read your cdl manual and study for air brakes, General knowledge, passenger.for written test. For class BP
You also need to take your road test in a vehicle equipped with air brakes. By the way, there is no air brake endorsement - if you don't complete the requirements for air brakes, you get an air brake restriction.
You have to take and complete the written test, then you have to take a road test in a bus. You'll be restricted to whatever class of passenger carrying vehicle you test in - if you test in a vehicle which only requires a Class C CDL, you'll be restricted to that class of bus.
No such thing. There is no air brake endorsement. If you do not complete and pass the written test AND perform your road test in a vehicle equipped with air brakes, then you get a restrictionon your license which prohibits you from operating a vehicle or combination which requires a CDL and is equipped with air brakes. So, if you were operating a 33k GVW RV with air brakes for private use, you could still drive it, but you wouldn't be able to drive one on a for-hire basis. And it is possible to have a Class A without air brakes. E.g., Ford F650 (26,000 lb. GVWR) with hydraulic brakes+ 10 ton gooseneck trailer with electric brakes = 46,000 lb. GCWR combination with a trailer in excess of a 10k GVW = Class A CDL vehicle without air brakes.
As for endorsements exclusive to a CDL, you can get hazmat, passenger, and tanker endorsements. You can also get a motorcycle endorsement, which can be placed on any class of licence. The only endorsement you wouldn't be able to get is the endorsement for double and triple trailers.
You may only have one license. If you have a Class A CDL, you can operate a vehicle requiring a Class B or Class C CDL, so long as you have any endorsements necessary for the vehicle type (e.g., tank endorsement for tank vehicles, passenger endorsement for passenger vehicles, hazmat endorsement for vehicles hauling hazardous materials, etc.).
Restrictions include: B - corrective lenses required D - Anatomical Donor M- Restricted to Class B and Class C Passenger vehicles (This restriction goes with a P - passenger endorsement on a class A CDL) N- Restricted to class C Passenger vehicles (This restriction goes with a P - passenger endorsement on a class A CDL)
Nowhere in the US does a 15 passenger van require a CDL. However, 15 persons is the max before a CDL with passenger endorsement is required.
Yes - both a written and road test are necessary for the P (passenger) endorsement, regardless of what class of licence you currently possess.
All you have to do to get the endorsement is pass the written test and road test in a passenger vehicle. However, if you have a Class A CDL and road test in a vehicle requiring only a Class C CDL, you'll be restricted to operating passenger vehicles in that class and lower.
Depends on the GVW of the vehicle. If it's under 26,000 lbs. GVW, it requires a Class C CDL with passenger endorsement. If it's over 26,000 lbs. GVW, it requires a Class B with passenger endorsement.
Providing you are transporting people for hire, a passenger endorsement is required by anyone operating the vehicle.Added: If you are actually driving the vehicle but you do not hold the proper endorsement yourself, you are in violation regardless of whether the holder of the correct endorsement is a passenger in the vehicle or not. It is YOU that is in control of the vehicle - not them.
If it's being operated for-hire, you need a CDL with a passenger endorsement in any state. In any other instance, you need to get a letter of determination from the NCDOT. Any vehicle designed to transport more than 15 passengers (including the driver) requires a CDL with a passenger endorsement.
Yes. The vehicle would require a Class C CDL with the Passenger endorsement.
In any state, you must take the written passenger test at your DMV, and take a road test in a passenger vehicle.
You can have a CDL (Commercial Driver's License) without a Hazardous Materials Endorsement, but you have not have the HazMat Endorsement without a CDL.