Jalopnik.com editorial on RV Licencing

rhagfo wrote:

john&bet wrote:

rhagfo wrote:
By the logic in a couple of these post there isn't a need for Semi drivers to get CDL either!!!

I don't like government regulations any more than the next guy, BUT being able to drive a 26,000# vehicle combination on the same license that is needed to drive a Yogo is a bit on the illogical side!

The Feds require that you have a motorcycle endorsement to ride a motorcycle, it seems illogical that someone operating a vehicle that weighs at most about 1,000#, needs an endorsement, and one that is moving 26,000# doesn't.

My guess that the reason there isn't the push for the RV license is that we just don't cause enough accidents or deaths!!

Having a class A CDL did not stop a semi driver from running his semi into the rear of another one all the way to his sleeper on I-65 last week. The accident closed the north bound lanes for over 6 hours. Oh by the way the driver was nor seriously hurt. How would you liked to have been stuck in that mess?

Well standard drivers licenses don't prevent car accidents either!

If you watched the latest ABC 20/20, they had a story on Trucking. Not the best reporting as normal now day a bit of a rating thing, BUT there was the driver calling in to his dispatch center from a Truck Stop reporting he was dosing off and needed to get some sleep. The driver was told by three different dispatchers to get back on the road! We all know this isn't the norm, but I am sure also this is not an isolated incident.

Don't worry, if you are ever in an accident while towing, the finger of blame will for sure be pointed at you because you were pulling a trailer.