Forklift Fatality

[Bird]

Talked to my wife, she has a regular operators license and here in Michigan, if you have no citations or at-fault accidents in the 4 year period between your last license and your renewal, you can do that by mail. Last time I went in I changed from a CDL to an operators license and they told me I STILL had to come in four years later even if my record was spotless...but after four more years with a spotless record on an operators license I could renew by mail....because I changed the type of license three years ago it wasn't valid for renewal by mail. Seems stupid to me.

A regular operator's license is now 6 years instea of 4 in Texas.

 

[JDgreen227]

A regular operator's license is now 6 years instea of 4 in Texas.

Let me guess....did they increase the price of the originally 4 year license by half, or double it?

My guess says double.

 

[Bird]

Let me guess....did they increase the price of the originally 4 year license by half, or double it?

My guess says double.

You can see all the different fees for different ones here.

 

[YesDeere]

It can happen quick and not just tipping. I lost a cousin about ten years ago to a forklift accident. He was loading trash into a dumpster that he had brought there with his fork. While he was facing the dumpster the brake let loose and pinned him. No one found him until it was too late. Suffocated. Bad way to go.

 

[JDgreen227]

You can see all the different fees for different ones here.

Thanks...and I can just see the line of 85 year old guys waiting to get a CDL at the discounted rate...:laughing: :laughing:

IMO states should require ALL drivers to pass the CDL examination and any other tests, it would serve THREE purposes:

States would collect much more in license fees

Such testing would weed out the bad drivers right off

Last, but not least, perhaps many drivers would be more careful of they had to worry about losing their CDL. I can tell you that I, as well as many other drivers I knew that had a CDL, were MUCH more careful drivers, because losing a CDL could have meant losing your job. AND, CDL holders where I worked were subject to random drug testing.

 

[jonyyuma]

Whats wierd about the drivers station??, They could check to see if you have Insurance,before you have your photo made... but no a cop has to find out after the Wreck??A lot of retiree's here are now get photos put on Voting cards as they don't have Licenses or gov. photo id's. Them dead people just keep on Voting????Nation-wide???

 

[Bird]

Thanks...and I can just see the line of 85 year old guys waiting to get a CDL at the discounted rate...:laughing: :laughing:

IMO states should require ALL drivers to pass the CDL examination and any other tests, it would serve THREE purposes:

States would collect much more in license fees

Such testing would weed out the bad drivers right off

Last, but not least, perhaps many drivers would be more careful of they had to worry about losing their CDL. I can tell you that I, as well as many other drivers I knew that had a CDL, were MUCH more careful drivers, because losing a CDL could have meant losing your job. AND, CDL holders where I worked were subject to random drug testing.

Before the days of the CDL in every state, Texas had an Operator's License, a Commercial Operator's License, and a Chauffeur's License. Only the Operator's License required a driving test and that license was also good for motorcycles. I first got a driver's license in Oklahoma when I was 16. We moved to Texas before I was 17 and I got a Texas Operator's License. But then we had a customer with tractor trailer grain haulers, so I went back when i was 17, took the other written test, and got the Commercial License so I could drive trucks. When I was 19, I went back and took the written test for the Chauffeur's License so I could drive a schoolbus and taxi cab. In 1969, Texas came up with the idea of a separate motorcycle endorsement for another $5 on each renewal, and I did have a motorcycle at the time, so I went and took both written and driving test for the motorcycle endorsement. So I was licensed to drive anything you could legally put on the road. Operator's Lcenses had be renewed every 4 years; Chauffeur's License every 2 years and cost twice as much, so that made it actually cost 4 times as much.

But when they started the CDL and sent me a letter that I'd have to come in and take the test for a CDL or drop back to an Operator's License . . . well, I'd have no objection to taking the test, but since I had no need for a CDL, I saw no reason to pay what it costs.:laughing: And I eventually even dropped the motorcycle endocrsement since I don't a bike anymore.

 

[JDgreen227]

When I was working, my employer always reimbursed me the cost of my required CDL, which was usually about $55 every 4 years.

 

[Duffster]

Licenses are good for 8 years here.

Unless you have a Hazmat. Then it's 4.

 

[timswi]

It's 4 years in PA for a regular license...Just shuffle over to the state police run license center (after mailing in the fee and receiving the form back) get your picture taken and sign the paper and done...For PA, pretty painless.