Still, I wanted further clarification just to make sure I was fully legal. I investigated this subject carefully before we selected South Dakota as a home state. None of us need unexpected financial disasters. If even one member loses insurance coverage in an accident because of having an improper operator’s license, that is one too many. In summary, I think it is possible that dozens of FMCA members may be blissfully operating their motorhomes without having the necessary operators licenses. I also shocked my neighbor just before he left on a motor home trip – he had no idea that South Carolina requires him to have a class F license. VA, GA, and FL do not appear to have any such requirements. I found that NC has similar requirements as SC (and TX).
I did a very quick Internet survey of neighboring state motor vehicle departments to ascertain what their requirements were.
Loss of insurance coverage could result in total financial disaster. I was not licensed by my state to operate the class of vehicle I was driving. My insurance company can be expected to deny coverage on the basis that I was an unlicensed driver. Denial of coverage/responsibility by my insurance company if I become involved in an accident. The annoyance of receiving a traffic violation ticket from law enforcement officials. The class F license is required to tow another vehicle (toad) behind a motorhome whose GVWR exceeds 26,000 pounds.Īccording to information received from the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, I can expect at least two unpleasant results if I gain the attention of the authorities while driving my motorhome using my auto drivers license: Similar to Texas, South Carolina law requires that vehicle operators driving vehicles whose GVWR rating exceeds 26,000 pounds (includes most diesel rigs) to possess either a class E or class F (noncommercial heavy truck) operators license. I only learned of my license shortfall while recently perusing another website – a fellow South Carolinian was complaining about the test that he had taken to obtain his license. I just discovered that all that travel was done using an unauthorized class of driver’s license – a normal auto class driver’s license (Class D). During that time I have driven my motorhome 60,000 miles through 46 states and eight Canadian provinces. I have been an FMCA member for five years. I think FMCA would provide members a great service if that article were expanded to cover the license requirements for all states, for reasons shown below. Reference is made to the article Texas Drivers License Requirements in the April 2009 issue of Family Motor Coaching magazine. I am sending you this email to share my concern that a number of FMCA members may be operating their motorhomes illegally – they wrongfully assume their normal auto drivers licenses are adequate for motorhome use. Babb, of South Carolina, concerning drivers license requirements. FMCA recently received the following e-mail from Lawrence R.
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