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Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the Author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.  \nCOPYRIGHT © 2025 AAMVA. All rights reserved  \nThis material has been created for and provided to State Driver License Agencies (SDLAs) by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) solely for the purpose of educating and informing Driver License applicants (Commercial or Non-Commercial) . It does not contemplate every possible situation a driver may encounter, nor is intended to be used for purposes other than those described above. Permission to reproduce, use, distribute or sell this material has been granted to SDLAs only. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without express written permission from the author / publisher. Any unauthorized reprint , use , distribution, or sale of this material is prohibited.  \nIn January 2015, an RV pulled into a truck stop in Virginia. Observant professional truck driver Kevin Kimmel recognized suspicious activity around that RV, which had pulled back by the truck line, and decided something was off. Instead of turning a blind eye, he made a call that brought law enforcement out to the scene within a few minutes. After interviewing the occupants of the vehicle, they discovered that a young woman, 20 years old, had been kidnapped from Iowa two weeks prior. She had been beaten, raped, her whole body burned by instruments heated on the RV stove, branded and starved. She was being sold by her traffickers, Laura Sorenson and Aldair Hodza, through sex ads on Craigslist, where men were purchasing her and then arriving at the RV to rape her. She was dying from malnutrition and the torture she was subjected to … had the call not been made that brought law enforcement out to that truck stop, doctors said she would have died within the next few days. Now a recovering survivor, this young woman calls Kimmel her guardian angel. He calls himself a Trucker Against Trafficking.  \nTruckers Against Trafficking is a non-profit organization that has been working with the trucking industry since 2009 to provide the needed training and tools to enable members of the industry to both recognize human trafficking when they see it happening and to know what actions to take to enable law enforcement to effectively fight this crime. Through this training and these tools, truckers are becoming Everyday Heroes like Kevin Kimmel, who was also named TAT’s 2015 Harriet Tubman Award winner.  \nOne of the tools TAT provides is a wallet card with red flags to look for, questions to ask if you suspect someone is a victim and actionable information to report. This wallet card is available by App, from the appropriate App Store, on all smart phones, whether Android, iPhone or Windows format, as well as [by emailing tat.truckers@gmail.com](by emailing tat.truckers@gmail.com), for a version to carry in your wallet.  \nAdditionally, TAT provides a powerful, 26-minute training video on its Web site ([www.truckersagainsttrafficking.org](www.truckersagainsttrafficking.org)), which, when watched along with taking and passing a short test, certifies drivers as TAT-Trained, a designation which can go on your resume. Because professional drivers often find themselves in locations frequented and exploited by human traffickers, they are in a unique position to recognize the signs of human trafficking and to make the call that can lead to victim recovery and perpetrator arrests. Get your wallet card today. Be an Everyday Hero! Make the call (1-888-3737-888); save l","cbCaibIi1butxo34","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibIi1butxo34","pdf",5907089,153,"English","# Introduction\n## Commercial Driver License Tests\n## Medical Requirements\n## Driver Disqualifications\n## Other Safety Rules\n## International Registration Program\n## Federal Minimum Standards","[{\"question\":\"What does the manual cover in its introduction section?\",\"answer\":\"The introduction covers CDL tests, medical requirements, driver disqualifications, other safety rules, and the International Registration Program. 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