Vehicle Documentation, Licensing and Insurance
This domain is pure marks for knowing what must be in the cab and valid on the day you drive. A missing or expired document can end a trip at the first checkpoint.
What the heavy driver must carry
- A valid driving licence of the correct class for the vehicle and, for commercial work, the vocational entitlement required by DVLD.
- Vehicle registration (رخصة سير) showing the vehicle's class, weights and owner.
- Valid insurance, including the compulsory third-party liability cover required in Jordan.
- Periodic technical inspection certificate (فحص فني) from a licensed inspection centre - brakes, emissions, lights, tyres.
- For commercial operation: the LTRC operating permit, plus the waybill or load documents and the driver's trip record.
Insurance and incidents
- Third-party cover pays for injury and damage you cause to others; own-damage and cargo cover are optional and must be checked.
- Overloading, an unlicensed driver, or an expired inspection can give the insurer grounds to refuse or recover a claim.
- Never admit liability at the scene. Exchange details, call 911, notify the insurer promptly and keep photographs.
Worked example
At a checkpoint your inspection certificate expired two days ago and the load is 1.5 t over the permitted gross weight. Reasoning: these are separate offences. The vehicle should not be driven further until the inspection is renewed, and the excess load must be reduced before continuing. The insurer must be told about the overloading, because it may affect cover for any claim arising on that trip.
Traps that cost marks
Assuming a private car licence covers a heavy goods vehicle; thinking insurance renews with the registration; driving on an expired inspection "until the end of the week".