So you are saying your insurance requirements go up if you carry hazmat? Huh.
That's correct. If you haul hazardous materials which requires placarding in an unregulated vehicle, the DOT requires you to have additional liability insurance.
Companies like FedEx pays more & charges more for hazmat, placarded or not.
I know. Mine does, too. It's great, isn't it?
Huh? Have you been stopped for roadside inspection, in a cargo van not placarded, and told any hazmat u have to log? Maybe they need to tell the Laredo,tx DOT that this blog on a website said he was wrong.
The police can pull over a CMV for any reason or no reason at all, including that of a roadside inspection (provided they have been trained in CMV inspections), but they cannot pull over unregulated vehicles without probable cause. There is no way a DOT officer pulled over an unregulated cargo van for a roadside inspection. A DOT bear on his first day on the job knows the definition of a Commercial Motor Vehicle.
Oh btw, FedEx Custom Critical requires cdl w/ hazmat endorsement for cargo vans.
So does Panther. Ironically, Panther will not put placarded HAZMAT on a cargo van. I asked them why once, and they said, "It's illegal to put placarded HAZMAT on a cargo van." So there ya go, ignorance can be found anywhere. Panther has a policy of only putting hazardous material on a cargo van if it does not require placards, and will only put it on a van if the driver has a CDL and a HAZMAT endorsement, even though non-placarded HAZMAT doesn't require an endorsement. If the material requires placarding, they put in on a straight truck (that logs every load all the time). But that's a Panther policy, not the FMCSA.
What we need is a third person to give their information.
Not really. My information is correct, as it follows exactly the FMCSA regulations.
