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South Carolina CDL Handbook (AUDIO) 2025

If you want to become a commercial driver in South Carolina, you must obtain a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). This license is issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to anyone who meets the minimum requirements, clears a medical exam, pays the required fees, passes a CDL general knowledge exam, obtains a Commercial Learner’s Permit (CLP), and passes a skills test in a vehicle class of their choice. Before you can get behind the wheel of a truck or bus, you must go through the learning phase, during which you’ll familiarize yourself with the various aspects of commercial driving.The general knowledge test consists of questions, and to pass, you’ll need to score at least 80%. These questions are based on the official 2025 CDL manual (South Carolina CDL Handbook 2025), which you must read at least once. To make it easier for your eyes, we offer the South Carolina CDL audiobook containing the entire content of the CDL manual in audio format. Updated for January 2025, this audiobook can be accessed at any time from anywhere in the world as long as you have an active internet connection. If you wish to listen at a later time, you can also download each MP3 file individually by using the download button beside its timestamp.Some students have maximized their learning potential by listening to this audiobook while also following the spoken words from the CDL manual. Combining auditory and visual methods can be a highly effective way of quickly memorizing the content of the manual. Make sure you can study undisturbed in a quiet place with no distractions in your immediate environment. Slow and steady wins the race. We recommend studying for the CDL general knowledge test several weeks before you show up at the DMV location.Please note: students who are used to audiobooks narrated by humans might notice a slight difference. We have used text-to-speech voice technology to create this audiobook, which uses a computer-generated voice that is just as easy to understand.