Why do we have to get a commercial driver license to drive a bus or semi, but not motor homes, which are almost just as large?
1. You don't have paying customers on a motor home (typically, your family won't sue you if you're in an accident like a load of paying customers on a bus). 2.
The Short Answer
1. You don't have paying customers on a motor home (typically, your family won't sue you if you're in an accident like a load of paying customers on a bus). 2. It's the "almost" part that makes it legal. There has to be some size limit, and so they build right up to that limit, which I believe is something like 40ft in length, and 26,000 GVWR. I moved from western NYS to Denver, CO a few years ago, and those were the limits on the largest moving truck I could rent with the drivers license I have.
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Key Concepts: Paying, customers, limit
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Is there a simple explanation for why we have to get a commercial driver license to drive a bus or semi, but not motor homes, which are almost just as large?
1. You don't have paying customers on a motor home (typically, your family won't sue you if you're in an accident like a load of paying customers on a bus). 2. It's the "almost" part that makes it legal. There has to be some size limit, and so they…
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This is one of the most thorough answer at 95 words, ranked #117 of 500 Everyday Life questions by depth. The key concepts covered are paying, customers, limit.
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