I am sitting 300 miles from my home state and I can not find my license. I have come to the conclusion they were thrown away this morning when I left(320 miles behind me)
Anyone know what the consequences, if any, and Im sure a fine would be in order, would be if caught without them on person?
I know my license number and exp. date by heart. I have been trying to call dispatch for the past half hour but it is Sunday and no one is answering.
(oh and no, my truck is not a mess)lol, well it kind of is now from searching everywhere.
Thanks
oh hell....need info, please
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by cruisecontrol, Nov 6, 2011.
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It really varies from state to state as to how they look at it. I'm not sure how it breaks down by state, but some may let you go with your info. Some give you a court date to show proof of a valid license at the time of the infraction. And some will actually arrest you.
Now seeing as you are driving a commercial vehicle I would think it to be mandatory to have it on you at all times and that any citations or penalties would be on the harsher side. Seeing as the company or person you drive for is supposed to have a copy of your current, valid license on file, I would deem it imperative to have them fax you a copy of that and get you home ASAP to get a new license. -
Table 2 item (7)
"Driving a CMV without a CDL in the driver's possession"
However, there is a footnote:
"Any individual who provides proof to the enforcement authority that issued the citation, by the date the individual must appear in court or pay any fine for such a violation, that the individual held a valid CDL on the date the citation was issued, shall not be guilty of this offense."
In other words, get routed through your home state to pick up a duplicate/replacement license ASAP...and if stopped before you are able to do so, provide the officer your license number and any other information he requires and explain the situation. You may still be issued a citation, based on the fact that your CDL is not in your possession. However, once you get the replacement license...possibly even a copy of your license history from the state showing any/all license activity (i.e. issue date, renewal dates, endorsement adds and drops, etc.) to prove you had a valid license on the day you were cited....then send a copy of that to the issuing state/agency and the ticket SHOULD be dropped.
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I hope you're not in Georgia, I was always told by my old safety director that if we were caught in GA without our license that we would be taken away in the car. Don't know the truth behind this but then again I've never tested fate, we were a larger company that operated a lot in that state and they put a lot of emphasis on this, so it must have happened somewhere along the line. Personally, I would not move until the situation is handled, or maybe the wife could meet you halfway? Just some thoughts.
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Thanks for the help...im still trying to get ahold of someone at the office.....anyone near Temple GA that wants to go dumpster diving at the Flying J..lol..j/k -
Im about ready to have the wife come all way down here to get me..I dont think this load is important enough to have to be delivered in the morning
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The preverbal "friend of a friend" got caught at the old Oak Grove scale house in Mo. and was arrested, had to have the issuing state provide proof of a valid license and pay a huge fine before they let him go. That was years ago though.
Bottom line, get one ASAP. -
Put it in the wind, drive the speed limit and stop worrying.
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It's Sunday, all the Ga coop are closed.
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