Page 13 - Georgia Commercial Drivers Manual 2020

1SECTION : INTRODUCTION

COMMERCIAL LICENSE & PERMIT FEES RESTRICTION CODES
– COMMERCIAL
Type Term Fee
CLASSIFICATIONS
CDL License Class A, B 8 years $32
E No Manual Transmission Equipped CMV
CDL Learner’s Permit AP, BP 6 months (180 days) $10 K Intrastate Commerce Only
L Without Air-Brakes
CDL Application $35 M No Class A Passenger Buses
N No Class A or B Passenger Buses
CDL Road Skills Test $50 O No Tractor Trailer CMV
P No Passengers in CMV bus
CDL Endorsements “Term of License w/o Hazmat” $5 each V Medical Variance
X No Cargo in CMV Tank Vehicle
NOTE: If you possess a Hazmat Endorsement, it will expire on the Threat Assessment Date which is a Y Hearing Aid Required
maximum of 5 years. The fee is $20. Z No Full Air Brake

COMMERCIAL CLASSES

Class Purpose

Class A Truck trailer or tractor-semi trailer combination in which the combination weight COMMERCIAL CLASS
exceeds 26,001 pounds and the unit being towed exceeds 10,000 pounds. Class ENDORSEMENTS
A driver may operate vehicles in Class B and C with required endorsements. Ap-
plicants must possess a Class C driver’s license before obtaining a Class A and
be at least 18 years of age.

A single driver’s license, with a combination of classifications, will be issued to C For-Hire
qualified persons who wish to drive various types of vehicles.

Class AP Class A Commercial Learner’s Permit P Passenger Vehicles (sixteen or more,
including driver)
Single vehicles weighing 26,001 or more pounds and the unit being towed is
Class B less than 10,000 pounds. A class B driver may operate motor vehicles included T Double/Triple-Trailers
within Class C.
Applicants must possess a Class C driver’s license prior to obtaining a Class B X Tanker and Hazardous (not qualified for
driver’s license and be at least 18 years of age. Permits)

Class BP Class B Commercial Learner’s Permit H Hazardous Materials Haulers
(not qualified for Permits)

Class C Class ‘C’ Commercial Driver’s Licenses are issued only if the vehicle is designed to S School Bus
transport sixteen or more passengers (including the driver), or utilized to transport
hazardous materials in quantities that require placarding. N Tank Vehicles

THE “MOVE OVER” LAW

Georgia’s “Move Over” Law helps ensure highway safety for motorists, emergency personnel, How does the “Move
active sanitation workers, and utility service workers when their vehicles Over” Law make a
are stopped on the side of the roadway. difference?

This law was created to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities to • Thirty percent of all crashes occur as the
police officers, paramedics, firefighters, wrecker operators, and high- result of another crash.
way maintenance workers by maintaining an open buffer lane between
passing highway traffic and authorized roadside emergency vehicles • Providing a buffer lane for these vehicles
displaying flashing yellow, amber, white, red, or blue lights. It was parked on the roadway shoulder actually
amended to include active sanitation workers and utility service workers reduces the risk of another crash.
who are utilizing traffic cones and/or vehicles displaying flashing lights.
• When the required clearance is given
In Georgia, this law requires motorists to: to roadside these types of vehicles, the
margin of safety is increased, not only
• Move Over to the next lane if safely possible; Safely change lanes for public safety, emergency personnel,
• If unable to Move Over, then Slow Down below the speed limit when approaching any active sanitation workers, and utility
emergency, sanitation, or service workers, but for motorists and
and be prepared to stop. utility service vehicle. their passengers as well.

This law applies to any emergency vehicle, sanitation, or utility It’s the Law!
service parked on the shoulder of the roadway.
• Violations can result in a fine of no more
Why was the “Move Over” Law Passed? than $500 for the first offense.

• Because it saves lives. The “Move Over” • More police officers • The “Move Over” Law is another reason
Law helps maintain traffic flow and are killed by traffic to slow down on the highways and,
protect the safety of motorists, emergency crashes than in interstates, and roadways.
personnel, active sanitation workers, and any other line-of-duty cause of death.
utility service workers. More than one fourth of those killed are
struck by passing vehicles while they work
• Vehicles parked on the side of the roadway outside their patrol cars.
are vulnerable to crashes even when
emergency lights are flashing.

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