Errors on the CDL practice test

Which question is wrong? I had a question about hauling hazmat without endorsement saying it's "never" which I think you can haul if it's small amount I believers under 1000 pounds and require no placard

 

The Hazmat question is a TRICK question! It reads something like, Do you need a CDL with a Hazmat endorsement to haul *all* Hazmat loads. The answer is, no, because you can haul certain Hazmat in a car or small truck.

The "errors" that most people find are either trick questions, or state specific. You can practice with online tests, but you better know your state laws and rules before you take a test in person!

 

So the answer is YES, you can transport without a CDL! Bio-med products, ammo and all kinds of Hazmat travel the highways in small quantities all day long!

 

That's not entirely true. The way a hazmat is packaged can be the difference between placards or no.

I used to haul material handling equipment. If I was hauling batteries by themselves, I'd need a corrosive placard if over 1000 lbs. BUT - if those same batteries were installed on the towmotors - no placard.

I just pulled a load - 36k of flammable 3 - no placards. After googling the exception listed on the BOL, my feeble brain deduced from the legal speak that the way the material was packaged excepted it from placarding. Don't believe me? Stop on into the Morehead, KY coop and ask the LEO who level II'd me while I was under that load.

And just to be clear; you do not need a hazmat endorsement to pull a non placarded hazmat load. I've done it plenty. There are lots of other exceptions also, I was just using this as an example that weight is not the only factor on wether or not a load requires placards.

 

Hey Admin

Off the top of my head I know one of the questions on the HM test here still lists the 2hour/100 miles for a tire check. In Ohio at least, it's now 'every time you stop'.

Might be that there are other states where 2hour/100 miles is still the right answer but I thought I'd throw that out there.

The tests here are a great tool, but it's always best to grab the manual and read through it a few times just to pass the test. You'll learn far far more about the HM regs after pulling just a few loads of the stuff than you ever will taking a 30 question test.

 

The type of vehicle you transport haz-mat in has no bearing on needing a haz-mat endorsement, a placardable quantity even in a car would require a cdl-c with haz-mat, this is why all the UPS and FedEx drivers have haz-mat even to drive the little vans that do not need a cdl otherwise. The trick to the question is ORM-D, consumer quantities, for example a trailer load of 1 gallon bottles of bleach is ORM-D but put the same 40,000 pounds of bleach in bulk packaging and it is corrosive. The packaging makes as much of a difference as does the specific material.

Yes, some states may tweak the questions a little bit but all the cdl exams in the US are based on the same guide developed for the US DOT back in the late 80's and put into service in 1992, but some states have adjusted their questions to fit their local laws, still in compliance with the intent of the Federal system, just more stringent.

 

You sir are wrong. Anyone can cary up to 1000 lbs of any hazmat without any endorsment or placard in any vehicle