Originally Posted by DaWolffe

LoL yes I do live near Louisville, Just posted it in other thread. =)

Originally Posted by Deus

As long as we're talking about this, how do I go about renewing mine? How often do you have to renew?

Originally Posted by Skywalker

I hate to say this....but its really little more than another "business opportunity" being exploited under the aegis of the "Patriot Act". Think about who gets the money and how many drivers have to carry a hazmat endorsement. It amounts to virtually BILLIONS of $$ in someones pockets and out of ours.

I carried a very high security clearance for years in the Army, and the FBI has a substantial dossier on me as a result of that security clearance, not to mention the fact that my father was a nuclear officer in the Army as well. But yet despite that and the fact that they rapidly renew my passport.... gee, I get to pay some more money to some "buttmunch" to get the X next to the T on my CDL.....

Its all about the money, thats all.

Anyone who thinks that the only person who would steal or hijack a truck with hazmat in it is going to try to get an endorsement to a CDL....is a moron. The one's that hijacked the airlines didn't bother getting multi engine jet licenses..... gee, go figure.

And, since they are willing to give "certain immigrants" a 2 year waiver on the issue....alot of good it does to make us jump through hoops.

"Government Intelligence".....an oxymoron at best.

Originally Posted by tdriver1959

Deus wrote:
As long as we're talking about this, how do I go about renewing mine? How often do you have to renew?
you will get a notice in mail 3 or 4 months before your expiration date, you can apply on line and pay it with a credit card, it will give you the locations where you can get your fingerprints taken, it doesn't have to be in your home state, it just has to be at an approved location, there are several truck stops that do it. there is a Flying J near me, but they only do it on Thursdays from 3to5 pm. how convenient

we renew our haz mat every time we renew our license which i think is every 5 years now. Luckily our company pays for the background check since he wants every one to have it It cost us about $94 and we are to start ours about 3-4 months in advance

Originally Posted by Bigmon

It's a threat assessment. Terrorist is one of them. Having things like a like arson, rape, robbery,etc. are the others if it's under 7 years old or 5 years from prison release date. Things like murder, treason, explosives, etc. will disqualify you right away.

There is a brochure I got from DMV that has the full list.

Originally Posted by Fredog

www.hazprints.com
this will show you what would disqualify you