News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Martin K. Elmore
(417) 469-3121, ext. 225
G-06086
June 24, 2008

EMPHASIS: Troop G To Conduct CDL Meeting


Captain B.E. Chadwick, commanding officer of Troop G, Willow Springs, announces the following:
A public meeting will be held at Troop G Headquarters, N. Business Route U.S. Highways 60-63, Willow Springs, Missouri, at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 10, 2008.
The purpose of the meeting is to inform the public of upcoming changes to commercial drivers license testing procedures. The meeting will include a PowerPoint presentation and is anticipated to last one hour. At approximately 11 a.m., a practical demonstration of the 2005 CDL standards basic skills maneuvers will be given at the G-1-E scale house, located three miles north of Willow Springs on U.S. Highways 60-63. Troop G driver examiners will use a tractor-trailer unit and a school bus to help demonstrate the new basic skill maneuvers that will be required in upcoming tests.
All interested parties are invited to attend this meeting.