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SECTION : INTRODUCTION

Note: After 2/7/22 Formal Training is
proper CDL group and endorsement(s) neces- required before you will be able to get skills test. If said person fails to appear for his
sary to operate the CMV. the TSA back ground check. See page 67. or her scheduled skills test appointment the
license fee paid shall be considered a testing
• The CDL holder must at all times be physically • The doubles/triples test, required if you
present in the front seat of the vehicle next to want to pull double or triple trailers. fee and retained by the department. Pursuant
the CLP holder or, in the case of a passenger (NOTE: This endorsement is not eligible to to O.C.G.A. §40-5-25 and DDS Rule 1-1-.10(7), the
vehicle, directly behind or in the first row be- be on the CLP.) $50.00 Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Road
hind the driver and must have the CLP holder • The School Bus test required if you want to Skills Test fee is now required for each testing
under observation and direct supervision. attempt. All fees retained by the department
drive a school bus. The school bus skills pursuant to this Code section shall be remitted
The issuance of a CLP is a precondition to test must be taken and passed by all to the general fund.
the initial issuance of a CDL. The issuance of a applicants in order to obtain this en- If you pass the required knowledge test(s),
CLP is also a precondition to the upgrade of a dorsement. You can take the CDL roadtest. Here are three
CDL if the upgrade requires a skills test. The types of general skills that will be tested: pre-
CLP holder is not eligible to take the CDL trip inspection, basic vehicle control, and on-
skills test in the first 14 days after initial The passing score for all knowledge tests road driving. You must take these tests in
issuance of the CLP. If you change CLP is 80% the type of vehicle for which you wish to be
vehicle
that
Any
components
licensed.
has
Class or add one of 3 endorsements (P-S-N) With the exception of adding the Passenger (P) marked or labeled cannot be used for the Pre-
your initial issuance changes. endorsement or the School Bus (S) endorse- trip Inspection Test.
Each person applying for a commercial or ment, a driver who already has the required
noncommercial instructional (learner’s) permit endor

for Class A, B, C, or M driver’s license shall pay after req Special Note - If your CLP is issued after
the applicable license fee prior to attempting the endorsement(s) being applied for. To obtain a February 7, 2022, you will be required to
knowledge test for the instructional (learner’s) Passenger (P) or School Bus (S) endorsement, complete Entry Level Driver Training
permit sought. If said person fails to achieve a the driver must pass both CDL knowledge and (ELDT) before being allowed to take the
skills tests.
passing score on the knowledge test, the license If yo do not have the license class required CDL Skills tests. The CLP cannot be held for
fee paid shall be considered a testing fee and for an endorsement but are seeking that class more than one year (365) days. If you fail any
retained by the department. Any person failing while also seeking the endorsement,the en- part of the skills tests you can apply to
to achieve a passing score on the knowledge test dorsement is only granted if the knowledge reschedule the retest after the waiting period as
for an instructional (learner’s) permit shall pay test for the endorsement is passed and all follows:
the applicable license fee on each subsequent other requirements for the license class also
attempt until successful, at which time the fee are met. • 1st failure and subsequent
shall be his or her license fee. If you fail an endorsement test, but have failures -two days.
You will have to take one or more knowledge otherwise passed the knowledge tests for
tests, depending on what class of license and the license class, you can still take the The following restrictions will be placed on
what endorsements you need. To qualify for a applicable skills tests. If you pass the skills your license if the test is this type of vehicle:
license permit, a person must obtain a passing tests, you should be given the appropriate
score on all knowledge tests required for that license, but without the endorsement. You • If an applicant performs the skills test in a ve-
class. The CDL knowledge tests are all multiple- can then retake the endorsement test later hicle equipped with an automatic transmis-
choice and include: without further skills testing except for sion, that person is restricted from operating
• The general knowledge test, taken by obtaining a P or S endorse-ment (P and S a CMV equipped with a manual transmis-
sion. (No manual transmission equipped
all applicants. endorsements require a skills test be performed CMV)
• The passenger transport test, taken by all in a bus).
Upon request the examiner will provide • Tractor-trailer – If an applicant performs the
bus driver applicants. The passenger skills test in a combination vehicle for a Group
transport skills test must be taken and you with your score for each knowledge test A CDL with the power unit and towed unit
passed by all applicants in order to ob- taken. All test material is derived from the CDL connected with a pintle hook or other non-fifth
tain this endorsement. Drivers Manual.
After you have passed the knowledge test(s) wheel connection, that person is restricted
• The air brakes test, which you must take if for a license class, you then must pass the skill from operating a tractor-trailer combination
your vehicle has air brakes, including air tests. No class of CDL or CDL upgrade is grant- connected by a fifth wheel that requires a
over hydraulic brakes. ed solely on the basis of passing the knowledge Group A CDL. (No tractor trailer CMV)
• The combination vehicles test, which is tests. If a driver fails one or more of the knowl- • If an applicant performs the skills test in a
required if you want to drive combina- edge tests required for a license class, you must passenger vehicle requiring a Group B CDL,
tion vehicles. retake and pass the failed test(s) before that person is restricted from operating a
taking the skills tests.
• The hazardous materials test, required if passenger vehicle requiring a Group A CDL.
you want to haul hazardous materials, as The retest waiting period is: (No Class A passenger busses)
defined in 49 CFR 383.5. In order to • 1st failure and subsequent failures - two • If an applicant performs the skills test in a
obtain this endorsement you are also re- days passenger vehicle requiring a Group C CDL,
quired to pass a Transportation Security that person is restricted from operating a
Administration (TSA) background check Knowledge test failures also affect the retest passenger vehicle requiring a Group B CDL.
(go to https://universalenroll.dhs.gov for waiting period for skills test. (No class A or B passenger busses)
additional information). (NOTE: This en- Current active Duty Military, Guard and Re-
dorsement is not eligible to be on the CLP.) serve members or military personnel that have • If an applicant performs the skills test in a
vehicle that does not have air brakes they will
• The tanker test is required if you want to not been out of the military more than one (1) be restricted from operating a CMV with air
year can apply for a Military Skills Test Waiver.
haul a liquid or gaseous materials in a Please visit the DDS website at dds.georgia.gov brakes. (No air brake equipped CMV)
tank or tanks having an individual rated to download the Military Skills Test Waiver
capacity of more than 119 gallons and an application. To have a restriction(s) removed you must
aggregate rated capacity of 1,000 gal- obtain a CLP for the Class of vehicle you will be
lons or more that is either permanently or 1.2.2 – Skills Tests operating that does not have the restriction(s) on
temporarily attached to the vehicle or Each person applying for a Class A, B, or C it. The permit is considered valid for purposes
chassis. commercial driver’s license shall pay the ap- of behind-the-wheel training on public roads
plicable license fee at the time that he or she or highways if at all times accompanied by the
schedules his or her appointment for said holder of a valid CDL who has the proper CDL
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