Cdl no longer valid because of a lapse of 6 months and no medical card in Virginia.

First I've heard of that; must just be Virginia.
Easiest way is to do a refresher course then you should be ok. Some cdl schools have refresher and some trucking companies have refresher. The most difficult part at the dmv for most people is doing the pre-trip inspection. Some states are real jerks about that and flunk drivers for simple things such as calling an air pressure indicator an air pressure guage or calling a line a hose or visa versa.

 

We had a driver that went 13 months without self certifiing, his med card and cdl were still valid. Dmv said had either of those expired he would have lost his cdl. He got lucky

 

Must depend on the state. Another driver on here just had to do a new physical and the renewed his cdl. His physical had been expired for several years.

 

From what my buddy said it could have gone either way. He had to wait 2 days to talk to the head supervisor. The underlings said he would most likely lose it and have to retest. The supervisor said since his cdl was still valid and since he had a gooded card, he was only guilty of ignorance of the self certification program. Not trying to get around anything... technically 6 months without self certifiing (you can certifiy that you wont maintain a health card) and you lose your cdl. They are working towards a system where in you dont require a hard card, once the system is full up and running, you get your physical, the doctor goes on the dmv site, enters you dl, and puts in the expiration and restrictions, and your good to go. If you self certify that you dont need a health card at the dmv, they put a digital restriction in your file that says as much. The current program is a stepping stone to this fully integrated plan.

 

Did they clip you card? If not id try a different dmv, talk to a supervisor rather than a regular person, never know...

 

There are two tiers to CDL. Im grandfathered in my state meaning Im no good for T1 commerce of any kind, instate over state lines etc Nothing. I can maybe drive a TT on a farm or as a carnie and that's it. Nothing.

Tier two is for those without any medical card in sight. Those are special sworn affidavit filed to Uncle Sam for purpose of being called up to haul dead bodies by truckload if we ever suffer a castrosphe in the United States like a nuclear strike, Yellowstone, Cascades quake or asterord etc. That phone will ring.

That is one reason I finally turned in my cdl not long ago. THAT plus medical reasons due to the schedule III and II medicines I have to take. Dont need a federal case of it when I miss a stop sign or speed.

The one thing I have not looked into is a private A. That will be a bridge to cross when I get there.