[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR391.33]



[Page 330]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 391_QUALIFICATIONS OF DRIVERS AND LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLE (LCV) 

DRIVER INSTRUCTORS--Table of Contents

 

                             Subpart D_Tests

 

Sec. 391.33  Equivalent of road test.



    (a) In place of, and as equivalent to, the road test required by 

Sec. 391.31, a person who seeks to drive a commercial motor vehicle may 

present, and a motor carrier may accept--

    (1) A valid Commercial Driver's License as defined in Sec. 383.5 of 

this subchapter, but not including double/triple trailer or tank vehicle 

endorsements, which has been issued to him/her to operate specific 

categories of commercial motor vehicles and which, under the laws of 

that State, licenses him/her after successful completion of a road test 

in a commercial motor vehicle of the type the motor carrier intends to 

assign to him/her; or

    (2) A copy of a valid certificate of driver's road test issued to 

him/her pursuant to Sec. 391.31 within the preceding 3 years.

    (b) If a driver presents, and a motor carrier accepts, a license or 

certificate as equivalent to the road test, the motor carrier shall 

retain a legible copy of the license or certificate in its files as part 

of the driver's qualification file.

    (c) A motor carrier may require any person who presents a license or 

certificate as equivalent to the road test to take a road test or any 

other test of his/her driving skill as a condition to his/her employment 

as a driver.



[35 FR 6460, Apr. 22, 1970, as amended at 60 FR 38744, July 28, 1995; 63 

FR 33277, June 18, 1998]