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These guides are here to help students and faculty. Information includes:
- Videos Both Fun and Instructional
- Reliable Websites to Support One’s Program of Study / Field
- Terminologies, Blogs, Tutorials, Professional Organizations, & More
CDL Tools & Resources
- 18 wheeler truck drives through 5 foot flood18 wheeler goes above the headlights through a flooded creek and makes it.
- BigRigTalkA vlog recorded by Jerry Ott from Canda about truck driving and various things he sees while on the road.
- Driver Fails at Low Bridge U-Turn - USA TruckDriver attempts a U-Turn instead of backing out from a low bridge situation. This folks is why you don't depend solely on your GPS!
- How NOT to drive! 2 [Euro Truck Simulator 2]Second montage in "How NOT to drive", this time showing more irresponsible drivers in ETS2 Multiplayer.
- Rudi DueckI'm Rudi, Man from Bolivia. and I live in Manitoba Canada I document and make videos (vlog) about my Trucking life on the road things I see and things that happen on the road sometimes there are funny things happening on the road and sometimes there are stupid things no matter what it is I document it via video.
- Truck Driving Safety: Night VisionYour vision accounts for 90% of your reaction time, so driving at night can be dangerous with all the other people out on the road. So here's a brief clip from our night driving lesson for CDL truck drivers on staying safe while driving at night.
- Trucker in a hurry (Drives through Flood)Is this a good idea? Well, some OTR drivers will do just about anything to make the delivery on time!
- Trucker Josh VLOGSI'm Josh, a simple man from Manitoba Canada. I document and video blog (vlog) about my life and situations I find myself in on a day to day basis. Hit that subscribe button and follow me and my dog Diesel on our daily journey travelling across all North America.
- American Diabetes AssociationThis page discusses CDL and how diabetes affects the interstate and intrastate driving.
- National Association of the DeafThis page discusses CDL and how those that are deaf and hard of hearing can obtain an excemption from the DOT and become a driver.
To obtain your CDL, you must take a 50 question knowledge test plus a section for each endorsement you wish to obtain. The endorsements are as follows:
- H (Hazardous Materials or Hazmat) - 30 questions
- T (Double/Triple Trailer) - 20 questions
- N (Tank or Tanker) - 20 questions
- P (Passenger - 16 or more people including the driver) - 20 questions
- S (School Bus) - 20 questions
- Department of Motor VehiclesAccording the Federal Department of Motor Vehicles, commercial driver's licenses come in three classes: A, B and C. This site describes what Class A, B and C mean
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CMV CLASS |
DESCRIPTION |
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Class A |
Any vehicle with a semi-trailer or trailer with two or more axles. This group also includes any combination of vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 26,000 pounds, provided that the gross vehicle weight rating of the towed vehicle is in excess of 10,000 pounds. |
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Class B |
Any Heavy Straight Vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 26,000 pounds is classified in Group B, as well as any vehicle towing another vehicle not in excess of 10,000 pounds. |
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Class C |
Any vehicle that is designed to transport 16 or more passengers (including the driver) or is used in the transportation of materials classified as hazardous in the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act. |
These files are in PDF format. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader, open link below to download Adobe Reader on your computer:
Documentation for CDL
- Interstate Truck Driver's Guide to Hours of ServiceThis is the FMCSA's guide to the Hours of Service for truck drivers.
- Medical Exam FormFederally required medical form.
- TSA FeesInformation on TSA Hazmat Background Check fees.
- State Transportaion Web sitesThis site lists department of transportation for each state.
- FMCSA - State OverviewThis site includes standards and license requirements.
- FMCSA-Commercial Driver's License ProgramFrequently asked questions
- FMCSA - Hours of ServiceThe final rule of Hours of Service
- FMCSA - Overview of Drug and Alcohol RulesOverview of Drug and Alcohol Rules
- FMCSA - International ProgramsCovers all international rules and regulations
- Longhauler USAThis site lists Truck Associations and Descriptions
- State Trucking AssociationsETJ has listed the professional organizations in each state with their contact information.
- OOIDA - Glossary and Dictionary of Trucking TermsFrom the OOIDA Foundation
- Trucking Terminology - CDL Training TodayA list of terms with their definition
Blogs
- Highway HagsHedon and Stace are two women who drive for an un-named trucking company and have a very interesting blog online. In other words, trucking from a very female perspective.
- Life as a trucker.comTrucking life blog is updated with questions and posts about trucking lifestyle, trucking jobs, trucking schools, relationship challenges and other truck driving related information. There is also a RSS feed for this page.
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