Commercial Vehicles Laws: Captain 2024-2025 Flashcards
What is the punishment for a person who provide false information when applying for CMV driver license or CMV learner’s permit?
disqualified from driving CMV for 1 year
What is the punishment for a person who is convicted of fraud in connection with testing for a CMV driver license or CMV learner’s permit?
disqualified from driving CMV for 1 year
What does the term Commercial Motor Vehicle mean?
- gross weight vehicle rating of 26,001 lbs or more
- designated to transport more than 15 persons, including the driver
- is transporting hazardous materials
When is a vehicle that occasionally transports person or property to and from a closed-course Motorsport facility not considered a commercial motor vehicle?
when it’s not for profit and corporate sponsorship is not involved
What is required before a LEO can request chemical or physical test from a person driving a commercial motor vehicle?
Reasonable Cause
What happens if a CMV driver refused to submit to a breath, urine, or blood test for the 1st time?
1 year
What happens if a CMV driver refused to submit to a breath, urine, or blood test for the 2nd time?
permanent disqualification of CDL
What is the punishment for CMV drivers who has any amount of alcohol in their system?
placed out of service for 24 hrs
What is the BAC level has to be to charge a CMV driver with a DUI?
.04 or higher
What is the maximum total outside width of any vehicle or the load thereon?
102 inches
What condition must exist before DOT can prohibit vehicles that are wider than 96 inches from traveling on certain road?
public roads that does not have at least one through lane of 12 feet or more in width in each direction
What is the maximum height limit on a vehicle?
13 feet 6 inches
What type of vehicle is exempt from the maximum height rule?
automobile transporter
Whats the maximum height of an automobile transporter?
14 feet
What is the maximum length allowed for a combination of vehicles?
65 feet
What is the maximum length of a automobile or boat transporter semitrailer?
50 feet with 6 feet extension to the rear of trailer
What is the exception for the length requirement for automobile or boat transporter semitrailer?
must be non-stinger-steered and is 65 to 80 feet or less in overall length
How far can the overall length of straight truck or truck tractor-semitrailer transporting horticultural trees be extended beyond the rear of the vehicle?
10 feet
What is the maximum length of a straight truck?
40 feet
What is the maximum length of a straight truck equipment with a fork lift?
50 feet
What is the maximum length of a straight truck pulling a trailer?
68 feet
How many trailer can a straight truck tow?
One
What is the maximum length for a Truck Tractor-semitrailer combination?
48 feet
What is required before a Truck Tractor-semitrailer combination over 48 feet in length can operate on Florida Roadways?
a permit
How many feet can a load extend beyond the front wheels of a vehicle?
3 feet
How many feet can a load extend beyond the front of a stinger-steered automobile transporter?
4 feet
What is the load extension limitation exception?
bicycle racks carrying bicycles on public sector transit vehicles
What is the maximum extension for bicycle racks on public sector transit vehicles?
8 feet 6 inches
What is exempt from the width and height limitations?
farming and agricultural equipment when temporarily operated during daylight hours
How does farming and agricultural equipment qualify for the exemption from the width and height limitation?
by operating within 50 miles radius of the real property owned or leased
What is the exemption for the 50 miles regulation for the exemption of farming and agricultural equipment from the width and height limitation?
if the equipment is being delivered by a dealer to a purchaser
What is required to be equipped on a farming or agricultural equipment greater than 174 inches in width?
- warning lamps mounted on each side
- sign that indicates slow-moving vehicle
What distance shall the warning lamps on farming and agricultural equipment greater than 174 inches wide be seen at?
1000 feet
What is required when transporting poles during daytime, except on weekends and holidays, with an overall length in excess of 75 feet?
- working warning light device
- escort vehicle when making turns
What is required when transporting poles during night time with an overall length in excess of 75 feet.
- working warning light device
- 1 front escort vehicle and 1 rear escort vehicle
What is required for emergency maintenance operation of utility vehicles with overall lengths of over 50 feet?
led by escort vehicle
What is prohibited for a utility vehicle over 50 feet in length?
prohibited from pulling trailers
What is the maximum length of a bus or private motor coach?
50 feet
What is the maximum length for an articulated coach?
65 feet
What is a saddle mount maximum overall length?
97 feet
How many saddle mounts can be towed at one time?
3
What is the maximum number of combination of vehicles is allowed for refuse collection and transport?
5
What is the maximum length of a motor home?
45 feet
What is the maximum length of a tow-away trailer transporter combination?
82 feet
Who is exempt from electronic logging devices and hours of service supporting documents?
people who operate CMV for intrastate commerce and does not transport hazardous materials in amounts that require placarding
How long can a person drive when operating CMV for intrastate commerce and is not transporting hazmat in amount that requires placarding?
1 . 12 hours with 10 hours rest 2. or for any period after the end of the 16th hour after coming on duty with 10 hours rest
Who is exempt from the hours worked regulation for CMV intrastate commerce?
drivers operating utility service vehicles
What i the maximum amount of hours in 7 consecutive days a CMV driver can operate a CMV for intrastate commerce and isn’t transporting any HAZMAT?
70 hours
What is the maximum amount of hours in 8 consecutive days a CMV driver can operate a CMV for intrastate commerce and isn’t transporting any HAZMAT?
80 hours
After 7 or 8 consecutive days of driving a CMV for intrastate commerce and isn’t transporting any HAZMAT, how long must the driver rest?
34 consecutive hours
What is the exemption for the weekly work hours limit for CMV Intrastate Commerce?
people who operates CMV for intrastate while transporting unprocessed agricultural products, unprocessed food or fiber during harvest periods
CMV motor carrier has how long to furnish time records upon request by DHSMV?
within 2 days
What is the exemption to the weekly hours limit for CMV intrastate commerce?
if operating CMV within 150 air-mile radius of the location where the vehicle is based
What distance must the lettering on CMV side be visible at?
50 feet
How current should a CMV driver medical card be?
within the past 24 months
What CMV driver is exempt from the requirement relating to controlled substances and alcohol use and testing?
driver who operates a covered farm vehicle
What is the distance limit for CMV driver who operates a covered farm vehicle in order to be exempt from the requirement relating to controlled substances and alcohol use and testing?
150 air miles of the farm ranch and the covered farm vehicle is 26001 lbs or less
When can a person less than 18 years of age operate a CMV with a gross weight of less than 26001 lbs?
when transporting agricultural products, including horticultural or forestry products, from farm or harvest place to storage or market
How long does CMV driver have to fix unsafe equipment?
within 14 days
What type of vehicle are exempt from safety regulations?
nonpublic sector bus
What type of vehicle designed for carrying more than 10 passengers?
Bus
What are vehicles designed and used for the transportation of nine or more migrant or seasonal farm workers, in addition to the driver, to or from the place of employment or employment-related activities?
Farm Labor Vehicles
What are specialized combination vehicle consisting of a track carrying a separable cargo-carry unit combined with a semitrailer, the entire combination may not exceed 65 feet in length, and a single component of that combination may not exceed 34 feet in length?
Maxi-Cube Vehicles
What is the arrangement whereby the front wheels of one vehicle rest in a secured position upon another vehicle?
Saddle Mount
What are any two axles the centers of which are more than 40 inches but not more than 96 inches apart and are individually attached to or articulated from?
Tandem Axle
Can a CMV driver operate a vehicle once placed out of service for 24 hours due to alcohol?
Yes, they can drive non-commercial vehicles
How long are CMV driver placed out of service for any alcohol in their system?
24 hours
After 12 hours of operating a CMV, a driver must take how many consecutive hours off?
10 hours
If a CMV license is disqualified, can the driver operate any vehicle?
Class E still good, can operate any regular Class E vehicles
What type of vehicles are exempt from having to be equipped with Mud Flaps or any type spray suppressant device on its rearmost wheels?
any vehicles used for producing, processing, or transporting agricultural products, including horticultural products or forestry products.
What type of CDL is required for Trucks or truck combinations weighing with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 26,001 lbs. or more, provided towed vehicle is more than 10,000 lbs?
Class A
What type of CDL is required for straight trucks weighing 26,001 lbs. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating or more?
Class B
What type of CDL is required for vehicles transporting placardable amounts of hazardous materials, or vehicles designed to transport more than 15 persons including the driver with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of less than 26,001 lbs.
Class C
The following persons are exempt from the requirements to obtain a commercial driver license:
- Driver of authorized emergency vehicles and are on call to Emergencies
- Military Personnel driving military vehicles
- Farmers transporting supplies, machinery, and agricultural product within 150 miles of their farm.
- Drivers of recreational vehicles used for recreational purposes
- Drivers of single axel straight trucks transporting their own tangible personal property which is not for sale.
- An employee of a publicly owned transit system who is limited to moving vehicles for maintenance or parking purposes exclusively within the restricted-access confines of a transit system’s property.
