Just some of the stupid things I see
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by dieselbear, Jan 31, 2010.
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IMO, this lulls a lot of drivers into thinking they fell between the cracks, but it will catch up with them sooner or later.
If you have anything questionable or outstanding regarding your driving record in any state, it would be helpful to check check the NDR database and see what they have on you. This can be done free of charge here:
http://www.nhtsa.gov/Data/National+Driver+Register
"You are entitled, under the provisions of the Privacy Act, to request a file search to see if you have a record on the NDR. As a private citizen, you must send a notarized letter commonly referred to as a privacy act request to the NDR indicating that you would like an NDR file check. Individuals should send their request to the National Driver Register, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20590. Please include in your request your full legal name, DOB, State and Driver License Number, Sex, Height, Weight, and Eye Color (your social security number is optional). There is no charge for this service."Last edited: Aug 13, 2011
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I routinely run driver's in all 50 states to see if they are suspended or revoked anywhere in the US. You would be surprised how many disqualified driver's I find on a daily basis. If any State suspends or revokes a driver, regardless if their license is valid, the are disqualified as a CMV driver until that suspension or revocation has been lifted and thus out of service per the OOS criteria.
391.15 Disqualification of drivers.
(a) General. A driver who is disqualified shall not drive a commercial motor vehicle. A motor carrier shall not require or permit a driver who is disqualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle. (b) Disqualification for loss of driving privileges. (1) A driver is disqualified for the duration of the driver's loss of his/her privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle on public highways, either temporarily or permanently, by reason of the revocation, suspension, withdrawal, or denial of an operator's license, permit, or privilege, until that operator's license, permit, or privilege is restored by the authority that revoked, suspended, withdrew, or denied it. (2) A driver who receives a notice that his/her license, permit, or privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle has been revoked, suspended, or withdrawn shall notify the motor carrier that employs him/her of the contents of the notice before the end of the business day following the day the driver received it.
Code of Federal Regulations346
(c) Disqualification for criminal and other offenses(1) General rule. A driver who is convicted of (or forfeits bond or collateral upon a charge of) a disqualifying offense specified in paragraph (c)(2) of this section is disqualified for the period of time specified in paragraph (c)(3) of this section, if (i) The offense was committed during on-duty time as defined in §395.2(a) of this subchapter or as otherwise specified; and(ii) The driver is employed by a motor carrier or is engaged in activities that are in furtherance of a commercial enterprise in interstate, intrastate, or foreign commerce;
Here's the interpretation:
Question 3: Is a driver holding a valid drivers license from his or her home State but whose privilege to drive in another State has been suspended or revoked, disqualified from driving by §391.15(b)?
Guidance: Yes, the driver would be disqualified from interstate operations until his privileges are restored by the authority that suspended or revoked them, provided the suspension resulted from a driving violation. It is immaterial that he holds a valid license from another State. All licensing actions should be accomplished through the CDLIS or the controlling interstate compact.
Question 10: Is a driver who possesses a valid commercial drivers license (CDL) issued by their State of residence, but who is suspended by another State for reasons unrelated to the violation of a motor vehicle traffic control law, disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in accordance with provisions of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations?
Guidance: Yes. Currently, both section 383.5, which defines the term disqualification as it applies to drivers required to have a CDL, and section 391.15, which applies to other CMV drivers subject to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, include the suspension of a persons license or privilege to drive as an action requiring that person to be disqualified from operating a CMV. Neither of these regulatory provisions limit such suspensions to those imposed by the State where the driver is licensed, nor do these regulations specify the grounds upon which a suspension must be based.Injun and RenegadeTrucker Thank this. -
I figured that was the case, when I started driving 8 years ago I ran with a blow hard who insisted that if you just didn't go to a state and waited for the statue of limitations to run out that you would be fine and that it would never show up on your record.
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Mr. DieselBear while we are playing questions and answers, have you come across anyone running any of the electronic logging programs yet, and what is your take on them?
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About 15 years ago (before I got my CDL) I picked up a speeding ticket in northern Nebraska... figured I'd just sneak around Nebraska and it wouldn't be a problem. After awhile I got a nice letter from Colorado (where my license is from) asking me to take care of it, unless I'd care to start walking!
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And that one I paid because well I was being young and stupid doing about twice the speed limit. I made an agreement with the judge not to get in any more trouble and it got cleared when I turned 18.
The thing that does make me mad though is that the 2 tickets I have gotten have been total BS, one was a seat belt ticket I was pulled over and issued, even though I was wearing it, which I beat. The other one of our more *ahem* "outstanding" highway patrolmen gave me a ticket for being pointed the wrong direction on the interstate when picking up an F-350 (was on the shoulder with all the emergency lighting going) Which was thrown out.
Oh, and I get did a seat belt ticket when driving a truck with no seat belts. but that was because I had to go to class or lose credit, and had just lost my job, so no more company truck, I had to pay that one. -
I've only ever had two moving violations in my life: I blew a stop sign a quarter mile in front of a CHP officer, in the middle of the desert, in a bright red Toyota 4x4. Yeah. Not getting out of that one. I paid it. That was 1995. Then I got a VBR 71/55 in Oregon. The OSP guy was going to let me slide on that one until he leaned over and saw my passenger, a childhood friend's husband who carpooled with me to work. He was a Black guy. I got the ticket. Not worth fighting it, so I paid it with a nasty letter to the judge. Half of the fine was returned to me. That was 1998.
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