Obama's Marxist Power Grab Over Farmers

Now Obama Wants to Force Farmers to Get Commercial Drivers Licenses

Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, August 12, 2011, 5:55 AM

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Unreal.



Now Obama wants to force farmers to get commercial drivers licenses.

The Gazette Virginian reported, via Free Republic:



A new rule being proposed by the federal Department of Transportation would require farmers to get commercial drivers licenses.



The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which is a part of DOT, wants to adopt standards that would reclassify all farm vehicles and implements as Commercial Motor Vehicles, officials said. Likewise, the proposal, if adopted, would require all farmers and everyone on the farm who operates any of the equipment to obtain a CDL, they added.



The proposed rule change would mean that anyone who drives a tractor or operates any piece of motorized farming equipment would be required to pass the same tests and complete the same detailed forms and logs required of semi-tractor trailer drivers.



Drivers would keep logs of information including hours worked and miles traveled. Vehicles would be required to display DOT numbers. A CDL in Virginia costs $64 for eight years, or $8 per year, not including the cost of an instructional class and the written test.



If the DOT reclassifies farm vehicles and implements as commercial vehicles, the federal government will have regulatory control over the nation’s farm workers, estimated at over 800,000, by requiring them to have commercial drivers licenses.



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