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Commercial driver's license (CDL) is a driver's license required in the United States to operate certain type of vehicles. * Class A CDL drivers. Drive vehicles weighing 26,001 pounds or greater, or any combination of vehicles weighing 26,001 pounds or greater when towing a trailer weighing more than 10,000 pounds. Transports quantities of hazardous materials that require warning placards under Department of Public Safety regulations. * Class A Driver License permits. Is a step in preparation for Class A drivers to become a Commercial Driver. * Class B CDL driver. Class B is designed to transport 16 or more passengers (including driver) or more than 8 passengers (including the driver), for compensation. This includes, but is not limited to, tow trucks, tractor trailers, and buses. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Commercial Drivers License or CDL Required in US ) 〕Interstate driver of vehicles less or more than 10,001 pounds, (not transporting hazmat) May need a medical card and Driver Qualification File, but do not need a CDL. But Class C driver license. required. The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 was signed into law on October 27, 1986. The primary intent of the Act was to improve highway safety by ensuring that truck drivers and drivers of tractor trailers and buses are qualified to drive Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs), and to remove drivers that are unsafe and unqualified from the highways. The Act continued to give states the right to issue CDLs, but the federal government established minimum requirements that must be met when issuing a CDL.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Commercial Driver's License Program )〕 ==Pre-1986== Driving commercial motor vehicles (CMVs), which are primarily tractor-trailers (or Longer Combination Vehicles (LCVs)),〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Part 391: Qualifications of drivers and longer combination vehicle (LCV) driver instructors (subpart 391.65) )〕 requires advanced skills and knowledge above and beyond those required to drive a car or other light weight vehicle. Before implementation of the commercial driver's license (CDL) Program in 1986, licensing requirements for driving larger vehicles and buses varied from state to state. Many drivers were operating motor vehicles that they may not have been trained or qualified to drive. This lack of training resulted in a large number of preventable traffic deaths and accidents.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Program )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「commercial driver's license」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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