CDL Practice Test

I have a poor opinion of the written materials,....I wrote the State Office { Texas } and do not have a reply - for about 10-% of the questions including "stab-braking" I know what actually happens in fact but could not figure out what wording was wanted, the term is obvious, so should be the answer

whoever wrote these questions either does not drive or should not drive

 

I saw it on the actual DPS test that I had to pass at the testing time, there is something about it also in the .pdf study manual for TX

 

that will be archaic as most equipment has A.B.S. [ not arguing - it needs to be cleaned up on the state materials ]

 

The Texas CDL tests have more than one error. It askes the minuimum tread depth for the drive tires. My answer was of course 2/32... according to the test the correct answer is 4/32 which we all know of course is the correct answer for the steer tires. When I pointed this out to the local DPS personnel I was onformed that the drive tires ARE the steer tires because those are the ones the driver controls so they sre driving the vehicle. The scary part is these are the same ones ho did the road tests...

 

My current state manual is out in the truck, but if you flip it over on the back it says it's prepared by the "Association of Motor vehicle Administrators", or close to that. So are all the other manuals for all the other states I have seen. They use the same format, wording, page arrangement, and their tests use the same questions. Some of those questions are not well worded and the occasional question is just wrong. Additionally, they devote too much space in the manual to things like wig wags and front brake limiters that perhaps are of historic importance but don't need to be on a test for folks entering the world of modern transportation. They know they have errors and outdated material, but it's the government, they can't just fix it. To the OP: you'll do fine on your exams.

 

they still have wig wags on school buses don't they

 

Wow. Just wow. Scary indeed.