Trucker’s Handbook - Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Trucker's Handbook
PUB 194 (3-19)
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CONTENTS
Commercial Driver's License Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Physical Qualifications of Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Suspensions, Disqualifications, Cancellations and Restorations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Point System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Insurance Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Apportioned Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Dual Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Maximum Sizes and Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Legal Wheel, Axle, & Gross Vehicle Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Bridge Formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Legal Axle Weights & Gross Vehicle Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Farm Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Implements of Husbandry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Special Hauling Permits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Posted Highway Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Hazardous Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 HAZMAT Spill - Notification Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Hazardous Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Hazardous Materials on the Turnpike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Motor Carriers Road Tax Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Weight Enforcement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Truck Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Crash Reporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Customer Call Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Intrastate Carriers of Property and Household Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Unified Carrier Registration Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Telephone List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING PROGRAM
The Federal Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, signed into law in October 1986, established a National Commercial Driver's Licensing Program. Although individual states are still responsible for issuing driver's licenses, their licensing standards must comply with the minimum Federal requirements.
The requirements apply to all drivers of intrastate or interstate commercial vehicles and their employers. The law affects anyone who drives a commercial vehicle that:
? has a gross vehicle weight rating over 26,000 lbs.; ? is designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; ? is a school bus; OR ? is used in the transportation of hazardous materials requiring placarding.
There are several requirements for commercial drivers and their employers. They are:
? Single license requirement - Commercial motor vehicle drivers may have only one license. A Pennsylvania resident holding a driver's license from another State is in violation of Federal and State law. If you have a license issued by another State, you must surrender it to the licensing agency of the new state of residence. Destroying a license does not satisfy this requirement.
? Violations - Commercial motor vehicle drivers must inform both the State licensing agency (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation), and their employer of any out-of-state moving traffic conviction(s) regardless of the type of vehicle in which the violation occurred. Drivers have 30 days following a conviction to notify both parties. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Bureau of Driver Licensing P.O. Box 68617 Harrisburg, PA 17106-8617
? Suspensions - Commercial motor vehicle drivers must notify their employer if their driving privilege has been disqualified, suspended, revoked, or canceled. This notification must be made by the end of the business day following the day the driver received notice of their disqualification, suspension, revocation, or cancellation.
? Disqualification - The Federal act requires all states to record offenses that can disqualify commercial motor vehicle drivers for a specific period of time, depending on the violation, from operating a commercial motor vehicle. Upon receiving such notification, a commercial motor vehicle driver would then be unable to legally drive a commercial vehicle.
? Employment - Drivers applying for commercial driver employment must notify their employer of any prior commercial driver employment during the previous ten years.
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