Commercial Driver Licenses
Noncommercial Driver Licenses
Motorcycles
CDL Exemptions
Restrictions
Endorsements
Additional Information
Acronyms/Abbreviations
Adding contact info to your Florida drivers license
Adding contact info to your Florida drivers license
Did
you know you can go online and easily enter two (2) emergency contacts
into your Florida Driver's License record?
This information can only be retrieved by a police officer.
This came about as a result of one woman's teenage daughter being severely
injured in a car accident and it taking over five hours for authorities to
locate the mother to inform her.
This way, if you are in an accident, the police/sheriff's deputy can run
your driver's license and have your emergency contact info ASAP.
Access to this opportunity is through the DHSMV website:
https://www6.hsmv.state.fl.us/dlcheck/findcustomer
The link asks for your Florida Driver's License Number and then your birth
date information for security verification. Notice the Secure Assurance
seal.
Please consider forwarding this notice to family and friends in Florida.
It's a vital link to your loved ones just in case anything happens.
Commercial Driver License (CDL)
CLASS A:
Any Tractor/Trailer combination that has an actual weight, declared
weight or GVWR of 26,001 LBS. or more, provided towed vehicle is more
than 10,000 LBS.CLASS B:
Any single motor vehicle that has an actual weight, declared weight or
GVWR of 26,001 LBS. or more, or any such vehicle towing a vehicle of
10,000 LBS. or less.
CLASS C:
Any motor vehicle that has an actual weight, declared weight or GVWR of
less than 26,001 LBS. when endorsements "H" or "P" would be required on
the driver license OR any combination of motor vehicles where the towing
vehicle is less than 26,001 LBS. GVWR and the towed vehicle has a GVWR
of 10,000 LBS. or less, but together they weigh 26,001 LBS. or more.
Non-Commercial Driver
Licenses
CLASS D:
Any truck or truck tractor that has an actual weight, declared weight or
GVWR of 8,000 LBS or more but less than than 26,001 LBS. or is more than
80 inches wide.
A resident who holds a valid
Florida chauffeur license may continue to operate vehicles for which a
CLASS D driver license is required until the chauffeur license expires.
This includes farmers and emergency vehicle operators who are exempt.
CLASS E:
Motor vehicles less than 8,000 LBS.
A resident who holds a valid
Florida operator license may continue to operate vehicles for which a
CLASS E driver license is required, until the operator license expires.
16 year olds cannot drive
from 11 PM to 6 AM unless accompanied by 21 year old licensed driver or
driving to and from work.
17 year olds cannot drive
from 1 AM to 5 AM unless accompanied by 21 year old licensed driver or
driving to and from work.
CLASS E-Learner: Motor vehicles less than
8,000 LBS.
A resident who holds a valid
Florida learner license may continue to operate vehicles for which a
CLASS E learner license is required, until the license expires.
Learner license has
the following conditions:
May operate a vehicle only
between the hours of 6 AM and 7 PM. After three months from issuance,
drivers with a learner's license may operate a vehicle from 6 a.m. to 10
p.m. with a licensed driver, 21 years or older occupying the closest
seat to right of the driver.
At least 21 year old
accompanying licensed driver occupying the closest seat to right of the
driver.
Does not allow for the
operation of a motorcycle.
Motorcycles
For those authorized to operate
motorcycle, the following abbreviation will appear on the front of the
driver license under the expiration date:
MOTORCYCLE ALSO or
MOTORCYCLE ONLYCDL Exemptions
The following persons are
exempt from the requirements to obtain a commercial driver license:
Drivers of authorized
emergency vehicles that are equipped with extraordinary audible warning
devices that display red or blue lights and are on call to respond to
emergencies; or
Military personnel driving
military vehicles; or
Farmers transporting farm
supplies or farm machinery, or transporting agricultural products to or
from the first place of storage or processing or directly to or from
market, within 150 miles of their farm; or
Drivers of recreational
vehicles used for recreational purposes; or
Drivers who operate straight
trucks (single units) that are exclusively transporting their own
tangible personal property which is not for sale.
An employee of a publicly
owned transit system who is limited to moving vehicles for maintenance
or parking purposes exclusively within the restricted-access confines of
a transit system's property.
Restrictions
