Table of Contents

Introduction 

CHAPTER 1 Operator's Licence Requirements

CHAPTER 2 Operating Class 1 Vehicles

Upgrading your licence 4 Size and weight restrictions of commercial vehicles 14
Knowledge test 5 Reporting to an inspection station 16
Vision screening 5 Vehicle inspections 17
Road test 6 Pre-trip inspection for tractor-trailer and semi-trailer 18
Learning requirements 9 Air brake equipped vehicles 29
Licences: renewal and changes 9 Components of the supply circuit of a CMVSS 121 air
brake system		 30
Definitions 10 Primary brake circuit 31

CHAPTER 3 Operating Buses

 Secondary brake circuit 32
Information for Class 2 and Class 4 bus operators 81 The tractor-trailer air circuit 34
Vehicle inspections 81 The brake chambers 35
Pre-trip inspection 82 Pre-trip air brake inspection 37
Post-trip inspection 88 Air brake equipped farm vehicles

42

Breakdowns 89 Rest and check stop inspections 42
Passenger loading and unloading 90 End of trip inspections and report 44

Railway crossing procedures for school bus operators

92

 Coupling and uncoupling a semi-trailer 44
Reversing (backing) 94 Coupling and uncoupling pintle hitch attachments 45
Turnarounds 95 Coupling mechanisms 47
Parking on a hill 97 Link-up arrangement 50
Discipline and problem solving 97 Operating long combination vehicles 51
Safe driving guidelines 98 Load security 53
Improve your qualifications and knowledge 99 Speed limits for long combination vehicles 54

CHAPTER 5 Operating Class 4 Vehicles

 Braking distance 54
Ambulance vehicles 117 Stopping distance 56
Pre-trip inspection 118 General braking information 57
Defensive driving factors 122 Following distance between vehicles 58
Operating a taxi 124 Off-tracking 59
Pre-trip inspection 125 Turns 59
Fuelling a vehicle 129 Curves 62

Seat belts

129 Parking 64
Reserved lanes 129 Backing (reversing) 65
For hire 130 National Safety Code 70

CHAPTER 7 Transporting Persons with Disabilities

 Commercial Vehicle Inspection Program (CVIP) 76
General rules for communicating 143

CHAPTER 4 Operating Class 3 Vehicles

General rules for driving 144 Pre-trip inspection 103
General rules for assisting a person with a wheelchair

144

 Parking on a hill 110
    Loading and unloading dump vehicles 111
   

Mixer truck operators

114

   

CHAPTER 6 Transporting Dangerous Goods

    What is a dangerous good? 132
    Dangerous occurrences 138
    Documents 139
    Safety marks 139
   

CHAPTER 8 Railway Crossings, Fire and Fire Extinguishers, Fuelling a Vehicle

    Railway crossings 148
    Know the law 151
    Fire and fire extinguishers 153
    Fuelling a vehicle 156
    Gasoline or diesel 156
    Propane 157