• Ashyr@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    38
    ·
    10 months ago

    They don’t understand that private means use on private property.

    Like, it doesn’t have to be licensed, I assume, if you have an old truck you use to get around on the farm or ranch or whatever.

    Which makes a certain amount of sense.

    But the moment you’re on the public roads, you can’t be driving a private vehicle, that’s not how any of this works.

    • Infynis@midwest.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      19
      ·
      10 months ago

      This is correct. Lots of farms have children drive trucks around, and places like resorts often have shuttle drivers without CDLs drive their busses, which they could not do on public roads

      • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        9 months ago

        Depending on the weight of the vehicle and whether or not they have air brakes, you don’t need a CDL. You can rent a 26ft box truck from U-Haul that is almost certainly bigger than most resort buses without a CDL. Even if you’ve only ever driven smart cars before that

        • BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          7
          ·
          9 months ago

          Even if you’d normally need a CDL you might not need one on private property. Lots of manufacturing sites have “yard hostlers” that are not road legal and do not require a CDL to operate (in the US).