[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR391.11]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 391_QUALIFICATIONS OF DRIVERS AND LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLE (LCV) 
DRIVER INSTRUCTORS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart B_Qualification and Disqualification of Drivers
 
Sec. 391.11  General qualifications of drivers.


    (a) A person shall not drive a commercial motor vehicle unless he/
she is qualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle. Except as provided 
in Sec. 391.63, a motor carrier shall not require or permit a person to 
drive a commercial motor vehicle unless that person is qualified to 
drive a commercial motor vehicle.
    (b) Except as provided in subpart G of this part, a person is 
qualified to drive a motor vehicle if he/she--
    (1) Is at least 21 years old;
    (2) Can read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse 
with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals 
in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make 
entries on reports and records;
    (3) Can, by reason of experience, training, or both, safely operate 
the type of commercial motor vehicle he/she drives;
    (4) Is physically qualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle in 
accordance with subpart E--Physical Qualifications and Examinations of 
this part;
    (5) Has a currently valid commercial motor vehicle operator's 
license issued only by one State or jurisdiction;
    (6) Has prepared and furnished the motor carrier that employs him/
her with the list of violations or the certificate as required by Sec. 
391.27;
    (7) Is not disqualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle under 
the rules in Sec. 391.15; and

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    (8) Has successfully completed a driver's road test and has been 
issued a certificate of driver's road test in accordance with Sec. 
391.31, or has presented an operator's license or a certificate of road 
test which the motor carrier that employs him/her has accepted as 
equivalent to a road test in accordance with Sec. 391.33.

[35 FR 6460, Apr. 22, 1970, as amended at 35 FR 17420, Nov. 13, 1970; 35 
FR 19181, Dec. 18, 1970; 36 FR 222, Jan. 7, 1971, 36 FR 24220, Dec. 22, 
1971; 45 FR 46424, July 10, 1980; 52 FR 20589, June 1, 1987; 59 FR 
60323, Nov. 23, 1994; 60 FR 38744, 38745, July 28, 1995; 63 FR 33276, 
June 18, 1998]