[AT] Test

[charlie hill]

Would have been the same for me Cecil if I had upgraded to the CDL
when it first started but I wasn't driving trucks at the time and didn't
bother.  I've had a Class A since I was in high school and started driving
a school bus.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Cecil R Bearden
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 9:30 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Test

I got mine so long ago that I did not have to take the driving test...!!

Cecil in OKla



On 8/6/2015 7:59 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Cecil,  I had to renew my drivers license this year and waited
> (true to my form) until the day before my birthday.  I have a Class
> A license which is the same as a CDL but without any endorsements.
> More accurately it is what was a CDL before there was a CDL and I
> never updated it.  I don't know what use it is to me but I keep it
> and that means I have to renew every 4 years instead of every 5 and
> I have to go in and take the eye test every time.  This time I got cocky
> and didn't bother to look at the book before hand.  I passed and got
> everything right but it scared me when I looked at that round circle on 
> the
> screen and had to pause 10 seconds to realize that, painted yellow with
> an X on it, it's a rail road crossing.   I did the same thing when I saw
> that
> baseball home plate on the screen and had to pause to realize it's a
> school crossing.  It's amazing how easy it is to get partially stumped
> on something you know cold just by removing  a few details.
>
> I keep thinking I'll go and take the driving test and get a CDL but to
> do so I'd have to borrow someone's road tractor and trailer and it
> has to be one that you know will pass inspection (no air or oil leaks, all
> lights working, etc.).  That's kind of a big favor to ask of someone.
> I guess at 65 I should just drop the Class A back to a Class C and forget
> about it.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cecil R Bearden
> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 8:27 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Test
>
> Thanks Charlie.  It has been so long ago I had to study that I forgot
> how.   I used to hold a hazmat CDL cetification.  I always had to take
> it the second time to pass.  After 6 years and no Hazmat loads, I
> dropped it so I could quit studying...
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
> On 8/6/2015 1:05 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>> no you passed fine without studying Cecil.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Cecil R Bearden
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 5:26 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Test
>>
>> Do I have to study for this test??
>>
>> Made it to OK
>>
>> Cecil in OKla
>>
>>
>> On 8/5/2015 4:11 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>>> Not getting any mail at this end.
>>> I know I've been missing some.
>>> Now I seem to be missing all.
>>>
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