• snooggums@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Commercial license requirements for full sized trucks over a certain size and weight would be an excellent solution. In addition to the increased effort and cost to get one, commercial licenses are way easier to lose.

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      2 months ago

      It depends on the state, but it usually is. It’s just very high, like a gvwr of 26k lbs.

      Thing is, a CDL covers a bunch of stuff you really don’t need to know for something smaller than that, like air brakes. That said, some kind of graduated licensing is called for, here.

      Motorcycles, too, while we’re at it. It’s insane that you can go through MSF and then immediately buy a literbike.

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        2 months ago

        In ny US state motorcycles have a special motorcycle license. Maybe that would be a good starting point for a large vehicle permit that is more than a regilar license.