CDL HOLDERS * USA - Kentucky sends one letter, suspends CDL privileges for many

5,000 to 8,000 Kentucky CDL holders may be driving under suspended licenses

Springfield,KY,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -July 16, 2008: -- Maria Arnold was stunned to hear the news from a potential employer... The state of Kentucky had suspended her commercial driver’s license so the carrier couldn’t hire her, the manager of a trucking company told Arnold... Arnold later learned the state had sent a letter in May to her home address – not her post office box – while she was out on the road... The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet recently suspended an unpublicized number of CDLs just 30 days after mailing a request for information to CDL holders... Agency spokesman David Devers said the Kentucky General Assembly required that certain 10-year driving record information be added to CDL applications by 2005. CDL holders were recently notified if they hadn’t submitted the applications, Devers said. Those drivers’ CDL privileges were then canceled “until we do receive it” Devers said... “Anyone who has a question about this matter can call our CDL section at the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet at (502) 564-0280,” Devers said... Arnold said her CDL was quickly reinstated – without a fee – after she called and faxed information to the state...