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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FormerBoater wrote:
I think the link below will clear up what appears to be quite a bit of confusion here.
Cut and paste into your browser and give it an easy read.
http://www.idealease-abetterway.com/safetycompliance/04_22_2011.pdf
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That was an interesting article, and probably useful for those new to DPs & air brakes. But I laughed at the second section "CVSA Lists 10 Things You Need to Know about Commercial Vehicle Brakes", specifically item #1:
1. Commercial vehicles are powered forward by fuel. They are stopped by brakes that use heat as their energy
source. Brakes are vital to the safe operation of a vehicle because they enable the vehicle to stop.
Last time I checked, brakes don't use heat as their "energy source"... brakes use friction to convert kinetic energy into heat energy, which in turn slows the vehicle down.
