N.M. Admin. Code § 18.19.5.111 - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TESTING
A. A New Mexico
commercial driver's license shall not be issued to any person who has not
successfully completed the knowledge and skills tests specified by
18.19.5.111 NMAC. The knowledge
tests for New Mexico are in two forms, form A and form B, for each of seven
areas of knowledge: general knowledge, air brakes, combination vehicles,
passenger transport, tank vehicles, doubles/triples and hazardous materials
(HAZMAT). If a driver fails to pass a knowledge test, either form A or B, the
alternate form shall be administered the next time the driver takes the test.
Passing grades for each separate test shall be eighty percent or higher. Any
driver who does not achieve a score of eighty percent or higher on any
knowledge or skill test may retake a test on that subject after one week or
more has intervened since the date last tested. The director, motor vehicle
division, however, may waive the time limit when the driver demonstrates that
the one week wait would cause undue hardship.
B. A school bus endorsement shall not be
issued to any person who has not successfully completed a knowledge test and a
skills test in both a passenger commercial motor vehicle and a school
bus.
C. The skills tests for New
Mexico shall be composed of the three parts set forth in Subsections D through
F of 18.19.5.111 NMAC.
D. The pre-trip test which shall consist of
at least the following parts:
(1)
Tractor-trailer addressing the following elements:
(a) Engine compartment
(b) Engine start
(c) Front of vehicle
(d) Left or right side of vehicle
(e) Coupling system
(f) Rear of vehicle
(2) Straight truck:
(a) Engine compartment
(b) Engine start
(c) Front of vehicle
(d) Left or right side of vehicle
(e) Rear of vehicle
(3) School bus, coach bus, transit bus:
(a) Engine compartment
(b) Engine start
(c) Front of vehicle
(d) Right side of vehicle
(e) Passenger compartment
(f) Rear of vehicle
E. The basic skills tests which
shall consist of one of the following forms:
(1) Form 1 addressing at least the following:
(a) Alley dock
(b) Straight line backing
(c) Sight side parallel park
(d) Conventional parallel park
(2) Form 2 addressing at least the
following:
(a) Right turn
(b) Alley dock
(c) Conventional parallel park
(d) Backing serpentine
(3) Form 3 addressing at least the following:
(a) Alley dock
(b) Straight line backing
(c) Conventional parallel park
(d) Backing serpentine
F. The road test shall consist of
the following maneuvers:
(1) Four left
turns
(2) Four right
turns
(3) One stop
intersection
(4) One through
intersection
(5) Urban straight
section
(6) Expressway section or
rural section if no expressway available
(7) One drive down grade and one simulated
drive down grade
(8) One drive up
grade
(9) Stop on downgrade or stop
on upgrade
(10) One underpass or
one bridge (tractor-trailer only)
(11) One curve (left or right)
(12) Railroad crossing:
(a) For non-bus and non-HAZMAT: One railroad
crossing or one extra through intersection
(b) For bus or HAZMAT: One railroad crossing
or one simulated railroad crossing.
G. The skills test required by
18.19.5.111 NMAC shall be deemed
to have been met by a driver who has been qualified and employed as a
commercial driver for two or more years at the time of application for a class
A, B, or C license, and who has not been convicted of a point assessment
violation nor had an accident with fault while driving a commercial vehicle
within the last three years.
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