Autonomous Vehicle Test Operator

What's an "AZ Class" License? Wouldn't they require a CDL Class A?

 

It isn't an endorsement in most of Canada either. In fact, I think Ontario is the only jurisdiction with the AZ designation. Air brakes are inherent in a Class 1; meaning, you can't have a Class 1 without air brakes. So, no air brake endorsement on my licence. Every other class does get the endorsement if they have air brakes, like my wife's Class 2, for example.

We don't have CDLs either. Just one licence, so you can have a Class 1 for 50 years without ever having driven a truck or commercially.

 

In Alberta its a "Q" endorsement. With a Class 1 they never used to show the "Q" on the license as it was not possible to hold a Class 1 without having the air endorsement. My last renewal they put the Q on it so maybe they changed the rules recently.

 

They might have added that due to problems down south. The back of the licence has always showed the legend for the codes, so it shows that Q is for air brakes, but nowhere on a Class 1 did it say you had air brakes.

Plus, we can adjust our brakes without an additional certificate.

 

Yeah I just renewed mine a few months back and it lists a Q endorsement on the front, right below the DL #

 

70k a year to be a real live crash dummy, I'll pass.