Reido113

When it came time to research what needed to be done to attain the Class A CDL Exempt license I was blown away at how difficult it is to find information. David and Cheryl Thank You! This was the post that pulled it all together for me. I am sure many more will find their way here in the future, so I thought to add a few more tidbits to this thread. It's been almost two years since your original post and it still applies as of today 07-08-2018. On the list of places one can take the driving skills test, the Mega Center in Rosenberg Texas is not on the DPS list, however, they do in fact do all of the testing there. I just completed the written and driving exam there, all in the same week. The driving exam takes you around some local roads. No crazy turns or obstacles. Also just for clarity, there is a requirement that both the front and rear license plates must be on the towing vehicle that you are using. I did find lots of debate around this regarding a vehicle with temporary plates. I had a new vehicle with temporary plates and no sticker in the windshield. This was not an issue at all as long as you have the paper from the dealer showing the temporary plates registration and that the title/registration was applied for. This document did not contain the GVWR, this was not an issue. I held a Class A CDL for 15 years, it was replaced by DPS out of the blue shortly after I stopped driving, and replaced via the mail with a Class C. I still had to do all of the Class A CDL Exempt steps outlined in this thread in order to get the Class A back. The CDL however is gone and I would have to retake all of those tests apparently if I wanted the Commercial back. No thanks. Kudos again for this thread. It really was the best and most thorough explanation that I could find on the web. It's nice to know that one is now legal when it comes to duallys and big travel trailers that put us over the 26,001lbs. Cheers