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New York State Commercial Driver's Manual - CDL-10 and CDL-10S (10/11)
(for Class A, B, and C Driver Licenses)

IMPORTANT - For commercial driver license (CDL) road tests conducted on or
after October 13, 2010:

For CDL skills test conducted on or after October 13, 2010, the DMV will issue a 10-day temporary license to applicants who pass a CDL skills test and who meet the medical certification requirement described below and all other requirements. The other requirements include checks of the National Driver Registry (NDR) and Commercial Driver License Information System (CDLIS).

For commercial driver license (CDL) road tests conducted on and after October 13, 2010 the applicant must present a valid Medical Examiner's Certificate to the DMV license examiner at the time of the skills test if the driver:

  • takes a skills test for a Class A, B or C driver license, and
  • is required to meet the federal medical requirements in 49 CFR Part 391. This requirement applies to you if your document does not have an A3 restriction, or, if you are over age 21, a K restriction.

Note: You are still required to visit a Department of Motor Vehicle issuing office to receive a permanent, amended license.

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The sections of this manual are available in English or in Spanish.  The table below matches the sections to the knowledge and skills tests that you must pass to receive a Commercial Driver License (CDL) in the correct Class with the required endorsements.  To get the section you want to study, click on the name of the section, in either English or Spanish, in the column on the left. (Many of these files are very large and can take a long time to download.)

The SECTIONS of the manual, listed below... ...help you prepare for these TESTS... ...in order to get these LICENSES OR ENDORSEMENTS.
Table of Contents
(3 pages)

Contenido
(3 páginas)		 — —
Section 1  Introduction
(12 pages)

Sección 1
(16 páginas) 		All applicants should read this section first All
Section 2  Driving Safely
(57 pages)

Sección 2
(62 páginas)		 General (Core) Knowledge test Class A, B, and C licenses
Section 3  Transporting Cargo Safely
(5 pages)

Sección 3
(5 páginas)		 General (Core) Knowledge test Class A, B, and C licenses
Section 4  Transporting Passengers
(6 pages)

Sección 4
(6 páginas)		 Test for endorsement to transport passengers, taken by all bus driver applicants. Passenger (P) and School Bus (S) endorsements
Section 5  Air Brakes
(14 pages)

Sección 5
(14 páginas)		 Air Brakes test You must pass this test if your vehicle has air brakes, including air over hydraulic brakes
Section 6  Combination Vehicles
(15 pages)

Sección 6
(15 páginas)		 Combination Vehicle test (for example, a tractor-trailer combination) Class A license and Double/Triple (T) endorsement
Section 7  Doubles and Triples
(8 pages)

Sección 7
(8 páginas)		 Double/Triple endorsement test Double/Triple (T) endorsement — required to pull double or triple trailers
Section 8  TANK VEHICLES
(4 pages)

Sección 8
(4 páginas)		 Tank Vehicle endorsement test Tank (N) endorsement — required to haul a liquid or liquid gas in a permanently mounted cargo tank rated at 119 gallons or more or a portable tank rated at 1,000 gallons or more
Section 9  Hazardous Materials
(27 pages)

Sección 9
(30 páginas)		 Hazardous Materials (HazMat) endorsement test HazMat (H), combination Tank-HazMat (X) and Farm-HazMat (Z) endorsements — required to haul hazardous materials or waste in amounts that require placards or any quantity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin in 42 CFR 73
Section 10  School Bus
(14 pages)

Sección 10
(15 páginas)		 School Bus endorsement test School Bus (S) endorsement — required in addition to the (P) endorsement to drive a school bus with a GVWR of more than 26,000 lbs or designed to seat 15 or more adult passengers (excluding the driver)
Sections 11, 12 & 13  Pre-trip Inspection Test; Basic Vehicle Control Test; On-Road Test
(21 pages)

Sección 11, 12, 13
(23 páginas)		 Skills/Road Test Class A, B, and C licenses. You must take the skills test in the class and type of vehicle for which you wish to be licensed.