Nationwide requirement for CDL when driving/towing over 10k?

gmcsmoke wrote:

Francesca Knowles wrote:


I for one won't stand for this infringement of my Constitutional Rights to do whatever the you-know-what they're trying to make me stop doing this time! :M

I din't know driving was a constitutional right.

since you're so wise perhaps you wouldn't mind sharing with the rest of us morons where exactly this right is given?

:S
Yoicks and hoity-toity- you thought I was SERIOUS! I was just kidding...really! :@

Bob Vaughn wrote:
Come on Chief when did you start believing scuttlebutt.......The states control driver licenses not the federal government......

Hmmm I didn't know that each state sets the current CDL requirements:h

Larry

Navy Chief wrote:
Heard a rumor today from an RV dealer that legislation is coming that will require a CDL (Nationwide) when driving or towing anything over 10,000 lbs. Seems like just a rumor to me but don't put anything past our 'leaders' in Washington.

..Getting back to the original 'rumor' that started the last 6 pages of discussion, and addressing that 'rumor' directly:

..I wonder if this RV dealer that started this rumor just so HAPPENED to have a huge stock of RV trailers that AMAZINGLY have a GVWR just under 10k. Or, just HAPPENED to also have a large stock of smaller class B Motorhomes that had a GVWR under 10k. Naaaaah. ;)

Will

coolbreeze01 wrote:
It should be a constitutional right for all of us, that folks with a drivers license, actually know how to drive. But it isn't........

Well there are WAY too many that have the license that still don't know how to drive, let alone tow!!

It should be a constitutional right for all of us, that folks with a drivers license, actually know how to drive. But it isn't........

Been hearing the 10K rumor since the mid 1980s.................

All I can say is it is your duty to do things according to law. It is your duty to do the research and meet the requirements of your state, all other states will accept that. Only non-reciprocal rule I can think of is double towing.
In NY class D passenger is good for any non-commercial combination up to 26000#
If you have air brakes you must get a class C. Class C can be either a C CDL or a C with an R endorsement. Both cover the same equipment and limits,but an R endorsement prohibits commercial use.

I was asked when changing insurance what Class license I had.
Everyone can stick there head in the sand on this issue but in the unfortunate case of an accident, the ambulance chasing lawyer of the person you hit will quickly find out that you were driving that million dollar bus without proper licensing. If the police didn't already.
The revenue generators (formerly police) are cracking down hard and collecting big now on people with motorhomes and toters hauling race cars.
RVs and horse people will be next. We are easy targets with big $ revenue returns.

Francesca Knowles wrote:


I for one won't stand for this infringement of my Constitutional Rights to do whatever the you-know-what they're trying to make me stop doing this time! :M

I din't know driving was a constitutional right.

since you're so wise perhaps you wouldn't mind sharing with the rest of us morons where exactly this right is given?

In the land of CDL there is no Air Brake Endorsement. There is an "Air Brake Restriction". That is all Classes of CDL are "restricted" from operating air brake equipment unless the testing standard of the home state is satisfied for removal of the restriction.

Driving out of class is also a state level thing both on the CDL and non-cdl side of usage. Each state dictates their own licensing requirements. YES, on the CDL side there are minimum Federal Guidelines to be met.