Does your home jurisdiction require air brake endorsement?
Are there jurisdictions about the continent that allow people to drive air brake equipped vehicles without any type of training or license endorsement?
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Here in Saskatchewan Air Brake Endorsement is a requirement. The "course" is not dedicated to RV's, a truck driver event really. And it is not convenient to even book the course.
I had to take mine at a truck driver training company, at great expense. The government course cost $20.00; I paid $360.00. It would have taken at least three months wait to take the government course. The truck drivers had all their times booked.
I got my endorsement without a lot of difficulty, on my first attempt.
Another point to consider. Our previous motor home did not have air brakes, and although it didn't happen often, my wife was able to competently take over from me at the wheel if needed. She can't do that now, and will never take that course. The consequence is that there are thousands of big coaches being driven daily across the USA and Canada by older fellows without back-up drivers.
That seems important to me?
I had to take mine at a truck driver training company, at great expense. The government course cost $20.00; I paid $360.00. It would have taken at least three months wait to take the government course. The truck drivers had all their times booked.
I got my endorsement without a lot of difficulty, on my first attempt.
Another point to consider. Our previous motor home did not have air brakes, and although it didn't happen often, my wife was able to competently take over from me at the wheel if needed. She can't do that now, and will never take that course. The consequence is that there are thousands of big coaches being driven daily across the USA and Canada by older fellows without back-up drivers.
That seems important to me?
