CDL Texas commercial rules
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Section 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 What does "communicating" mean in safe
driving?
signaling your intentions
Section 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 Where should you place reflectors when
stopped on a dividead highway?
10ft., 100 ft., 200 ft.
Section 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 What 3 things add up to total stopping
distance?
Perception distance, reaction distance, and braking distance
Section 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 If you go twice as fast, will your stopping
distance increase by two or four times?
4 times
,Section 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 Empty trucks have the best braking. True
or False?
False.
Section 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 What is hydroplaning?
Water or slush collects on the road. It's like water skiing. The
tires lose their contact with the road, and have little to no
traction.
Section 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 What is black ice?
A thin layer that is clear enough that you can see the road
underneath it.
Section 2.2 Why should you back toward the driver's side?
So that you can see better
2.1 What is the most important reason for doing a vehicle
inspection?
Safety is the most important reason you inspect your vehicle,
safety for yourself and for other road users.
2.1 What things should you check during a trip?
-Tires, wheels and rims
,- brakes
- lights and reflectors
-Brake and electrical connections to trailer
- trailer coupling devices
- Cargo securement
2.1 Name some key steering system parts?
- Steering wheel, steering shaft, tie rod, power steering
cylinder, hydraulic fluid reservoir, gear box, steering knuckle,
power steering cylinder
2.1 Name some suspension steering defects.
-Cracked or broken spring hangers
- Missing or broken leaves in any leaf spring
-
Section 14 Papers
All commercial motor vehicles, truck tractors, trail- ers, or
semitrailers must carry registration papers (receipt for license
plates) on the vehicles while operating on a public highway.
These papers shall show the weight of the vehicle empty and
how much it is registered to haul.
Section 14 Special Permits
, If you wish to haul a load or move equip- ment that is heavier,
longer, wider, or higher than the law allows, you must obtain a
special permit from the Texas Department of Transportation. A
permit will not be granted if the load can reasonably be
dismantled.
Section 14 Hazard Warning Signal Lights.
When any truck, bus, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole
trailer 80 inches or more in width or 30 feet or more in overall
length is stopped upon a roadway or adjacent shoulder, the
driver shall immediate- ly actuate electric hazard warning
signal lights, flashers which flash simultaneously. These lights
need not be dis- played, however, by a vehicle legally parked
inside the city limits or when stopped to receive or discharge
passengers.
Section 14 Flares, Fusees, or Reflectors
No person shall operate a truck, bus, truck tractor, or any motor
vehicle towing a house trailer, upon any highway outside the
city limits or upon any divided highway at any time from a half
hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise unless there
shall be carried in such vehicle the following: at least three
flares, or three red electric lanterns, or three portable red
emergency reflectors. During times when lighted lamps are not
required two red flags must be used in place of flares, lights, or
reflectors. Motor vehicles transporting explosives or any cargo
tank truck used for the transportation of any flammable liquid
or compressed flammable gases, or any motor vehicle using
compressed gas as a fuel shall not use flares, fusees, or any
signals produced by flame. D.O.T. approved triangular reflectors
can be used in lieu of the above equipment.
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Section 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 What does "communicating" mean in safe
driving?
signaling your intentions
Section 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 Where should you place reflectors when
stopped on a dividead highway?
10ft., 100 ft., 200 ft.
Section 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 What 3 things add up to total stopping
distance?
Perception distance, reaction distance, and braking distance
Section 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 If you go twice as fast, will your stopping
distance increase by two or four times?
4 times
,Section 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 Empty trucks have the best braking. True
or False?
False.
Section 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 What is hydroplaning?
Water or slush collects on the road. It's like water skiing. The
tires lose their contact with the road, and have little to no
traction.
Section 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 What is black ice?
A thin layer that is clear enough that you can see the road
underneath it.
Section 2.2 Why should you back toward the driver's side?
So that you can see better
2.1 What is the most important reason for doing a vehicle
inspection?
Safety is the most important reason you inspect your vehicle,
safety for yourself and for other road users.
2.1 What things should you check during a trip?
-Tires, wheels and rims
,- brakes
- lights and reflectors
-Brake and electrical connections to trailer
- trailer coupling devices
- Cargo securement
2.1 Name some key steering system parts?
- Steering wheel, steering shaft, tie rod, power steering
cylinder, hydraulic fluid reservoir, gear box, steering knuckle,
power steering cylinder
2.1 Name some suspension steering defects.
-Cracked or broken spring hangers
- Missing or broken leaves in any leaf spring
-
Section 14 Papers
All commercial motor vehicles, truck tractors, trail- ers, or
semitrailers must carry registration papers (receipt for license
plates) on the vehicles while operating on a public highway.
These papers shall show the weight of the vehicle empty and
how much it is registered to haul.
Section 14 Special Permits
, If you wish to haul a load or move equip- ment that is heavier,
longer, wider, or higher than the law allows, you must obtain a
special permit from the Texas Department of Transportation. A
permit will not be granted if the load can reasonably be
dismantled.
Section 14 Hazard Warning Signal Lights.
When any truck, bus, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole
trailer 80 inches or more in width or 30 feet or more in overall
length is stopped upon a roadway or adjacent shoulder, the
driver shall immediate- ly actuate electric hazard warning
signal lights, flashers which flash simultaneously. These lights
need not be dis- played, however, by a vehicle legally parked
inside the city limits or when stopped to receive or discharge
passengers.
Section 14 Flares, Fusees, or Reflectors
No person shall operate a truck, bus, truck tractor, or any motor
vehicle towing a house trailer, upon any highway outside the
city limits or upon any divided highway at any time from a half
hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise unless there
shall be carried in such vehicle the following: at least three
flares, or three red electric lanterns, or three portable red
emergency reflectors. During times when lighted lamps are not
required two red flags must be used in place of flares, lights, or
reflectors. Motor vehicles transporting explosives or any cargo
tank truck used for the transportation of any flammable liquid
or compressed flammable gases, or any motor vehicle using
compressed gas as a fuel shall not use flares, fusees, or any
signals produced by flame. D.O.T. approved triangular reflectors
can be used in lieu of the above equipment.
