2024 Facts for Drivers PDF

around the vehicle a couple of times (if it is safe to do so). While looking for a safe place to nap, the driver should open the win- dow to get fresh air into the cab. Next to compliance, what is the driver’s most important responsibility with respect to the hours-of-service regulations? It is vit...

around the vehicle a couple of times (if it is safe to do so). While looking for a safe place to nap, the driver should open the win- dow to get fresh air into the cab. Next to compliance, what is the driver’s most important responsibility with respect to the hours-of-service regulations? It is vitally important that the driver get rest during their off-duty period regardless of the time of day. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, what is meant by “on-duty time”? As per FMCSRs Section 395.2, “On duty time means all time from the time a driver begins to work or is required to be in readiness to work until the tume the driver ts relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work. On-duty time shall include: 1. All time at a plant, terminal, facility, or other property of a moter carrier or shipper, or on any public property, waiting to be dispatched, unless the driver has been relieved from duty by the motor carrier; 2. All time inspecting, servicing, or conditioning any CMV at any time; Al driving time as defined in the term driving time; All time in or on any CMY, other than: 1. ‘Time spent resting in or on a parked vehicle, except as otherwise provided in $397.5 of this subchapter; u. Time spent resting in a sleeper berth; or iu. Upto 3 hours riding in the passenger seat of a property-carrying vehicle moving on the highway immediately before or after a period of at least 7 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth; 5. sAll time loading or unloading a CMV, supervising, or assisting in the loading or unloading, attending a CMV being loaded or unloaded, remaining in readiness to operate the CMV, or in giving or receiving receipts for shipments loaded or unloaded; 6. All time repairing, obtaining assistance, or remaining in attendance upon a disabled CMV; 7. All time spent providing a breath sample or urine specimen, including travel time to and from the collection site, in order to comply with the random, reasonable suspicion, post-acci- a3