CDL Day Comes to Anderson

December 04, 2023

On Wednesday, December 6, 2023, the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (SCDMV) will host CDL Day at the Anderson Sports & Entertainment Center. 

This is the agency’s day dedicated to commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs), to include walk-in testing services for both commercial learner’s permits (CLPs) and CDLs. The event will be open for tests to begin from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 3027 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

“We are glad to be able to offer this opportunity to do something to support the needs of commercial drivers and the trucking industry,” said Kevin Shwedo, Executive Director of the SCDMV.

Customers looking to obtain a CLP will be able to apply for and take the required knowledge exam on site. Customers will also be able to apply for and take the skills test for a CDL if the applicant completes the pre-trip inspection and meets all other CDL requirements. 

Any applicant who has held a commercial learners permit for 14 days and wishes to obtain a CDL must: successfully complete Entry Level Driver Training (ELDT not provided by the agency), have a medical card or exemption letter, Social Security verification and a completed eye exam. The applicant also must have all necessary vehicle and trailer registrations and vehicle inspections.

To have a license issued on site, the applicant must successfully complete the pre-trip, basic skills and road portions of the test. Those wishing to take a skills test will have to provide their own vehicle; the SCDMV will not have vehicles to use. Examiners will be conducting the legacy CDL test, not the modernized test.

For questions about the event, email CDLFair@scdmv.net.