Re: [MV] Another soccer mom's vehicle

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Sep 20 2004 - 21:05:53 PDT


At 11:36 PM -0400 9/20/04, James Shanks wrote:
>A motorhome with air brakes can be legally
>driven without a CDL because it is a motorhome
>aka: an RV. Think how many times have you had a
>former interstate motor coach ex greyhound etc.
>go by that was converted to an RV. They have air
>brakes and are driven every day without a CDL..
>Having said that everyone who is considering
>buying something with air brakes should get the
>CDL manual (there free from your local DMV
>office) simply so you increase your fund of
>knowledge about air brake systems.

If only so that when you're confronted about it
by a state trooper you can show him how it
doesn't have screw adjusters for the operation of
the brakes.

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