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C ommercial D rivers L icense CDL IN IOWA TRUCKING FORWARD 1919 - First drivers license. Issued to chauffeurs only. Metal pin usually worn on the hat. Cost: $2.00 CDL IN IOWA TRUCKING FORWARD 1932 - Drivers license required for

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Commercial Driver’s License

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1919 - First driver’s license. Issued to chauffeurs only. Metal pin usually worn on the hat. Cost: $2.00

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1932 - Driver’s license required for all operators. Cost: $.25

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1932 - Driver’s license required for all operators. Cost: $.25

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The Operator’s Pledge: I will….think ahead. always be careful. assume responsibility. give pedestrians the right of way. always slow down.

  • bey traffic regulations.

always have my car under control. give the other fellow a chance. specially watch for children and old people.

  • bserve the Golden Rule.
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1950 Driver’s License

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CDL Classifications

March 10, 2017

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Well that’s fine but how does this cotton pickin CDL work?

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FINDING THE CDL SWEET SPOT

* COMPLETE DRIVER FILES * * FEWER SAFETY VIOLATIONS * * LESS OUT OF SERVICE DRIVERS * * BETTER DRIVER SAFETY * * FEWER ROADSIDE STOPS * * BETTER MOTOR CARRIER AUDITS * * LOWER TEST FAILURE RATES * * FEWER MEDICAL DOWNGRADES * * SAFER DRIVERS – FEWER SANCTIONS/PENALTIES *

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DOT WEBSITE REFERENCES:

CDL QUICK GUIDE IA TRUCK INFO GUIDE

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DOT WEBSITE REFERENCES:

CDL STUDY MANUAL PRE-TRIP INSPECTION

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THREE MOST COMMON DRIVER CONCERNS:

  • Driver Self-certification.
  • Medical Certificates.
  • Skills test failures.
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Self-Certification

  • Certify to highest use
  • Interstate vs Intrastate
  • ‘K’ Restriction
  • Excepted vs Nonexcepted
  • May be changed any time
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Medical

  • Iowa adopted Federal program.
  • Drivers have current MedCert.
  • Exemption/Waivers.
  • SPE for lost limbs.
  • Standing up State program.
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Test Failures

  • Didn’t study
  • Got nervous
  • Air brake check (#1)
  • Didn’t say enough
  • Got nervous
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CDL IN IOWA – TRUCKING FORWARD IOWA CDL RULES MIRROR FEDERAL REGULATIONS

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TITLE 49 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR): CFR 49 383:

  • Commercial Driver’s License standards; requirements

and penalties. CFR 49 384:

  • State Compliance with CDL program.

CFR 49 390:

  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; General

CFR 49 391:

  • Qualifications of Drivers
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CDL IN IOWA – TRUCKING FORWARD IOWA RULES!!!

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CHAPTER 321 OF THE CODE OF IOWA: 321.1:

  • Definitions of words and phrases.

321.174:

  • Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles.

321.176 A-B:

  • Persons exempt from commercial driver’s license

requirements. 321.449:

  • Motor carrier Safety Rules
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SELF- CERTIFICATION

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SELF-CERTIFICATION

390.3(f) Exceptions:

  • Most public school bus operations.
  • Transportation performed by Federal/State govts, or

any political subdivision of a State, or an agency established under a compact between States.

  • Fire trucks and rescue vehicles while involved in

emergency and related operations

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SELF-CERTIFICATION

321.449(2) Exceptions:

  • Operators of public utility trucks
  • Trucks hauling gravel
  • Construction trucks and equipment
  • Trucks moving implements of husbandry
  • Trucks for hire on construction projects are not

excepted

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SELF-CERTIFICATION

Medical Requirements (Section 391 of CFR) : Nonexcepted Interstate

  • Need Medical Certificate, provide to state.

Nonexcepted Intrastate

  • Need Medical Certificate, does not provide to state.

Excepted Interstate / Excepted Intrastate

  • Does not need Medical Certificate.
  • Sometimes work rules / insurance require MedCert.
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APPLICABLE ENDORSEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS

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APPLICABLE RESTRICTIONS/ENDORSEMENTS

  • E – No manual transmission equipped CMV.

Performs skills test in a automatic transmission vehicle, prohibits operating manual transmission.

  • O – No tractor-trailer CMV. Performs skills test in a

combination vehicle for Class A, with pintle hook or non-fifth wheel connection, prohibits operation of a fifth wheel tractor-trailer combination.

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APPLICABLE RESTRICTIONS/ENDORSEMENTS

  • K – Intrastate only. Applies to non-excepted or

excepted intrastate, prohibits interstate commerce.

  • L – no air brake equipped CMV. Applies to a licensee

who fails the knowledge test or the pre-trip air brake check. Prohibits operating vehicle equipped with an air brake system.

  • N – Tank Endorsement. Vehicles with tank or tanks
  • f more than 119 gal & combined capacity of 1,000

gal, not for tanks temporarily attached to flatbed.

  • Z – No full air brake equipped CMV.
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Why all these regulations!?!

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Why all these regulations!?!

FLORIDA

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Why all these regulations!?!

  • Trucking school owner helped students cheat on CDL knowledge

tests and provided false certification documents to satisfy Florida CDL residency requirements.

  • School’s third party contractor passed drivers even with known

automatic failures on skills tests.

  • Also passed drivers who were known to not be proficient in

English.

  • Approximately 400-600 drivers obtained fraudulent CDL’s.

FLORIDA

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Why all these regulations!?!

CALIFORNIA

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Why all these regulations!?!

  • Three truck driving school owners and three California DMV

employees conspired to issue CDL’s to drivers without passing the tests.

  • Approximately 100 CDL’s were issued at $5,000 per license, the

money going to the driving school owners.

  • Driving school owners bribed DMV employees to access the DMV

computer database and modify/falsify the state database.

  • Up to 23 crashes attributed to drivers issued the fraudulent CDL’s.

CALIFORNIA

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Why all these regulations!?!

LOUISIANA

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Why all these regulations!?!

  • Third party skills test examiner falsified CDL test results.
  • Accepted cash payments in exchange for a skills testing
  • certificate. Drivers never tested and used the false certificates to
  • btain a CDL.
  • A compliance review discovered the examiner had tested a large

number of CDL candidates with no failures.

  • The examiner admitted to issuing certificates to 250 drivers and

320 were eventually re-tested.

LOUISIANA

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Why all these regulations!?!

SOUTH CAROLINA

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Why all these regulations!?!

  • Third Party Skills Test Examiner was certified by the state to test

for a fire department’s employees only.

  • While employed by the fire department the examiner started

testing non-department drivers.

  • Examiner did not require pre-trip, skills or road tests. He also

used unapproved testing locations.

  • Investigation conducted by the US DOT, the Federal Motor Carrier

Administration and the South Carolina DMV.

SOUTH CAROLINA

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Why all these regulations!?!

MISSOURI

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Why all these regulations!?!

  • Two third party testers in Missouri were charged with not

properly testing drivers.

  • Drivers were coming to these two testers from long distances,

which caught the attention of authorities.

  • Auditors realized some CDL tests were completed in 10 minutes

with some instances of no tests conducted at all.

  • Missouri issued re-test letters to 2,000 drivers and had to stagger

the test schedules because of the high number of re-tests.

MISSOURI

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Future: ELDT - Entry Level Driver Training

  • Discussed since 1980’s; Negotiated Rulemaking made it

finally happen.

  • The ELDT rule will be implemented on February 7, 2020.

Recommended ELDT elements:

  • Certified trainers, set curricula based on theory

(knowledge) and behind-the-wheel segments.

  • Training provider registry similar to Medical registry.
  • No set hours of behind the wheel training.
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Other potential Federal rule changes:

  • All-electronic medical reporting - 2018.
  • Changes to Diabetes exemption program.
  • More focus on obstructive sleep apnea.
  • Rules on coercion / harassment.
  • Drug and alcohol clearinghouse.
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SELF DRIVING TRUCKS!!!

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SELF DRIVING TRUCKS!!!

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It will look like this….

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It will not look like this….

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  • r like this….
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Contact Information:

Stu Turner Commercial Driver’s License Program Office of Driver Services Iowa Department of Transportation 6310 SE Convenience Blvd, Ankeny IA 50021 515.237.3230 stuart.turner@iowadot.us http://www.iowadot.gov/