I use mine everyday. I pull doubles and triple trailers daily with haz-mat. I have haz-mat endorsement and doubles and triple endorsement so I have to take a test for haz-mat every year. After the test than I have to make an appointment to get my finger prints for federal background check. Its a azz whipping but luckily my employer pays for all of it plus my yearly physical..
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Cold 1,
I do DOT physicals and no, you don't have to show your birth certificate. That's the examiner just wanting to see that form of ID. Just show them your DL.
KDinTX - My understanding is that the last sentence in the paragraph is what will get you a ticket.
Team Porkchop - They did away with Form-7
jbarr - they did away with the Intrastate/Interstate box on the medical certificate. Now it is only a Federal or a State medical certificate and the only way you can get a State medical certificate is if you have a medical condition that requires a waiver. I was contacted by a company that had over 110 of their drivers license' downgraded because the examiner marked the State Exam instead of Federal Exam
With the new changes, you now need to have a medical certificate just to re-new your license. You may not have to send it in to DPS depending on the restrictions you list on your license but you still need to have a Med Cert incase a DPS officer asks for it.
Y'all also need to know that DPS is still in kind of a transition on all of this. Many times you get differing advice from one clerk to the next in the same DPS office. This is not a knock on DPS, its just that they are not all on the same page so you may still be ticketed depending on how the trooper interprets the rules.
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For those saying you need a physical even if you aren't driving for hire, when did that new law start? I just renewed my license last June and all I had to do was check the box on the form that said I was not driving commercially and therefore was not required to take a physical. It says it right on the form you fill out. I've filled it out twice now. I've still got my CDL and I still haven't had to get a physical.
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Originally posted by MidloTurtle View PostI use mine everyday. I pull doubles and triple trailers daily with haz-mat. I have haz-mat endorsement and doubles and triple endorsement so I have to take a test for haz-mat every year. After the test than I have to make an appointment to get my finger prints for federal background check. Its a azz whipping but luckily my employer pays for all of it plus my yearly physical..Last edited by Old Bald Guy; 07-21-2016, 10:01 PM.
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