DMV messed up

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  1. Dmaez12

    Dmaez12 Bobtail Member

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    I recently got my CDl, I tested in an automatic but the DMV didnt put the E Restriction ON it! what should i do?
     
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  3. LoSt_AgAiN

    LoSt_AgAiN Heavy Load Member

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    What is an E restriction? Auto?
     
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  4. Dmaez12

    Dmaez12 Bobtail Member

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    Yes, i tested in the automatic and i was supposed to have the E (automatic) restriction on the license but the DMV didnt put it
     
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  5. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    As much as it blows, you need to treat it as it does have the e restriction. Call the DMV to verify their records.
    The reason is, there has been a fair few times a drivers that have gone out for 2-3 weeks, came home to find a letter from the DMV revoking their licenses until they can get to the DMV to get a new one with the correct restriction.
    And you definitely don't want to find out your license has been revoked while sitting at the scale house.
     
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  6. Dmaez12

    Dmaez12 Bobtail Member

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    That Makes sense, i wasnt sure if it was a good thing that they messed up an would be free to drive either auto or manual but now that you say, i wouldnt want to have it revoked!
     
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  7. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Personally, I wouldn't do anything about it.
    Several drivers on this forum had the same thing happen and didn't say anything.
    One of them landed a high paying job driving stick shift trucks. He told the terminal manager he had only driven automatics and the terminal manager said, "No problem, we'll put you with a trainer to teach you." Now he has a high paying line haul job and home every day.
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    meaning and origin of ‘don’t look a gift horse in the mouth’
    meaning and origin of ‘don’t look a gift horse in the mouth’
    · From The English Rogue (London, 1674), by Richard Head (circa 1637-circa 1686) and Francis Kirkman (1632- circa 1680) The phrase don’t look a gift horse in the mouth means don’t find fault with something that you have discovered or been given.
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  8. Moose1958

    Moose1958 Road Train Member

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    DMV clerks are human just like the rest of us mere mortals. If you are already driving an auto shifter I would just ignore it as @Chinatown suggested. I am not privy to any internal checks within the system so I can't advise you on that. I will say as long as your CDL is legit even if you are contacted all they will do is add the restriction at a later date. I would NOT attempt to operate a manual for a while. I would also let the DMV be the one to contact you! In the meantime just stay ignorant about that mistake!
     
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  9. Wasted Thyme

    Wasted Thyme Road Train Member

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    Also. What state? Florida doesn't put it on any license.
     
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  10. Dmaez12

    Dmaez12 Bobtail Member

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  11. Ridgeline

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    Yeah call them ASAP!

    I had the state mess my license up, reverted to a class b with no hazmat then to no cdl at all within a month while I was working local with no notice, my insurance company sent me an alert and it was a mess to fix.

    It took me a month after meeting with SoS management several times with proof of my license.
     
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