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Driver Licensing Category: Subject Description: Information on basic driver licensing including the driver education process. Page Sections: Article Index |
| Date | Article | Details |
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| 19 September 1926 | HARNETT SUSPENDS 13 MOTOR LICENSES Automobile drivers' licenses of thirteen persons have been temporarily suspended, a laborer in the State Motor Vehicle Bureau has been discharged and two women clerks suspended by Commissioner Charles A. Harnett as the result of his discovery that inspectors' reports rejecting applicants as drivers had been altered so that persons who failed in their tests received licenses. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times Topic: National Automobile School |
| 6 December 1927 | Deaf Automobile Drivers. In revoking the driver's license of Herbert Disalio for impersonating Gustave Ehret, a deaf-mute, in a driving test, Chief Magistrate McAdoo, in a lecture from the bench, is quoted as saying... | Commentary (text) Publication: The New York Times Byline: John N. Funk Dateline: New York, New York  |
| 7 October 2021 | Controlled Substances and Alcohol Testing: State Driver's Licensing Agency Non-Issuance/Downgrade of Commercial Driver's License FMCSA is amending its regulations to establish requirements for State Driver's Licensing Agencies to access and use information obtained through the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, an FMCSA-administered database containing driver-specific controlled substance and alcohol records. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Meera Joshi |
| 18 October 2021 | Controlled Substances and Alcohol Use and Testing: FirstGroup plc. Application for Exemption FirstGroup sought an exemption on behalf of three of its subsidiaries, First Student, First Transit, and First Mile Square, which employ commercial driver's license holders subject to drug and alcohol testing regulations. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: <Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Meera Joshi Topic: FirstGroup |
| 29 October 2021 | Controlled Substances and Alcohol Testing: State Driver's Licensing Agency Non-Issuance/Downgrade of Commercial Driver's License; Correction FMCSA amended its regulations to establish requirements for State Driver's Licensing Agencies to access and use information obtained through the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, an FMCSA-administered database containing driver-specific controlled substance and alcohol records. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 18 November 2021 | Entry-Level Driver Training: Application for Exemption; Ohio Department of Education The exemption request applies to drivers, trained through ODE's “Pre-Service School Bus Driver Training” curriculum, who are seeking to obtain their Class B Commercial Driver's License with school bus (S) and passenger (P) endorsements, and to current Class B CDL holders wishing to add the P and S endorsements. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 6 December 2021 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of an Information Collection Request: Commercial Driver Licensing and Test Standards This ICR is needed to ensure that drivers, motor carriers and the States are complying with notification and recordkeeping requirements for information related to testing, licensing, violations, convictions, and disqualifications and that the information is accurate, complete, transmitted, and recorded within certain time periods as required by the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 9 December 2021 | Commercial Driver's License Skills Testing: Application for Exemption; American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) FMCSA announces that the AAMVA requests a multi-year exemption to allow the State Driver Licensing Agencies in Maryland, New Hampshire, and Virginia to continue using the revised Commercial Driver's License pre-trip vehicle inspection and revised control skills test procedures. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor Topic: American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators |
| 3 February 2022 | Commercial Driver's License Standards: Regulatory Guidance Concerning Third Party Testers Conducting the Knowledge Test FMCSA amends its regulatory guidance to explain that FMCSA's current statutory authorities and regulations do not prohibit third party testers from administering the commercial driver's license knowledge tests for all classes and endorsements. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson |
| 18 February 2022 | Drug Offender's Driver's License Suspension FHWA proposes to amend its regulations governing each State's certification of whether they choose to enact and enforce drug offender's driver's license requirements or choose to oppose enacting or enforcing the drug offender's driver's license requirement. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Stephanie Pollack |
| 1 March 2022 | Commercial Driver's License Skills Testing: Application for Exemption; American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) AAMVA requested a multi-year exemption on behalf of the State Driver Licensing Agencies in Maryland, New Hampshire, and Virginia to allow the three States to continue using revised Commercial Driver's License CDL pre-trip vehicle inspection and revised control skills test procedures following the completion of field tests conducted under a waiver granted by the FMCSA. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson Topic: American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators |
| 9 March 2022 | Commercial Driver's License Out-of-State Knowledge Test; Withdrawal FMCSA is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking to allow driver applicants to take the commercial driver's license general and specialized knowledge tests in a State other than the applicant's State of domicile. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson |
| 9 March 2022 | Third Party Commercial Driver's License Testers; Withdrawal FMCSA is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking to allow States to permit a third party skills test examiner to administer the Commercial Driver's License skills test to applicants to whom the examiner has also provided skills training, a practice now prohibited under FMCSA regulations. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson |
| 18 March 2022 | Minimum Training Requirements for Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators; Correction FMCSA removes obsolete regulatory text from its June 30, 2021, entry-level driver training final rule. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 28 March 2022 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; Procedures for Participating in and Receiving Information From the National Driver Register The National Driver Register Act of 1982 requires the Secretary of Transportation (NHTSA by delegation) to maintain a National Driver Register to assist the State chief driver licensing officials in the exchange of information about the motor vehicle driving records of individuals. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Chou-Lin Chen |
| 7 April 2022 | Commercial Driver's License Standards: Application for Exemption; Navistar, Inc. (Navistar) Navistar has requested a 5-year exemption from the Federal requirement to hold a U.S. commercial driver's license for Mr. Anders Björkman, an engineer with Scania's Powertrain Control systems group in Sweden. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor Topics: Anders Björkman, Scania |
| 27 April 2022 | Commercial Driver's License: Tornado Bus Company (Tornado); Application for Exemption Tornado requests an exemption from certain provisions of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for its drivers who currently hold a Mexican Licencia Federal de Conductor, and are seeking permanent resident status and have over two years' experience driving in the United States and Mexico. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson Topic: Tornado Bus Company |
| 27 April 2022 | Commercial Driver's License Requirements: Dealers' Choice Truckaway System, Inc. dba Truckmovers; Irontiger Logistics, Inc.; TM Canada, Inc.; Victory Driveaway, Inc., Application for Exemption These driveaway carriers jointly sought an exemption from the requirement that drivers transporting empty passenger vehicles with seating capacities of 16 or more but a gross vehicle weight rating and a gross vehicle weight of less than 26,001 pounds possess a commercial drivers' license to do so. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson |
| 27 April 2022 | Commercial Driver's License Standards: Application for Exemption; Daimler Trucks North America FMCSA announces its decision to grant an exemption from the CDL requirements to Daimler Trucks North America for one of its commercial motor vehicle drivers, Ms. Gesa Reimelt, a product engineer in powertrain solutions. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson Topics: Gesa Reimelt, Mercedes-Benz Group |
| 27 April 2022 | Commercial Driver's License Standards: Application for Exemption; Daimler Trucks North America This exemption will permit the Daimler drivers to test-drive Daimler vehicles on U.S. roads to better understand product requirements in “real world” environments, and verify results. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson Topics: Mercedes-Benz Group |
| 19 May 2022 | Entry-Level Driver Training: Application for Exemption; Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc. FMCSA announces its decision to grant an exemption from the qualification requirements pertaining to entry-level driver training theory instructors for Oak Harbor's safety supervisor, Mr. Jeff McLaughlin. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson Topics: Jeff McLaughlin, Oak Harbor Freight Lines |
| 19 May 2022 | Commercial Driver's License Standards: Recreation Vehicle Industry Association Application for Exemption FMCSA announces its decision to provisionally renew a 2017 exemption from the Federal commercial driver's license requirements for drivers who deliver certain newly manufactured motorhomes and recreational vehicles to dealers or trade shows before retail sale. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson Topic: Recreation Vehicle Industry Association |
| 25 May 2022 | Entry-Level Driver Training: SBL Truck Driving Academy, Inc.; Application for Exemption Specifically, SBL seeks an exemption from the requirement that instructors have at least 2 years of experience driving a commercial motor vehicle requiring a commercial driver's license of the same or higher class and/or the same endorsement necessary to operate the CMV for which training is provided. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor Topic: SBL Truck Driving Academy |
| 28 June 2022 | Commercial Driver's License (CDL): New Prime, Inc. (Prime); Application for Exemption Renewal The exemption allows a CLP holder who has passed the skills test but not yet received the CDL document to drive a Prime commercial motor vehicle accompanied by a CDL holder who is not necessarily in the passenger seat, provided the driver has documentation of passing the skills test. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson Topic: New Prime |
| 6 September 2022 | Entry-Level Driver Training: United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS); Petition for Reconsideration of Original Application for Exemption UPS originally sought exemption from a provision in the Entry-Level Driver Training final rule requiring two years of experience for training instructors. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson Topic: UPS |
| 8 September 2022 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: 391.41 CMV Driver Medication Form This Information Collection is voluntary and may be utilized by Medical Examiners responsible for issuing Medical Examiner's Certificates to commercial motor vehicle drivers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 21 September 2022 | Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information Collection: Effectiveness of Third-Party Testing and Minimum Standards for Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Knowledge and Skills Tests The CDL Program was enacted through the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 in response to jurisdiction concerns about avoidable commercial motor vehicle crashes and commercial driver qualifications. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 23 September 2022 | Commercial Driver's License Standards: Application for Exemption; Navistar, Inc. (Navistar) FMCSA announces its decision to grant an exemption from the commercial driver's license requirements to Navistar for a commercial motor vehicle driver, Mr. Anders Björkman, employed as an engineer by Navistar's business partner Scania AB. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Topics: Anders Björkman, Scania |
| 28 September 2022 | Commercial Driver's License: United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS); Application for Exemptions The exemption allows UPS to conduct behind-the-wheel training for commercial learner's permit holders in twin 28-foot trailers, rather than waiting to conduct the training after the individuals receive their Class A CDLs and pass the required knowledge test to obtain the double/triple trailer endorsement on their CDLs. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson Topic: UPS |
| 2 November 2022 | Commercial Driver's License: Application for Exemption; National School Transportation Association; Correction Although the exemption expiration date is correctly stated in the DATES section of the notice, Section VII of the notice incorrectly identifies the expiration date. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor Topic: National School Transportation Association |
| 3 November 2022 | General Qualifications of Drivers: Small Business in Transportation Coalition; Application for Exemption FMCSA announces its decision to deny the Small Business in Transportation Coalition's request for an exemption from the requirement that motor carriers not permit a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle unless the driver is capable of reading and speaking the English language sufficiently to communicate with the 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 drivers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson Topic: Small Business in Transportation Coalition |
| 1 December 2022 | Entry-Level Driver Training: Robert Towle; Application for Exemption Mr. Towle states that the requested exemptions would allow eligible students at Granite State High School to receive the requisite theory instruction in order to obtain their Commercial Learner's Permit as a step towards job-readiness as part of their community re-entry plan. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 22 December 2022 | Entry-Level Driver Training: SBL Truck Driving Academy, Inc.; Application for Exemption SBL sought an exemption from the theory and behind-the-wheel instructor requirements contained in the entry-level driver training regulations for two of its instructors. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson Topic: SBL Truck Driving Academy |
| 22 December 2022 | Entry-Level Driver Training: Western Area Career and Technology Center; Application for Exemption WACTC requested an exemption from the theory and behind-the-wheel instructor requirements contained in the entry-level driver training regulations for one prospective instructor. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson |
| 23 December 2022 | Controlled Substances and Alcohol Use and Testing: Application for Exemption; The Trucking Alliance The applicant believes that hair testing enhances public safety by providing a longer detection window for controlled substance use and by minimizing the opportunity for fraud in the specimen collection process. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson Topic: The Trucking Alliance |
| 28 December 2022 | Commercial Driver's License Standards: Stevens Transport, Inc.; Application for Exemption Stevens sought an exemption from the requirement that a commercial learner's permit holder be accompanied by a commercial driver's license holder with the proper CDL class and endorsements seated in the front seat of the vehicle while the CLP holder performs behind-the-wheel training on public roads or highways. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson Topic: Stevens Transport |
| 28 December 2022 | Entry-Level Driver Training: State of Alaska; Application for Exemption FMCSA announces its decision to grant a two-year exemption to the State of Alaska from the limitations imposed by the commercial driver's license regulations on the State's ability to issue restricted CDLs. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson |
| 11 January 2023 | National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners: 10-Year Refresher Training and Recertification Testing Requirements The required 10-year refresher training will be delivered by private sector training organizations in the same manner as the initial National Registry medical examiner training. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson |
| 12 January 2023 | Entry-Level Driver Training: National Ground Water Association; Application for Exemption NGWA sought an exemption from the entry-level driver training regulations “for individuals operating class B ground water well drilling rigs.” | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson |
| 12 January 2023 | Entry Level Driver Training: Railsback HazMat Safety Professionals, LLC; Application for Exemption The exemption will allow Mr. Railsback to conduct theory (i.e., classroom) training for driver trainees seeking to obtain a hazardous materials endorsement on their commercial driver's license. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson |
| 3 February 2023 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: 391.41 CMV Driver Medication Form This Information Collection is voluntary and may be utilized by Medical Examiners (MEs) responsible for issuing Medical Examiner's Certificates to commercial motor vehicle drivers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 21 February 2023 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a New Information Collection Request: Effectiveness of Third-Party Testing and Minimum Standards for Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Knowledge and Skills Tests The CDL program was enacted through the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 in response to jurisdiction concerns about avoidable commercial motor vehicle crashes and commercial driver qualifications. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 21 February 2023 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Commercial Driver's License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse The Agency's final rule, published December 5, 2016, established the regulatory requirements for the Clearinghouse. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 23 June 2023 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Training Certification for Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators The Federal Motor Carrier Safety regulations require minimum training standards for entry-level drivers, and include two separate information collection actions. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 19 July 2023 | Entry-Level Driver Training: Robert Towle; Application for Exemption FMCSA announces its decision to deny the exemption application from Robert Towle, who sought an exemption on behalf of graduating students of the commercial driver's license Prep Class of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections Special School District Granite State High School from two requirements in the entry-level driver training regulations. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson |
| 28 July 2023 | Entry-Level Driver Training Requirements; Training Departments of Millis Transfer LLC (Millis Training Institute (MTI)); Heartland Express (Heartland Training Institute (HTI)); and Contract Freighter's Inc. (CFI); Application for Exemption FMCSA announces that it has received a joint application from the training departments of Millis Transfer, Heartland Express, and Contract Freighter's Inc. requesting an exemption from the entry-level driver training regulations requiring that a behind-the-wheel training instructor have at least two years' experience driving a commercial motor vehicle or two years' experience as a BTW CMV instructor, as set forth in the definition of behind-the-wheel instructor. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 7 August 2023 | Commercial Driver's License Standards: Application for Exemption Renewal; CRST The Transportation Solution (Formerly Known as CRST Expedited, Inc.) FMCSA announces its decision to provisionally renew the exemption currently held by CRST The Transportation Solution from the requirement that a commercial driver's license holder with the proper CDL class and endorsements be seated in the front seat of the commercial motor vehicle at all times while the commercial learner's permit holder is engaged in behind-the-wheel training on public roads or highways. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson Topic: CRST The Transportation Solution |
| 24 August 2023 | Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information Collection Request: Non-Insulin-Treated Diabetes Mellitus Assessment Form, MCSA-5872 This information collection is voluntary and may be utilized by medical examiners responsible for issuing Medical Examiner's Certificates, Form MCSA-5876, to individuals diagnosed with non-insulin-treated diabetes mellitus who operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 25 August 2023 | Commercial Driver's License: State of Hawaii; Application for Exemption FMCSA announces that it has received an application from the state of Hawaii to exempt specified portions of the CDL skills test for drivers on the islands of Lanai and Molokai due to the lack of highway infrastructure to allow completion of the full skills test. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |