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All commercial motor vehicles, truck tractors, trailers, or semitrailers must carry ______________ on the vehicles while operating on a public
highway. These papers shall show the _________________________.
1) registration papers (receipt for
license plates)
2) weight of the vehicle
empty and how much it is registered to haul.
If you wish to haul a load or move equipment that is ____ _____ _____ ____ than the law allows, you must obtain a __ __ from the Texas
Department of Transportation. A __ will not be granted if the load can reasonably be __.
heavier, longer, wider, or higher
special permit
permit
dismantled
No person shall operate a truck, bus, truck tractor, or any motor vehicle towing a house
trailer, upon any highway outside the city limits or upon any divided highway at any time from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise unless there shall be carried in such vehicle the following:_____ _____ or _____. During times when lighted lamps are not required ________ must be used in place .
1) least three flares, or three red electric lanterns, or three portable red emergency reflectors.
2) two red flags
Motor vehicles transporting explosives or any cargo tank truck used for the transportation of any flammable liquid or compressed flammable gases, or any motor vehicle using compressed gas as a fuel shall not use ____ _____ ____ D.O.T. approved ___ ___ can be used in lieu of the above equipment.
1) flares, fusees, or any
signals produced by flame.
2) triangular reflectors
The first thing the driver of a disabled vehicle must do is __________________.
put out the proper flares, flags, or reflectors.
When any truck, bus, truck
tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer ___ inches or more in width or ___ feet or more in overall length is stopped upon a roadway or adjacent shoulder, the driver shall immediately __________________. These lights need not be dis-
played, however, by a vehicle ___________ or ___________.
1) 80 inches
2) 30 feet
3) actuate electric hazard warning signal lights, flashers which flash simultaneously.
4) legally parked inside the city
limits or

5) when stopped to receive or discharge passengers.

All school buses, buses, taxis, and other vehicles hauling passengers for hire or lease, must carry a __________
chemical type fire
extinguisher of at least one quart capacity.
Commercial vehicles that are subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations must be equipped with a ____ and located so ____. It must be ____ on the vehicle
1) fire extinguisher that is properly filled
2) so that it is readily accessible for use
3) securely mounted
Reflectors must be mounted not less than_____ nor more than ____ in height above the ground on every pole trailer and on trucks, buses, truck
tractors, trailers, semitrailers which ____ in width.
24 inches
60 inches
80 or more inches
Under certain conditions,______ are exempt from lighting requirements. _____ being moved under permit are exempt from lighting and reflector
requirements.
1) farm, fertilizer, and boat trailers
2) Mobile homes
If you are broken down on a straight level two way road at night your reflectors should be:
100ft in front, 10ft and 100ft in the rear.
If you are broken down on a straight level divided highway at night your reflectors should be:
10ft, 100ft and 200ft in the rear.
If you are broken down on a two lane vision obscured road at night your reflectors should be:
100ft in front, 10ft and 100ft to 500ft in the rear.
What lights and reflectors are required on a truck or bus less than 80 inches wide:
On each side of the vehicle,Headlamps and amber/white turn signals on the front, in the rear one white license plate lamp, two red tail, two red stop, two red reflectors, two turn signals, no side markers required.
What lights and reflectors are required on a truck or bus 80 inches or more wide:
On each side of the vehicle, Headlamps and amber/white turn signals on the front and two amber clearance lamps on the rear one white license plate lamp, two red tail, two red stop, two red reflectors, two turn signals and two red clearance lamps. On the side an amber reflector and amber marker in the front and a red reflector and red marker in the back.
Trailers 80" or over must have what additional markers/lights?
In the middle of the trailer an ambers reflector at the bottom and amber light at the top.
Flashing lights are permitted on ___ ___ ___ These lights are also allowed to be used by tow trucks under the direction of a law enforcement officer at the scene of an accident or while hooking up a disabled vehicle in the roadway.
emergency vehicles, on snow removal equipment, and
on school buses when stopping or stopped for children
to board or alight.

2)tow trucks
When operated on the highway at night all animal-drawn vehicles, implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers, and farm tractors not otherwise required to have __________________
lamps or lighting devices must have a white
light on the front visible for 1,000 feet and two red
lights on the rear visible for 1,000 feet, or one red light
to the rear visible for 1,000 feet and two red reflectors
visible for 600 feet.
Trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers with a
gross weight of ___ pounds or less are exempt
from ____ requirements.
1) 4,500
2) brake requirements.
Trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers with a gross weight in excess of ____ pounds and which do not exceed ____ pounds and operated at speeds of __ miles per hour are not required to be equipped with brakes.
1) 4,500
2) 15,000
3) under 30
Trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers with a gross weight in excess of 4,500 pounds and which do not exceed 15,000 pounds and are operated at speeds in ________ miles per hour must have brakes acting on both wheels of the rear axle.
1) 4,500
2) 15,000
3) over 30
Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, and combination of such vehicles equipped with brakes shall have the braking system so arranged that ______________________.
one control device can be used to operate all
brakes.
_____________ may be used on trailers and semitrailers with a gross weight of 15,000 pounds or less.
Surge or inertia brake systems
Generally, if the trailer and the combination is __ pounds or less, the combination must be able to stop within __ feet when traveling
__ miles per hour; if the trailer and the combination is in excess of __ pounds, the combination must be able to stop within __ feet when traveling __ miles per hour.
3,000 pounds or less
40
20
excess of 3,000 pounds
50
20
All motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers except motorcycles and certain trailers shall be __ , except that passenger cars or trucks year model ___ need not be equipped with electrical turn signals unless the body or load of the vehicle or combination of vehicles extends to side more than 24 inches from the center of the top of the steering wheel, or the rear limit of the body or load exceeds more than 14 feet from the center of the top of the steering wheel.
1) equipped with electrical turn
signal lights,
2) 1960
All trucks and trailers with____ on the rear axle must be equipped with safety guards or mud flaps behind the rear wheels. These flaps must reach to within ____ of the surface of the highway and are for the purpose of preventing the
slinging of mud and slush. This provision does not apply to pole trailers or to a truck tractor when it is being operated alone and without being in combination with a semitrailer.
1) four or more tires
2) 8 inches
Every farm tractor and every self-propelled unit of farm equipment or implement of husbandry manufactured or assembled after January 1, ____, shall be equipped with the following lamps and reflectors:
1) 1972
2) Two head lamps.
3) One taillight mounted as far to left as practicable.
4) Two red reflectors.
5) Vehicular hazard warning lights (flashers) which
show white or amber to the front, and red or amber
to the rear. These lights must be activated when the
vehicle is being operated on any highway.
Slow-Moving Vehicle Emblem. This emblem is
now a requirement for all slow-moving vehicles. Slow moving vehicles are those designed to operate at a max speed of ___ mph or less, and the term includes all vehicles, farm and other machinery, and road machinery being drawn by animals or by slow- moving motor vehicles.
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following do not need the special
emblem:
1) A vehicle being used in actual ___ ___ while traveling within the limits of a ___ ___ marked as required by the State Highway Commission;
2) An implement or machinery being towed by a slow-moving vehicle bearing an emblem if this emblem remains visible.
1) construction work
2) construction area
3) implement or machinery
It is unlawful to operate on a highway any vehicle with wheels having _______________ on the rim
which would damage the road. This does not prevent the use of tire chains for safety.
1) cleats, lugs, flanges, studs, spikes, or other extensions
2)tire chains
Vehicles including loads transported may not
exceed ___ inches in width
102
Maximum Length: Single motor vehicle other than a truck tractor is __ feet. A semitrailer may not exceed __ feet when operated in a truck tractor and semitrailer combination.
45
59
A semitrailer or trailer may not exceed a length of___ feet each when operated in a truck tractor, semitrailer, and trailer combination.No combination of vehicles, other than a truck tractor-trailer combination may exceed ____feet.
28-1/2
65
Vehicle Combinations. No passenger vehicle or
other motor vehicle with an unloaded weight of less than ____ pounds may be coupled with more than one other vehicle. Not more than ___ vehicles may be operated in a combination.
1) 2,500
2) three
The greatest weight allowed for any vehicle or combination of vehicles including the load is
_____ pounds.
80,000
If the gross weight of your vehicle is found to exceed the max gross weight allowed by law plus a tolerance of __, you may be required to unload to the limit provided by law plus the tolerance, or if the axle weight is found to exceed the max allowed, the driver may be required ________ ________ to the limits provided. Trucks carrying live-stock, timber or pulpwood, or agricultural products in their natural state from the place of production to the place of market or first processing shall not be required to unload any portion of the load.
5%
to rearrange the cargo or unload the vehicle
No vehicle, including the load it is hauling, may be more than __ feet in height from ground to the top of the load.
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No vehicle may carry a load extending more than ___ feet beyond the front nor more than ___ feet beyond the rear, unless a special permit is obtained.
three
four
When any load extends more than four feet beyond the rear, there must be attached on the extreme rear of such extension, _______ at night a ________ visible for __________.
a red flag at least twelve inches square during
daylight hours and at night a burning red light visible for 500 feet.
Motor vehicles or combinations thereof used exclusively for the transportation of poles or pipes may exceed the length or extension limits over front and rear of a vehicle, except that such vehicles may not exceed ___ feet in length and may be operated only _______
1) 65
2) between sunrise and sunset.
When one vehicle is towing another, the
drawbar, chain, rope, cable, or other connection must not be longer than ___ feet from one vehicle to the other. When a chain, rope, or cable is used as a connection, a ______ must be attached to it.
1) fifteen
2) white flag not less than twelve inches square
Vehicles, trailers, etc., weighing ____ pounds or more, with metal tires, may not be operated
on a highway without a special permit.
5,000
A single motor vehicle used only to transport seed cotton modules, cotton, or equipment used in transporting or processing of cotton may operate up to ___ inches in width provided the vehicle is registered with a “Cotton Vehicle” license plate. Vehicles carrying cylindrically shaped bales of hay may not exceed ___ inches in width.
120
144
Motor buses with air brakes that have three or more axles or four tires on the rear axle may be __ feet long; otherwise __ feet.
45
35
The length requirements for vehicles and combinations of vehicles do not apply if they are operated __________.
only within city limits.
A combination of vehicles, other than truck tractor combinations, of not more than __ feet long may be used from sunrise to sunset to haul poles, piling, and unrefined timber from the forest to a mill not more than __ miles away.
90
125
It is unlawful for a commercial motor vehicle to _________.
coast down any grade even with the clutch
disengaged while the transmission is left in gear.
When one truck is following another truck or vehicle, it must keep far enough back to allow _____
another vehicle to overtake and enter the space
between them safely.
A large or long vehicle is much more difficult to back safely than a smaller one. These practices are recommended.
a. When you must back, get out and walk around your truck and make certain there is nothing behind. Then back immediately and watch carefully.
b. Use both rearview mirrors. You can’t see the right side while hanging out the left door.
c. If necessary to back some distance, stop part
way, then get out and check your progress.
d. Try to have someone standing in a safe place to guide you by signaling.
e. Park where you will not have to back to get away from the parking place.
f. Never back around an intersection corner to turn around.
g. If you have to back in or out of a driveway, where possible, back into the driveway from the street so that you can drive out forward and see where you are going.
h. When backing over a sidewalk into a street, stop at the sidewalk to make especially certain that there is no child playing behind or close by. Stop again at the curb to make a last check on traffic before back- ing into the street.
Buyers temporary cardboard tags are recognized for
20 days;
Farm registered vehicles, in addition to use for farm and ranch purposes, may be used as a means of passenger transportation for members of the family to
attend church or school, to visit doctors for medical treatment or supplies, or for other necessities of the home or family - but not for gainful employment.
The period for which out-of-state registration plates are recognized in Texas after establishing residency or entering into gainful employment is
30 days.
For registration applications and detailed information, consult your
County Tax Assessor-Collector or the Motor Vehicle Division of the Texas Department of Transportation. Additional information may also be
obtained from Department of Public Safety publications pertaining to commercial vehicles.
Maintains a ___ following distance on the
open road.
four-second
Increases the distance of the gap to ___ bad weather (more reaction time) to compensate for
poor traction and actions of less experienced car drivers.
6-8 seconds in