Federal and State Licensing and Other Safety Requirements for Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators and Equipment

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program Legal Research Digest 18: Federal and State Licensing and Other Safety Requirements for Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators and Equipment presents a compilation of state commercial driver license/commercial motor vehicle (CDL/CMV) regulations, an overview summary of the federal motor carrier safety regulations, and information on the availability of state CMV and regular driver's manuals, among other information.

The report should be useful to attorneys, legislators, transit and trucking company administrators, school and other types of transportation administrators, and those in charge of state driver's manuals and legislation. The contents are organized as follows:
(I) Introduction;
(II) Federal Commercial Driver's License and Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Requirements and Regulation;
(III) State and Local CDL/CMV Safety Requirements and Regulations;
(IV) CDL/CMV State Information Questionnaire;
(Appendix A) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations;
(Appendix B) State CDL/CMV Safety Requirements and Regulations; and
(Appendix C) Questionnaire Survey Instrument.