From: Everette (194cbteng@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri Dec 16 2005 - 04:02:05 PST
Here in Tennessee - at least where I went for test- they do walk around
I went with my grandson to get his driving permit, we drove my pickup that
While we were waiting I observed same instructor do walk around on truck and
P S - this was grandson and my second attempt, 1st time same truck was
Everette
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before actual driving takes place.
has service bed on it. a marker light on side of bed did not come on when
instructor had grandson turn lights on before instructor got in truck.
Instructor said "truck is not safe to drive" get lights repaired and come
back in 10 days. - This was after 3 hour wait.
trailer, looked at all lights, fire ext. made sure low air buzzer worked.
And she had the driver that brought truck try to move it while buzzer was
sounding. Had this been my truck it would have moved and they would have
made me "repair" truck.
unsafe to operate because I had sheet of note paper and pair of cotton
gloves on dash board. We went to another testing station after mandatory 10
day wait, Took about 30 minutes total time to get permit there, including
eye exam, driving test (without walk around) and wait to get actual permit
made up.
From: "J" <W7LS@blarg.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 12:32 AM
Subject: [MV] Just go get a CDL...
> I spent less time reading the CDL handbook and getting my CDL (with
> airbrakes and combo) than I spent reading the pros and cons. You don't
> need a class in Washington State. Just read the little book and take the
> test. Do I need the CDL? Probably not. Will it ever be an issue?
> Definitely not. Total cost: equivalent to a half tank of fuel for the 5T.
> Seriously, it's not that big of a deal to get it. The book has some
> good tips in it for deuce and bigger rigs. Jim
>
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