ND CDL Passenger case studies
ND CDL Passenger · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The North Dakota CDL Passenger endorsement is added to a North Dakota Commercial Driver License so the holder can legally drive a bus or other vehicle designed to carry passengers. It is aimed at people who already hold or are working toward a CDL and intend to drive for a transit agency, school district, charter operator, or private carrier. NDDOT lists the Commercial Driver License Manual and CDL requirements among its commercial driver resources, and the passenger endorsement knowledge test draws on the passenger-carrying material in that manual. The endorsement test is multiple choice and is organized around five areas: vehicle inspection, loading and unloading, on-the-road driving, transporting passengers safely, and post-crash procedures and other emergency situations. The ND CDL Passenger case studies are 5 cases and about 4,341 words.
1Cold-Morning Pre-Trip: Which Defects Actually Park the Bus
on a January morning in eastern North Dakota, you begin the pre-trip inspection of your assigned 47-passenger coach. The temperature is 6°F, wind chill near −15°F, and 44 passengers are booked for a 6:15 a.m.
930 words, about 5 min2Fifty-Two Tickets, Forty-Seven Seats
Your 47-seat coach is loading at a casino in Minot for a 5:00 p.m. Fifty-two passengers hold tickets.
843 words, about 4 min3Wet Two-Lane, a Tailgater, and a Sick Passenger
You are driving a 40-foot coach eastbound on a two-lane North Dakota highway at 55 mph with 38 passengers. It has rained for an hour; the pavement is wet, the shoulders are gravel, and there is no guardrail.
850 words, about 4 min4Three Passengers at the Door
departure on a 2012 coach with 36 seats and a working rear lift. Three problems develop at the door.
850 words, about 4 min52:10 A.M., a Deer, and a Crushed Baggage Bay
on a rural two-lane highway, your 47-passenger coach with 38 people aboard strikes a deer, then the right front corner of a guardrail. The right front door is jammed; the rear emergency door opens.
868 words, about 4 min