CDL Changes Proposed

Well I certainly like this part of it anyhow!

 

Watch them say we all have to go back and re-test to keep our licenses!
lol, would it surprise you?

 

i wish rag heads would not have CDLS

 

Oh Really ??? Does the DOT or Congress even have the authority?

Try this on for size (link provided), if you like that idea. Let's see just how far they get with the bill.

Want more? Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-raids10apr10,1,298889.story?track=rss

 

Yup and they should add to that English speaking drivers only!!!

 

Yup, heard about that today Mayor Antonio "Viva la Raza" won't be happy until the whole western US is returned to Mexico..after all, we bad Americans stole it from Mexico

 

Cybergal, your top link did not work..for me anyways

 

Ron - you have PDF (adobe acrobat reader) installed? the link came up fine for me.

As for the listed changes, I think the only one I might have a quibble with is the first one - knowledge AND skills before you get your permit? This is coming across more like the waiting period for guns than anything reasonable for a CDL.

The way I read it, I'd have to go to school (or some kind of training), and pass all the range tests before I can get a CLP, then I'd have to get my road training in. So.. if we keep with the PDTI guidelines, I'd have 30 days in which to cram my 20 hours of on-street driving. 30 days in which I can NOT drive without an *awake* co-driver.

Actually, now that I think on it a bit more, it seems that what they're doing is trying incorporate the on-street training with the "training" and "orientation" trucking companies require. I don't think I want to even consider the problems with that.

As for the english requirement (or, no translators), I fully agree with that provision, too. Each and every highway sign in the US is in English. Each and every DOT officer speaks English. 99% of all business in this country is conducted in English. To be .. bad, English is the lingua franca of the United States. If you can't communicate well enough to pass a driving test, you should NOT be driving a CMV.

(in fairness, any US drivers going to Mexico (for instance) should have passable command of Spanish)