Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 17 - MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION-DRIVER LICENSING AND IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS › Chapter 11.17.14 - Driver Knowledge and Skills Tests › Section 11.17.14.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Administration" means the Motor Vehicle
				Administration.
(2) "Air brakes"
				means any braking system operating fully or partially on the air brake
				principle.
(3) "Alternative test"
				means a knowledge test that is given orally either by an individual or in which
				an electronic oral test is presented to the applicant.
(4) "Class A combination" means a combination
				of vehicles with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds provided the GCWR of the
				vehicle or vehicles being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
(5) "Class F (tractor)" means a truck tractor
				or farm truck tractor used for propelling, supporting, or drawing a trailer or
				semitrailer.
(6) "Class G
				(trailer)" means a freight or nonfreight trailer or semitrailer over 10,000
				pounds GVWR designed to be pulled by a Class F (tractor).
(7) "Combination vehicle knowledge test"
				means the test which the Administration has established as a means of testing
				the knowledge of an applicant for a license which authorizes driving Class A
				combinations.
(8) "Commercial
				driver's license (CDL)" has the meaning stated in Transportation Article,
				§
										11-109, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(9) "Commercial motor
				vehicle (CMV)" has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										16-803, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(10) "Conviction" has
				the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										16-803, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(11) "Double/triple
				trailer endorsement" means a State-issued endorsement which authorizes the
				licensee to drive combinations of two or more trailers or
				semitrailers.
(12) "Gross vehicle
				weight rating (GVWR)" and "gross combination weight rating (GCWR)" have the
				meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										16-803, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(13) "HAZMAT
				endorsement" and "hazardous materials endorsement" means a State-issued
				endorsement which authorizes the licensee to drive vehicles which are required
				to be placarded under Federal Hazardous Materials Regulations, 49 CFR Part 172,
				Subpart F.
(14) "Knowledge test"
				means a written, electronic, or oral test which is administered to any driver's
				license applicant.
(15) "Passenger
				transport endorsement" means a State-issued endorsement which authorizes the
				licensee to drive vehicles which are intended to transport 16 or more
				passengers, including the driver.
(16) "Passenger transport vehicle" means a
				vehicle which is designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the
				driver.
(17) "Physical
				qualifications" means the physical qualifications specified by:
(a)
											49 CFR §
												391.11, which is incorporated by reference,
				for interstate operations;
(b)
				COMAR 11.21.01, for intrastate operations; or
(c) COMAR 11.19.05, for school vehicle
				operations.
(18)
				"Regularly employed" means currently employed, or having been employed, during
				the preceding 2 years in a job requiring operation of a commercial motor
				vehicle of the equivalent class.
(19) "School vehicle" has the meaning stated
				in Transportation Article, §
										11-154, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(20) "School vehicle
				endorsement" means a State-issued endorsement for a license to operate a school
				vehicle issued under Transportation Article, §
										16-815, Annotated Code
				of Maryland, and in accordance with
				49 CFR §
											383.123.
(21) "School vehicle knowledge test" means a
				test that meets the knowledge test requirements of
				49 CFR §
											383.123 for a school vehicle endorsement
				administered by the Administration to an applicant for a commercial driver's
				license school vehicle endorsement.
(22) "Skills log" means a formal document
				with a certification page issued by the Administration to certify that a
				minimum of 40 hours of practice driving beyond the required driver's education
				course was accomplished by a noncommercial Type I Learner's Instructional
				Permit holder.
(23) "Skills test"
				means a driving test given to assess an applicant's ability to drive motor
				vehicles of a specific class.
(24)
				"State " has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										11-161, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(25) "Tank vehicle"
				has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										16-803, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(26) "Tanker
				endorsement" means a State-issued endorsement which authorizes the licensee to
				drive or tow tank vehicles.
(27)
				"Tillerman" means the second (rear) driver for the pivotable rear wheels of an
				articulated vehicle.