Colorado Commercial Drivers (CDL)

Commercial drivers spend thousands of hours on the road delivering crops, goods, and the like.  For that reason, a commercial driver is held to a higher standard of care whether you are operating a commercial vehicle or not.  Not to mention the federal regulations that you must be aware of and comply with.   You might not be able to appear in court -a lawyer can usually do this for you!

1. Your motor vehicle record is ability to earn a living -we must protect it!

2. Your employer may have stiff policies regarding traffic ticket -we don’t want you to get fired!

3. Your CSA scores are impacted by traffic ticket -we protect your safety record!

4. Your insurance could drop you -that means you can’t drive!

Depending on what the violation you are accused of committing is, it may result in a mandatory suspension of your license or put you in a position where another ticket for the same offense will result in a suspension.That is exactly why you have to fight every ticket!  By law, there is no probationary driver’s license or early reinstatement permitted for commercial driving privileges, nor are there any driving privileges that can be granted by the Hearings Division. Mandatory Disqualifying Offenses Regardless of whether a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) is driven, mandatory disqualifying offenses include, but are not limited to:

1. Submitting to a chemical test of .08 or greater (.04 or greater for a commercial motor vehicle)

2. Refusing to take a chemical test

3. Conviction of DWAI/DUI

4. Leaving the scene of an accident

5. The commission of a felony using a motor vehicle

6. Negligently causing the death of another person while driving a CMV

A first offense is a 1-year loss of your CDL privileges, and a second is a lifetime disqualification. Serious Offense traffic violations which occur in a commercial motor vehicle include but are not limited to:

1. 15 MPH over the speed limit

2. Reckless driving

3. Improper lane change

4. Following too closely

5. Driving a CMV without a CDL

6. Any traffic violation committed where a fatality was involved

If a CDL holder is convicted of two of the above offenses over a three-year period, a first offense is a 60 day revocation, and a second offense is a 120 day revocation.