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christopherglenn wrote:
Incorrect driver's license info..[emoticon]ol Bombero-JC wrote:
....... but almost everyone thinks towing a trailer over 10k with a non class A license is legal - just because it is legal in their home state. Both are illegal by federal law, and some state laws. In California it is driving out of class.
Incorrect driver's license info..:(
1. Federal law does *not* apply to non-commercial.
2. Reciprocity. If you are legally licensed in your home state, you are legal in the other 49. (That does not apply to overall length.)
You are *not* \"driving out of class in CA\"!..:(
Example: South Dakota Driver's License.
No special license required for private RVs inc'l towing trailers.
Was in CA often when I was licensed in SD (inc'l stopped by CHP).
No problem with the out-of-state (SD) DL.
(CA *residents* req'd to have a Non-Commercial Class A DL for same).
I always carried a copy of the SD Drivers License regs with me - for any un-informed LEOs (but, never needed to show them).
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christopherglenn wrote:
Incorrect driver's license info..[emoticon]ol Bombero-JC wrote:
....... but almost everyone thinks towing a trailer over 10k with a non class A license is legal - just because it is legal in their home state. Both are illegal by federal law, and some state laws. In California it is driving out of class.
Incorrect driver's license info..:(
1. Federal law does *not* apply to non-commercial.
2. Reciprocity. If you are legally licensed in your home state, you are legal in the other 49. (That does not apply to overall length.)
You are *not* \"driving out of class in CA\"!..:(
Example: South Dakota Driver's License.
No special license required for private RVs inc'l towing trailers.
Was in CA often when I was licensed in SD (inc'l stopped by CHP).
No problem with the out-of-state (SD) DL.
(CA *residents* req'd to have a Non-Commercial Class A DL for same).
I always carried a copy of the SD Drivers License regs with me - for any un-informed LEOs (but, never needed to show them).
~
big bird 2 wrote:
I have a CA 5th wheel endorsement to my automobile class C drivers license. No physical, no driving test. You take a written test, pay a small fee and if you pass the test, you get a new license with the endorsement. And for those who say no one cares, that is almost true. Just hope if you get in an accident and your insurance company does not find you do not have an endorsement they may refuse to pay a claim, or if an attorney for the other party in the accident finds you have no endorsement, you lose the case. Just depends on how lucky you feel.
big bird 2 wrote:
I have a CA 5th wheel endorsement to my automobile class C drivers license. No physical, no driving test. You take a written test, pay a small fee and if you pass the test, you get a new license with the endorsement. And for those who say no one cares, that is almost true. Just hope if you get in an accident and your insurance company does not find you do not have an endorsement they may refuse to pay a claim, or if an attorney for the other party in the accident finds you have no endorsement, you lose the case. Just depends on how lucky you feel.
ol Bombero-JC wrote:
....... but almost everyone thinks towing a trailer over 10k with a non class A license is legal - just because it is legal in their home state. Both are illegal by federal law, and some state laws. In California it is driving out of class.
ol Bombero-JC wrote:
....... but almost everyone thinks towing a trailer over 10k with a non class A license is legal - just because it is legal in their home state. Both are illegal by federal law, and some state laws. In California it is driving out of class.
christopherglenn wrote:
....... but almost everyone thinks towing a trailer over 10k with a non class A license is legal - just because it is legal in their home state. Both are illegal by federal law, and some state laws. In California it is driving out of class.
christopherglenn wrote:
....... but almost everyone thinks towing a trailer over 10k with a non class A license is legal - just because it is legal in their home state. Both are illegal by federal law, and some state laws. In California it is driving out of class.
F-TROUP wrote:
\".....since 2007....\"....mere child for CDLs & doubles.
Gave back my CA Class A CDL in 1998 'cause didn't need it anymore.
Yep a mere child at 65, had to get a CDL to pull doubles in CA, I'd love to give it up as it's mainly a money grab, at 72 I'd like to keep my medical card money for diesel Hahaha.
F-TROUP wrote:
\".....since 2007....\"....mere child for CDLs & doubles.
Gave back my CA Class A CDL in 1998 'cause didn't need it anymore.
Yep a mere child at 65, had to get a CDL to pull doubles in CA, I'd love to give it up as it's mainly a money grab, at 72 I'd like to keep my medical card money for diesel Hahaha.