Alaska is granted exemption from certain CDL technique tests

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Written By Jennifer Joslyn

❄️ Alaska is granted exemption from certain CDL technique tests.

Due to much of Alaska being remote communities, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy asked that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration waive certain testing requirements for their drivers that will not be necessary for them driving through most areas of the state. The FMCSA agreed to exempt drivers demonstrating some of these proficiencies for two years in fourteen areas of Alaska: Bethel, Prince of Wales Island, Haines, Ketchikan, King Salmon, Kodiak Island, Kotzebue, Nome, Mitkof Island, Sitka, Skagway, Unalaska Island, Utqiavik and Wrangell Island.

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