DOT card

Do you mean your DOT physical card?

 

The medical examiner's certificate is required for any commercial motor vehicle with a GVWR of 10,001 pounds or more.

Be safe.

 

Some states require you to have your med card no matter what you drive. I'm lucky that I don't need to do that so since I'm retired I do not need to have the physical every two years. The only way you're going to know for sure is to call the DMV and ask the CDL people there if you need your med card while driving a non commercial vehicle.

 

I dunno about you but mine is in my wallet all the time. I find it no reason why should take it out. And if I did and went back to work I would forget about it and not have my dot card. lol. that would suck.

 

I don't know about any another state...but in Cali...a commercial driver even while driving a POV, must not only surrender his DL but, also his medical card at a traffic stop..... I know this because I was pulled over for going 5 over in Chino some 8 years ago in my pick-up...
Also....any conviction in a POV is doubled (as in not just one point for a speeding violation, but two....if convicted...)......and a BAC greater than .04 will get you in cuffs...even in your POV......

As a CDL holder....you are held to a higher standard at all times....

Again...that's what it is like in the wonderful land of Wackos and Illegals....

 

Mike stated the federal laws . Any state can set their own rules . I worked for a company that used F-350 SRW Crew Cabs with a 10,000 lb. GVW to transport crews . The drivers didn't require a medical card unless they pulled a trailer . That company had their own very strict points system . I had a CDL but when I got a ticket they disqualified me from driving a CMV for a year . My CDL wasn't affected but they wouldn't renew my physical so for several months I didn't have a medical card . I asked for it to be renewed so I could pull trailers but they denied the request . Then when the year was up and they needed CMV's moved they asked me to get the physical . It took me over a month to get around to doing it .

 

Working Class Patriot:

If a driver is disqualifed for a .04 in their POV it is due to a state rule, not a federal rule. If a driver is operating a CMV while off-duty with a BAC of .04 or more the interpretation indicates the DUI is valid at .04.

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.asp?chunkKey=090163348002386d

While the FMCSR indicates a driver must be disqualified for a refusal to test or receiving a DUI in a non-CMV, the FMCSR does not identify the BAC for the conviction.

IMHO question 4 is obsolete as Part 383.51 clearly states non-CMV DUIs or refusals to test will result in a driver being disqualified for one year.

Carriers may have rules that are more restictive than the federal rules and I imagine the same applies to state laws; however, in the strictest since a carrier cannot "disqualify a driver." The carrier may not allow the driver to operate CMVs but that does not mean the driver is disqualified:

Be safe.