Crossing State Lines With CDL Permit

Must be an insurance policy then as @Ridgeline posted, because I've always been told it's not legal, so now I know the truth.

 

That's something of a misnomer. When I was a trainer it was common to have a recent graduate with a temporary CDL license. We had to route to his or her home to pick up the permanent license or have it sent to us before the temporary license expired.

If mega carriers today are pushing for team training on a permit as a change in the law, then that is wrong.

 

I am guessing that since the mega's all have student drivers with commercial permits running the 48 states, driving with a permit is an everyday occurrence, just make sure there is a licensed driver in the passenger seat that has a license which is valid for the vehicle and cargo being transported.

 

Not that I am aware of. Trainees already received their CDL after graduating from school. They have temporary CDL's until their permanent CDL arrives in the mail.

 

Yes, in my own experience the carriers accepted my permit on their insurance policy. Regarding comments that mega carriers have trainees with only a permit, I highly doubt that.

 

when I was in school I drove all the time from NC to SC with just permit and instructor in passenger seat.

 

Thats what i heard too. But i havent read the letter of the law just word of mouth

 

I drove interstate on a permit back in '03. My trainer was always in the jumpseat. Can't say he was always awake but he was always in the seat.

Is that across the board now? When I passed the test, I seem to recall the examiner gave me a sheet which I took straight to the BMV. Walked out with a shiny new license that day.

 

It would depend on the state. California promised to send mine within three weeks, but it arrived in a week.

Folks that get their CDL at a mega school often take the test and get their temporary license in another state, then have to transfer the class A license to their home state.

 

Most carriers and their policies do not/cannot have a driver exclusion as broad as "No driver without a CDL". Individual driver exclusions are hard enough to make stick in some states, so unless a policy is a named driver policy all have "permissive user" wording to allow for the new, not reported driver.

Do we WANT to know about every driver before they start driving.....of course, but the typical situation we see is a e-mail advising us of a newly hired driver.....a day to weeks after the fact, and then we ask for mvr etc and then come back and say yea or nay.

When they try to run a "new" cdl on us that way, we send our additional premium notice along with the exclusion and let the owner make his mind up