1-1-.12 Skills Test Disqualifications
An applicant for a CDL shall immediately be disqualified on the skills
test for the following:
(a) Not wearing safety belt/seat belt
(b) Crash, including contact with another motor vehicle, pedestrian,
other property or object, including running off the road unless, in
the opinion of the Examiner, the applicant was not at fault
(c) Any act considered dangerous, including actions which require
defensive driving by another to prevent an accident, or dodging by
a pedestrian, or which require the Examiner to aid in controlling the
vehicle; stalling the vehicle in a busy intersection: or driving two or
more wheels over a curb or onto a sidewalk
(d) Any traffic law violation, including any act for which the applicant could
be arrested, or any act which might make the applicant liable for damages
in case of a crash
(e) Lack of cooperation, refusal to perform, or try to perform any maneuver;
offering bribes or gratuities; arguing about the score
(f) Failure to perform air brakes check (in the proper order) during the engine start
procedure of the pre-trip inspection test, if so equipped
Authority: O.C.G.A. §§ 40-5-156, 40-16-5, 49 C.F.R. § 390.9.
History: Original Rule entitled "1-1-.10 Skills Test Disqualifications. Amended" adopted. Effective Feb. 8, 2017.
Amended: New title "1-1-.12 Skills Test Disqualifications"; Effective Nov. 9, 2022.