Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers & Impaired Driving
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These federal regulations were created for the aforementioned safety reasons, but they also matter because there are federal penalties for masking. One penalty can be the state’s loss of significant federal funding which is outlined in 49 CFR § 384.401 “Withholding of funds based on noncompliance.” More importantly, another penalty for noncompliance is the “Decertification of the State CDL Program” which is governed by 49 CFR § 384.405. Not holding impaired drivers accountable is short sighted at best and deadly at its worst. The prohibition against masking is not an arbitrary rule. An accurate driver’s record, especially relative to CDL or CLP holders, holds those engaged in unsafe behavior accountable thereby keeping them out of some of the most potentially deadly vehicles on the highway.
Questions concerning the CDL content can be directed to the National Traffic Law Center at Commercial Driver's License - National District Attorneys Association (ndaa.org).
The National District Attorneys Association’s National Traffic Law Center (NTLC) is a resource designed to benefit prosecutors, judges, law enforcement officers and others in the justice system. The mission of NTLC is to improve the quality of justice in traffic safety adjudications by increasing the awareness of highway safety issues through the compilation, creation, and dissemination of legal and technical information and by providing training and reference services.
Click this link to access resources: National Traffic Law Center Resources
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