renewing drivers lic.

bevans · Post by **bevans** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:15 pm

MY lic. is up for renewal [drivers lic ] and the lic. office in my neck of the woods is very scary, is it ok to carry at the dps lic office , i'm sure it was covered in class but i have been searching and consulting my handbook and cant find an answer

seamusTX · Post by **seamusTX** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:27 pm

As a state-owned facility that is not a school, prison or courthouse, it's not off-limits.

I haven't set foot in the DPS office in about 10 years. You can renew your driver license online. It's painless.

The only problem would be if your appearance changed so much that you needed a new photo.

- Jim

bevans · Post by **bevans** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:33 pm

nope i have renewed by mail so many times the pic is about 10 or 12 yrs old and now they want my ssn

iflyabeech · Post by **iflyabeech** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:06 pm

Also they do not let you renew it online if you have a CDL!!

Liberty · Post by **Liberty** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:15 pm

iflyabeech wrote:Also they do not let you renew it online if you have a CDL!!

Or a class A or B even if there is no CDL with it.

Commander · Post by **Commander** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:30 pm

DPS Offices are not posted. Carry as you wish.

BrassMonkey · Post by **BrassMonkey** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:38 pm

All Class A's and B's issued by Texas are CDL's. I am A-TX :-) Backup job in case I get laid off again... :-D

Liberty wrote:
iflyabeech wrote:Also they do not let you renew it online if you have a CDL!!
Or a class A or B even if there is no CDL with it.

Liberty · Post by **Liberty** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:45 am

BrassMonkey wrote:All Class A's and B's issued by Texas are CDL's. I am A-TX :-) Backup job in case I get laid off again... :-D

Liberty wrote:
iflyabeech wrote:Also they do not let you renew it online if you have a CDL!!
Or a class A or B even if there is no CDL with it.

No they are not. I have a class B license It is not a commercial license. I can drive RVs, firetrucks and farm equipment. But I can not drive a commercial truck.

BrassMonkey · Post by **BrassMonkey** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:32 am

Musta missed that part of the book last time I renewed. No airbrakes right?

Liberty · Post by **Liberty** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:44 am

BrassMonkey wrote:Musta missed that part of the book last time I renewed. No airbrakes right?

The only restriction is I cant drive a commercial vehicle with a commercial load. Air brakes are not a restriction.

calvinbr · Post by **calvinbr** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:37 am

Liberty wrote:
BrassMonkey wrote:All Class A's and B's issued by Texas are CDL's. I am A-TX :-) Backup job in case I get laid off again... :-D

Liberty wrote:
iflyabeech wrote:Also they do not let you renew it online if you have a CDL!!
Or a class A or B even if there is no CDL with it.
No they are not. I have a class B license It is not a commercial license. I can drive RVs, firetrucks and farm equipment. But I can not drive a commercial truck.

A Class A and Class B are both CDL license. If you have a class B CDL you can not drive larger type of commercial equipment such as 18 wheelers. I deal with Texas DPS CDL departments every day with the company I work with. Description of the different types.
Class A CDL
Any combination of vehicles with a GCWR of 26,001 or more pounds being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
Class B CDL
Any combination of vehicles with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds being towed is NOT in excess of 10,000 pounds GVWF.

BrassMonkey · Post by **BrassMonkey** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:50 am

Apparently, there is now something called a "Classified Driver's License" which is for people who are driving big stuff but are exempt from a "Commercial Drivers License"

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/ftp/forms/DLhandbook.pdf

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calvinbr wrote:
Liberty wrote:
BrassMonkey wrote:All Class A's and B's issued by Texas are CDL's. I am A-TX :-) Backup job in case I get laid off again... :-D

Liberty wrote:
iflyabeech wrote:Also they do not let you renew it online if you have a CDL!!
Or a class A or B even if there is no CDL with it.
No they are not. I have a class B license It is not a commercial license. I can drive RVs, firetrucks and farm equipment. But I can not drive a commercial truck.
A Class A and Class B are both CDL license. If you have a class B CDL you can not drive larger type of commercial equipment such as 18 wheelers. I deal with Texas DPS CDL departments every day with the company I work with. Description of the different types.
Class A CDL
Any combination of vehicles with a GCWR of 26,001 or more pounds being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
Class B CDL
Any combination of vehicles with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds being towed is NOT in excess of 10,000 pounds GVWF.

Liberty · Post by **Liberty** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:25 pm

BrassMonkey wrote:Apparently, there is now something called a "Classified Driver's License" which is for people who are driving big stuff but are exempt from a "Commercial Drivers License"

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/ftp/forms/DLhandbook.pdf

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Learn something new every day!

Except its not new. I've had my class B for some time now. Well over 10 years.

HankB · Post by **HankB** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:40 pm

seamusTX wrote:I haven't set foot in the DPS office in about 10 years. You can renew your driver license online. It's painless.

Wait 'til next time . . . I think they want to see you in person for every other renewal . . . so you're about due.

I had to renew mine in person last year . . . no posting at the DPS office this time. (There was - at the same office - when I first arrived in TX back in '96. But it was irrelevant then, since as a newcomer, I had no TX CHL.)

seamusTX · Post by **seamusTX** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:43 pm

HankB wrote:no posting at the DPS office this time. (There was - at the same office - when I first arrived in TX back in '96.

State offices cannot be 30.06 posted. I think the law changed in 1997, but I'm not sure.

- Jim