Can I Pass The Written Exams By Studying On My Own And Reading The Dmv Manual.
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Yes it can be done. I just picked up a manual at my local BMV. When I first drove in 06 I had to get my permit before training. So I studied and passed General knowledge, air brakes, combo vehicles and hazmat on my own.
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
Bmv:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
And there is a GREAT study program on this site.
The first thing you should check out is our Truck Driver's Career Guide. If you haven't read through that I highly recommend it. It covers a million different topics that pertain to getting your trucking career underway, including how to choose a school, how to choose a company, and what to expect once you get out there on the road. Follow all of the links in the guide - there's a mountain of great information.
The second thing is our High Road Training Program. You and your father should both use this. It's a training program with the entire CDL manual built right in along with 700 multiple choice questions, a scoring system, a review system, and all kinds of great features. It breaks the CDL manual down into small chunks and keeps feeding you review questions from past lessons to help reinforce the materials. On top of the CDL manual it also has sections on the Logbook Rules and Weight & Balance which the CDL manual and Truck Driving Schools fail to cover well at all.
In fact, there's thousands of people who have their CDL but never opened their states manual ever - and I'm one of them! Using our program is so much easier and it's the only way I recommend.
So get started on the guide and the training program and certainly don't hesitate to ask anytime you have any questions. We're always happy to help out any way we can.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Logbook:
A written or electronic record of a driver's duty status which must be maintained at all times. The driver records the amount of time spent driving, on-duty not driving, in the sleeper berth, or off duty. The enforcement of the Hours Of Service Rules (HOS) are based upon the entries put in a driver's logbook.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
That's how I got my license. I just read the manual and took the tests. Now the whole thing about passing the test is making sure you understand the question. The wording of the question can trip you up.
I did as Daniel B. suggested. I studied through this site's High Road Training Program and never even touched a CDL manual.
The training program is actually better than just the book - you work on multiple choice questions much like the ones on the DMV test. And it keeps bringing back ones you've passed so you don't forget anything.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
That's how I got my license. I just read the manual and took the tests. Now the whole thing about passing the test is making sure you understand the question. The wording of the question can trip you up.
TOTALLY AGREE with this one.
When I got mine in '09 - Brett did;t have the High Road Training Program up. I used another "paid for " service to drill before taking the tests (actually 2 services). The FREE PROGRAM on this site is MUCH BETTER - as it provides THE INFORMATION AND THE QUIZ in one spot.
But it still doesn't matter if YOU DO NOT READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY.
I tend to test VERY QUICKLY. Always have been the first one done - High School, Military, etc. I took the gen knowledge, air brakes, doubles/triples & tanker in just under 40 minutes my first time through. 90 or better on all. WITHOUT reading the manual.
The one you have to be EXTRA CAREFUL ON - is the HAZMAT. There's a lot more PARTICULAR DATA that has to be known for that one. I failed my first attempt - passed the second. And using the HIGH ROAD TRAINING PROGRAM for my renewal, I was done in 5 minutes, with 100%.
USE THE High Road CDL Training Program - sit on it and DRILL DRILL DRILL.
Rick
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
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Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.