Let me try and make this clear- LICENSING of the operator is a STATE issue. Each state issues licenses for their residents. There is a 50 state compact wherein each state has agreed to recognize the others licenses. The general rules on licensing are very similar between the states, but there are exemptions that vary widely. STATE "DOT" rules and regs are not the same as Federal FMCSR rules and regs. The difference is intrastate and interstate COMMERCE. A Commercial Motor Vehicle has to meet certain criteria to fall under the FMCSR. It's not just the 10,0001 lbs or more and in commerce. In theory a guy on a Vespa scooter can be a CMV if he's hauling a placardable amount of HazMat, and there are items that require only a a few ounces of material to require a placard IIRC. It's not as simple as, "They let us do that in Ky or Vt or ND." State law and Federal law are 2 different things. Once you cross a state line in a CMV what you did in your home state goes out the window. It's that simple. Of course that only applies to CMVs. You might be driving a vehicle that has a gvwr of 12K and towing a trailer with a GVWR of 20K and you can still not be a CMV. Yes, you are probably going to have to be licensed in the same class as a guy driving a CMV, (a restricted Class A perhaps), but that doesn't necessarily mean you are a CMV under the Federal law.
State Licensing laws, State weight laws, State "DOT" laws- that one thing.
Federal DOT laws for a Commercial Motor Vehicle engaged in interstate commerce- something altogether different.
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