To regulate or not to regulate?
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Here is my take on it, we already have many states adding a requirement for special licenses when the GVWR goes over 26,000 pounds, it has recently been noted that Texas has started ramping up their enforcement of this requirement. So if you are going to draw the line, this is a reasonable place to do it. In the commercial driving world 26,000 pounds is the split between just needing a Chauffeurs license and needing a full CDL. The problem comes in with no one (DMV, etc.) knowing what should be on this "non commercial CDL" test, since the skills needed for the two are different.
Personally I don't think we need a special license as it seems most people will seek proper training on their own, and also ease into things. The relative lack of high speed motorcoach accidents would seem to support this. Low speed accidents, backing into rv sites, etc. may be a different matter.
There is also a chicken and the egg problem here that must be faced, there are no RV driving schools like truck driving schools that provide training coaches. So how would one practice to take a driving test if they did not already own and drive a motorhome.
Personally I don't think we need a special license as it seems most people will seek proper training on their own, and also ease into things. The relative lack of high speed motorcoach accidents would seem to support this. Low speed accidents, backing into rv sites, etc. may be a different matter.
There is also a chicken and the egg problem here that must be faced, there are no RV driving schools like truck driving schools that provide training coaches. So how would one practice to take a driving test if they did not already own and drive a motorhome.
