question about endorsements?

where i live, if a person goes for the P endorsement, he (or she) has to prove that pre-trip, brake testing and yard manuevers can be done, before the actual road test. you would be driving a different type of vehicle with emergency exits.

 

If you're just adding endorsements u don't have to take road test , just the endorsement test for the one u want to add ... I got my endorsements when I got my learners permit . U just sit down and take a test on the computer or paper depending on ur area go to www.christcdl.com for all the cdl a cdl b and endorsements test.... goodluck

 

That is not correct. You will need to do a pre-trip and road test in a passenger vehicle, despite already having a class B.

You will not have to take the written tests for airbrakes or general knowledge, only need to take the one four your P endorsement. But, they want to take the pre-trip and road test so they can see that you understand how to pre-trip seats, lights, understand emergency evaculation procedure, and maybe a few other things.

I have a class A and I just added my P and S endorsements. Had to retest for a class B in a school bus (had to be yellow, or it didn't count for an S endorsement).

Tanker, HazMat, and doubles/triples do not require a new pre-trip or road test. Those are all just written tests, with a HazMat also requiring a TSA background check.

 

That's crazy why would u have to re test for a class b license when class a supersedes a class b I know a lot of ppl down here in baltimore who have all there endorsements with their class a and didn't have re test for their class b ...
Well if you did it then it must be true but strange !!!!

 

To add a 'P' Passenger endorsement or 'S' School bus endorsement, additional pre-trip and road testing is required because you are making yourself responsible for passengers and school children.

The original post was about adding the 'P' Passenger endorsement.

 

Their endorsements must not include a P or an S endorsement.

The class A or B does not really matter. They need you to physically show that you know the few things different on a passenger vehicle. It's more about the pre-trip than the driving portion.

However, the one way my class of license mattered is with the whole MVA things about testing in the kind of vehicle that you want to be licensed for. I took it in a school bus and not a class A vehicle. So, I have a restriction on my license that says I am not licensed to drive a class A bus.

I don't know the answer to this, but I wonder if adding an air brake endorsement (actually, removing the restriction) would require a new driving test, since you have to show your air brake tests on the pre-trip. I know we have several people at my work with class B licenses, but no air brake endorsement. I would think that if it were as easy as a written test, they would have tested for it by now. Not a concern for me, but it has me curious enough that I want to know the answer.

 

Here in Cali you have to do the driver test with CHP in the vehicle of choice, such as church bus, school bus, after you take the written test before you get the endorsement. I have a passenger endorsement, but that was only a 1 trip career with the big grey dog. I don't ever even show it. People by far are the worst load. WHen you put the load locks in they keep releasing them, very hard to secure.

 

That's just too funny!

 

Load locks lmao !!!! But I heard some class a drivers do charter bus work on wkends and make pretty good money taking ppl to casinos etc... but still load locks !!! FUNNY !