Uber & Lyft just left Austin

[heironymouspasparagus]

If cabbies have to have CDLs, then doesn't that mean they also have a medical requirement before they can be issued a full CDL?  I know a friend of mine still has his CDL but with restrictions since he never renewed the medical part of the license.  Maybe I'm confused.

No CDL required.  Astounding.


To drive a truck, you have to have a valid medical certificate, renewable every two years.  They will change you back to class D if you don't have the medical cert.


And if you have hazardous materials endorsement, another test is required every 4 years.  Along with TSA background anal probing.  And fingerprints all around.  And the test place takes your fingerprints to verify/compare to the TSA prints on file at time of test.  And proof of place of birth (birth certificate or passport) is required at test time.