FMCSA / DOT mandate
What must be in the truck
The cab packet. If you cannot hand it over, you do not have it.
Do this now
Build one folder. If a trooper asks, you hand the folder. No digging through texts.
Must-have
- CDL or valid license for the class you are actually driving.
- DOT medical card if you are in a CMV in interstate commerce.
- Registration / cab card (and IRP cab card if apportioned).
- Proof of insurance. MCS-90 in the packet.
- Annual inspection report(s).
- ELD info packet / exemption time records.
- Bills of lading / load paperwork for the current freight.
- Oversize/overweight permits if the load needs them.
The rule
49 CFR 391.41
Physical qualifications. Interstate CMV drivers generally need a medical examiner’s certificate.
49 CFR 395.22
ELD user information must be on board.
What they don’t publish
- A PDF on your phone that will not open in the sun is not a packet.
- Medical card: non-CDL interstate CMV drivers still get asked. Carry it.
- The playbook said it: the books are the business. The cab packet is the roadside version of the books.
Official desks
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