Department of Motor Vehicles
New York State Commercial Driver's Manual

IMPORTANT - For commercial driver license (CDL) road tests conducted on or after September 1, 2006: On and after September 1, 2006, the NYSDMV cannot issue a 10-day temporary CDL when you pass a CDL skills (road) test. Federal regulations require the NYSDMV to check both the National Driver Register and the Commercial Driver License Information System before the NYSDMV can issue a CDL. If you pass a CDL skills test on or after September 1, 2006, you must wait at least seven days after the skills test, then go to a DMV office to amend your driver license to a CDL.  Until your CDL is issued, you continue to hold only a CDL permit, and must comply with all restrictions and limitations of the permit.

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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 (9 pages) Sección 1 (10 páginas)	All applicants should read this section first	All
Section 2  Driving Safely (53 pages) Sección 2 (61 páginas)	General (Core) Knowledge test	Class A, B, and C licenses
Section 3  Transporting Cargo Safely (4 pages) Sección 3 (5 páginas)	General (Core) Knowledge test	Class A, B, and C licenses
Section 4  Transporting Passengers (5 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 (12 pages) Sección 5 (13 páginas)	Air Brakes test	You must pass this test if your vehicle has air brakes, including air over hydraulic brakes
Section 6  Combination Vehicles (14 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 (7 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 (26 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 (20 pages) Sección 11, 12, 13 (21 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.