82.6

Question 1

When requested, MRE officers will respond to commercial vehicle traffic crashes involving serious injury, fatalities, or extensive property damage. The MRE officer will assist the investigating officer by:

Answer 1

performing an inspection of the mechanical condition, load, registration, and manifests of the vehicle, as well as the driver’s log, when appropriate. HPM 82.6, 1-20

Question 2

Department personnel ______(may/should/shall/not) make any recommendations or suggestions for a particular tow service. In the event that the driver or owner does not request a specific tow service, departmental personnel _____ (may/should/shall) request a tow service from the rotation tow list currently in effect for the Area.

Answer 2

Shall not; shall (82.6, 2-4)

Question 3

Out-of-Service Orders. Placing operators and/or commercial motor vehicles OOS shall be limited to:

Answer 3

(a) Currently assigned commercial enforcement officers and Motor Carrier Specialists, who have successfully completed the Level I - North American Standard Inspection Training Class.
(b) Any uniformed supervisor. HPM 82.6 2-10

Question 4

T/F: Military vehicles SHALL be required to stop at CHP scales.

Answer 4

FALSE. HPM 82.6, 2-18 Military vehicles are not required to stop at scales.
Enforcement action shall not be taken against military vehicles operating in convoys unless the violation is such that other users of the highways are endangered.

Question 5

T/F: CHP Officers may stop any vehicle on a highway which is transporting any timber product, livestock, poultry, farm produce, crude oil, other petroleum products, or inedible kitchen grease, to investigate if the driver is in legal possession of the load without probable cause.

Answer 5

True. HPM 82.6 2-20/21

Question 6

What are the three main elements of the Commercial Enforcement Program?

Answer 6

1. Inspection Facilities (IF),
2. Platform scales (PS) and
3. Mobile Road Enforcement (MRE) duties. HPM 82.6 5-1

Question 7

What vehicles can be driven with a Class A license?

Answer 7

(a) Any combination of vehicles, provided that any vehicle being towed has a GVWR or actual weight of 10,001 pounds (lbs.) or more. (See specific exemptions in paragraph 2.a.(3) below.)
(b) Any vehicle towing more than one vehicle.
(c) Any trailer bus.
(d) Operation of all vehicles under class B and class C. (82.6 7-4)

Question 8

A 16-year-old minor may lawfully possess a CDL and operate CMVs, provided they are not
________________________.

Answer 8

Employed for compensation. No person under the age of 18 years may drive a schoolbus
transporting pupils to or from school. (HPM 82.6, 7-17 & 7-18)

Question 9

All interstate and intrastate drivers who operate within a ________ of the “normal work reporting location” and return to that same location and are released from work within ___________, are not required to maintain a log if the motor carrier that employs the driver maintains and retains for a period of six months accurate and true time records.

Answer 9

100 air-mile radius / 12 consecutive hours HPM 82.6 7-27

Question 10

Section 34501 CVC requires officers to place the operator of a CMV Out Of Service for a period of 24 hours when the driver is found to have a BAC of

Answer 10

0.01 percent or greater HPM 82.6 7-31

Question 11

The total outside width of any vehicle or load shall not exceed _____inches. The maximum legal height permitted for a vehicle or load is _____ feet measured from the surface upon which the vehicle stands. The maximum permitted length for a single vehicle is ______ . California Vehicle Code Section 35401 allows the combination length of a truck tractor and semitrailer to be _____feet.

Answer 11

102 HPM 82.6 8-3
14 HPM 82.6 8-6 NOTE: A double-deck bus may be 14 feet 3 inches high.
40 HPM 82.6 8-7
65 HPM 82.6 8-11

Question 12

___ CA number is issued to each company, and is not vehicle specific. Once a CA number is issued to a company, the CA number assigned to that business is permanent for the life of THAT business.

Answer 12

One HPM 82.6 13-31

Question 13

A “____ ____ _____” is any motor vehicle (MV) designed, used, or maintained for the transportation of ____ or _____ “farm workers,” in addition to the driver, to or from a place of employment or employment-related activities.

Answer 13

farm labor vehicle / nine or more HPM 82.6 14-6