, you should remember to watch your speedometer and maintain a slow pace.
Overloading your vehicle can have bad effects on your steering, braking and speed control.
Commercial drivers need to be familiar with a number of abbreviations. GCW is one of them and it stands for Gross Combination Weight.
Blocking is used in the front, back and/or sides of a piece of cargo to keep it from sliding
The tire load is the maximum safe weight a tire can carry at a specified pressure.
When you are securing cargo, blocking and bracing are used to prevent cargo movement.
If you discover a fire while you are transporting hazardous materials and the trailer doors feel hot, you should not open the doors.
The most common cargo tank for gases for MC331.
You should never smoke around Class 1 (Explosives), Class 2.1 (Flammable Gas), Class 3 (Flammable Liquids) and Class 4 (Flammable Solids).
Containment rules are rules that instruct the driver in loading, transporting and unloading hazardous materials.
Bulk packaging is a single container with a capacity of 119 gallons or more of hazardous materials.
You should check the brake chambers, brake hoses and drum brakes for cracks.
The minimum tread depth for tires is 4/32 steering axle tires.
All of the inspection tests will include an engine start and an in-cab inspection.
It's important that the battery box of your vehicle does not show signs of excessive corrosion.
It's important for a school bus driver to ensure the emergency exits are undamaged, operating smoothly and able to close securely from the inside.
A 12-ounce glass of 5% beer has the same amount of alcohol as a 5-ounce glass of 12% wine.
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