Exemptions
FMCSA Part 381 Exemptions in Effect
(Starting with renewal or new, beginning effectiveness in February 2016; in order of effective date)
| Filing Organization | Category | Sub-Category | Applies To | Exemption | Date Appl. Published Fed Reg | Effective Date | Expiration Date | Docket Number | *Possession Required |
| **Ace Pyro, LLC/ Illumination Fireworks Partners, LP | HOS | 395.3(a)(2) | Drivers of Illumination Fireworks, LP and ACE Pyro, LLC only | Allows drivers to exclude off-duty and sleeper-berth time of any length from the calculation of the 14-hour limit. Effective for the periods of June 28-July 8, 2024. | 10/23/20 | 6/18/20 | 6/18/25 | FMCSA- 2019-0180 | No |
| Adirondak Trailways, Pine Hill Trailways, and New York Trailways | VEH | 390.21(b)(3) | All motor carrier passengers | Exemption from FMCSA’s CMV marking rules under certain circumstances involving the exchange of equipment and/or drivers. | 1/14/20 | 6/1/20 | 5/28/25 | FMCSA- 2020-0062 | No |
| American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators | CDL | 383.133(c)(1)(2) | New Hampshire, Maryland, and Virginia drivers | Exemption to enable the 3 states to participate in robust field testing of the new commercial driver's license skills test procedures. | 12/9/21 | 2/22/22 | 2/22/27 | FMCSA-2021-0172 | No |
| **American Concrete Pavement Association | HOS | 395.3(a)(3)(ii) and 395.3(a)(2) | Drivers transporting ready-mixed concrete | The first exemption from the HOS 30-minute break provision will allow drivers transporting ready-mixed concrete and related materials to use 30 minutes or more of on-duty “waiting time” to satisfy the requirement for the 30-minute rest break, provided they do not perform any other work during the break. The second exemption will allow drivers to use the short-haul RODS exception but with a 14-hour duty period instead of the usual 12 hours. | 9/6/18 | 2/6/19 | 2/6/24 | FMCSA-2018-0237 | Yes |
| **American Concrete Pumping Association | HOS | 395.1(e)(1)(ii)(A) | All concrete pumping drivers | Exemption allows concrete pump drivers to use the short-haul exception, but return to their reporting location within 14 hours instead of 12 hours. | 6/21/18 | 11/1/18 | 10/31/23 | FMCSA-2018-0175 | Yes |
| **American Concrete Pumping Association | HOS | 395.3(a)(3)(ii) | All concrete pumping drivers | Drivers may use 30 minutes or more of on-duty “attendance time” to satisfy the requirement for the 30-minute rest break, provided they do not perform any other work during the break. | 10/25/16 | 10/9/19 | 10/9/24 | FMCSA-2016-0342 | Yes |
| Association of American Railroads & American Short Line and Regional Railroad Assoc. | HOS | 395.3(a)-(b) | Driver- employees | Enable railroad employees subject to the hours of-service (HOS) rules to respond to unplanned events that occur outside of or extend beyond an employee’s normal work hours. | 8/20/20 | 9/21/20 | 12/18/25 | FMCSA- 2020-0171 | No |
| ATA- Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference | Cargo Securement | 393.102, 393.106, 393.110, and 393.114 | Motor carriers transporting boxes, bins, or tubs of agricultural commodities, or hay, straw, and cotton bales | Allows alternative means of securement see https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FMCSA-2017-0319-0004 for securements methods. | 1/15/18 | 4/23/19 | 4/23/24 | FMCSA- 2017-0319 | No |
| ATA – Automobile Carriers Conference | Warning Flags | 393.87 | Motor carriers operating stinger steered automobile transporter equipment | No warning flags necessary | 2/27/18 | 2/15/19 | 2/15/24 | FMCSA- 2018-0090 | No |
| Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Bendix CVS) | Visibility | 393.60(e)(1) | All motor carriers | Allow Bendix Advance Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) technology to be mounted lower in the windshield on commercial motor vehicles | 12/1/20 | 4/6/21 | 4/6/26 | FMCSA- 2020-0196 | No |
| Robert Bosch, LLC and Mekra Lang North America, LLC | Rear-vision mirrors | 393.80(a) | All motor carriers | Exemption allows motor carriers operating CMVs to utilize the Bosch and Mekra Lang CV Digital Mirror System installed in lieu of the two rear-vision mirrors required by the regulation. | 1/30/20 | 9/17/20 | 9/17/25 | FMCSA-2019-0286 | No |
| Castignoli Enterprises | Sleeper Berth | 393.76 | Castignoli Enterprises | Sleeper berth in Ford F350 that does not meet certain sleeper berth requirements | 4/24/18 | 10/19/18 | 10/19/23 | FMCSA-2018-0142 | No |
| Charles Machines Works, Inc. | Fuel Systems | 393.65(d) | All commercial motor vehicles | Exemption allows the use of gravity or syphon-fed fuel systems for auxillary equipment on or used in connection with CMVs that operate only when the CMV is not operating on the highway. | 3/28/2019 | 9/16/20 | 9/16/25 | FMCSA-2019-0069 | |
| Cleveland-Cliffs, Steel LLC | HOS/Veh | 395, 393.5, 393.11, 393.75 and 393.120 | Cleveland Cliffs CDL drivers | Work up to 16 hours per day and return to work with a minimum of 8 consecutive hours off duty, when transporting steel coils between ArcelorMittal’s production and shipping locations on public roads. May use coil carriers that do not meet the “heavy hauler trailer” definition, height of rear side marker lights restrictions, tire loading restrictions, and the coil securement requirements. ArcelorMittal’s production and shipping locations on public roads. May use coil carriers that do not meet the “heavy hauler trailer” definition, height of rear side marker lights restrictions, tire loading restrictions, and the coil securement requirements. | 8/26/21 | 9/23/21 | 9/23/26 | FMCSA-2016-0050 | No |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC | HOS | 395 | Cleveland Cliffs CDL drivers | Exemption from the HOS regulations allows employee-drivers with CDLs who transport scrap metal on two trucks between their production and shipping locations on public roads to work up to 16 hours per day and return to work with less than the mandatory 10 consecutive hours off duty. | 8/16/21 | 5/11/22 | 5/11/27 | FMCSA-2016-0050 | No |
| Complete Innovations Inc. | Visibility | 393.60 (e)(1) | All Complete Innovations CMV’s | Requesting exemption from prohibition on obstructions to the driver's field of view - (1) Devices mounted on the interior of the windshield. | 8/26/21 | 1/20/22 | 1/20/27 | FMCSA-2021-0119 | No |
| CR England | CDL | 383.25(a)(1) | CLP holders, as team driver | CLP holder may operate a CMV without a CDL holder being present in the front seat of the vehicle. | 6/16/22 | 6/13/22 | 6/12/27 | FMCSA-2014-0406 | No |
| CRST Expedited | CDL | 383.25(a)(1) | CLP holders, as team driver | CLP holder may operate a CMV without a CDL holder being present in the front seat of the vehicle. | 8/9/18 | 10/19/18 | 9/24/23 | FMCSA-2015-0480 | No |
| Daimler Trucks North America | CDL | 382(g) and 383.23 | Nine foreign drivers | Kugel, Guggolz, Cammerer, Carsten, Keppeler, Kircher, Horwath, Nock, and Spielvogel: Exemption allows drivers to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL. | 12/9/20 | 4/27/22 | 4/27/27 | FMCSA-2012-0032 | Yes |
| Daimler Trucks North America | CDL | 382(g) and 383.23 | One foreign driver | Reimelt: Exemption allows driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL. | 8/19/21 | 4/27/22 | 4/27/27 | FMCSA-2012-0032 | Yes |
| Daimler Trucks North America | Vehicle | 393.60(e) | Daimler CMVs | Device mounted lower in windshield | 6/26/17 | 2/1/18 | 1/31/23 | FMCSA-2017-0176 | No |
| Daimler Trucks North American | CDL | 383.23 | One foreign driver | Veber: Exemption allows driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL. | 4/24/18 | 9/10/18 | 9/11/23 | FMCSA-2012-0032 | Yes |
| EROADS Inc | Vehicle | 393.60(e)(1) | EROADS CMV’s | Allows the Dashcam device to be mounted lower in the windshield on commercial motor vehicles than is currently permitted. | 7/26/21 | 10/18/21 | 10/13/26 | FMCSA-2021-0098 | No |
| Extreme Logistics, LLC | HOS | 395.3(a)(2) | Driver-employees | Allows drivers to exclude off-duty and sleeper-berth time of any length from the calculation of the 14-hour limit during Independence Day Celebrations June 28 – July 8 through 2025. | 4/18/19 | 5/18/20 | 5/19/25 | FMCSA-2019-0086 | Yes |
| Flatbed Carrier Safety Group | Cargo Securement | 393.120 | All motor carriers | Securement of metal coils loaded with eyes crosswise grouped in rows | 4/26/22 | 4/13/22 | 4/13/27 | FMCSA-2010-0177 | No |
| Ford Motor Company | Exhaust Systems | 393.83 | All motor carriers | Exemption allows motor carriers to operate Ford-manufactured Transit-based CMVs that do not comply with the regulation's exhaust system location requirements | 8/18/22 | 8/16/22 | 8/16/27 | FMCSA-2015-0111 | No |
| Forward Thinking Systems, LLC | Visibility | 393.60(e)(1) | All motor carriers | Exemption allows motor carriers to operate CMVs equipped with FTS's FleetCam device in the approximate center of the top of the windshield and such that the bottom edge of the technology housing is approximately 8 inches below the upper edge of the area swept by the windshield wipers, outside of the driver's and passenger's normal sight lines to the road ahead, highway signs and signals, and all mirrors. | 7/14/21 | 10/18/21 | 10/13/26 | FMCSA-2021-0099 | No |
| Groendyke Transport, Inc. | Lighting | 393.25(e) | Groendyke trailers | Permits use of an amber brake-activated pulsating lamp in addition to the required steady-burning brake lamps | 7/30/18 | 4/26/19 | 4/26/24 | FMCSA-2018-0223 | No |
| Grote Industries, LLC | Lighting | 393.25(e) | All motor carriers | Exemption allows motor carriers operating trailers and van body trucks to install brake-activated pulsating warning lamps on the rear of those vehicles in addition to the steady-burning brake lamps | 5/12/20 | 12/7/20 | 12/2/25 | FMCSA-2020-0122 | No |
| Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) | Inspections | 396.17; 396.25 | All qualified inspectors | Exemption allows an individual who successfully completes a training program consistent with a set of Intermodal Recommended Practices developed by IANA to be considered a qualified inspector for purposes of the periodic inspection rule, or a qualified brake inspector, for purposes of the brake system inspection, repair and maintenance requirements. | 4/3/20 | 8/18/20 | 8/18/25 | FMCSA-2020-0081 | No |
| International Institute of Towing and Recovery | Cargo Securement | 393.112 and 393.128 | All motor carriers | Use combination of fixed and adjustable tiedowns to secure light vehicles | 6/14/22 | 5/17/22 | 5/15/27 | FMCSA-2016-0111 | No |
| Isuzu North America Corporation | CDL | 383.23 | 12 foreign drivers | Exemption allows drivers to operate commercial motor vehicles in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL. | 10/19/18 | 2/21/19 | 2/21/24 | FMCSA-2006-25290 | Yes |
| J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc. | Visibility | 393.60(e)(1) | All CMV drivers | Exemption allows its Advanced Driver Assistance Systems cameras to be mounted lower in the windshield than is currently permitted by the Agency’s regulations. | 8/13/20 | 11/24/20 | 11/24/25 | FMCSA-2020-0169 | No |
| **Kimble Recycling & Disposal Inc. (KRD) | HOS | 395.1(e)(1)(ii)(A) | All KRD CMV drivers | The exemption allows drivers to use the short-haul RODS exception, but with a 14-hour duty period instead of 12 hours. | 5/28/19 | 11/21/19 | 11/21/24 | FMCSA-2019-0106 | Yes |
| Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. | Driver Qualification Files | 391.51(b)(7)(ii) | Knight-Swift drivers (newly hired) | The exemption from the medical certification requirements in 49 CFR 391.51(b)(7)(ii) allows the company to use newly hired drivers without having to obtain a motor vehicle record that reflects the latest medical certification status during the first year of employment. | 12/23/19 | 11/4/20 | 11/4/25 | FMCSA-2019-0287 | No |
| K&L Trucking, Inc. | Cargo Securement | 393.120(c) | All motor carriers | The exemption allows the company to secure large metal coils to its trailers using a cargo securement system that differs from that required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. | 5/14/20 | 12/4/20 | 12/4/25 | FMCSA-2020-0044 | No |
| Laydon Composites Ltd. | Visibility | 393.11 | All CMV drivers | The exemption allows motor carriers to operate commercial motor vehicles that are equipped with Laydon's OptiTailTM aerodynamic device with rear identification lamps and rear clearance lamps that are mounted lower than currently permitted by the Agency's regulations. | 3/28/19 | 5/18/20 | 5/18/25 | FMCSA-2019-0070 | Yes |
| Loomis Armored US, LLC. | Doors | 393.203(a) | Loomis armored vehicles | The exemption allows the driver and passenger doors of the cab of its specialized armored vehicles to be welded shut, given the addition of two new doors behind the cab. | 4/7/21 | 10/18/21 | 10/13/26 | FMCSA-2021-0191 | No |
| Lytx Inc. | Visibility | 393.60(e)(1)(ii) (A) | All CMV drivers | The exemption allows its advanced driver-assistance systems to be mounted lower in the windshield on Lytx’s CMV’s than is currently permitted by the Agency’s regulations. | 12/3/19 | 5/21/20 | 5/18/25 | FMCSA-2019-0244 | No |
| McKee Foods | HOS | 395.1(g)(1)(ii)(A) (1–2) | Team drivers using sleeper | Sleeper berth modified rule, exemption renewal | 1/30/20 | 4/20/20 | 4/20/25 | FMCSA-2014-0071 | Yes |
| Motion Picture Association of America | HOS | 395 | CMV drivers | Drivers may use paper to complete record of duty status instead of using an ELD device when transporting to or from a theatrical or television motion picture production site. | 10/27/17 | 1/19/18 | 1/19/23 | FMCSA-2017-0298 | Yes |
| Motion Pictures Compliance Solutions | CDL | 382.701(a)(2) | All MPCS CMV drivers | Clearinghouse requirement for pre-employment full queries. MPCS, on behalf of its member employers, would conduct the full query only in those instances in which the limited query indicates information about the driver exists in the Clearinghouse. | 3/6/20 | 6/1/20 | 5/28/25 | FMCSA-2020-0101 | No |
| **National Asphalt Pavement Association, Inc. | HOS | 395.3(a)(3)(ii) | Drivers on asphalt paving projects | No 30-minute rest break required for drivers that occasionally exceed 12 hours and report to their working location within a 14-hour duty period. | 9/7/17 | 1/26/18 | 1/25/23 | FMCSA-2017-0197 | Yes |
| **National Mobile Shower & Catering Association (NMSCA) |
HOS | 395 | All NMSCA’s CMV drivers | The exemption allows CMV drivers employed by NMSCA members transporting equipment to provide food and water services to contracted firefighters at designated base camps. | 11/27/18 | 10/1/19 | 10/1/24 | FMCSA-2018-0331 | Yes |
| National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. (NTTC) | Visibility | 393.25 | Tank trailer drivers | Allow motor carriers operating tank trailers to install a red or amber brake-activated pulsating lamp positioned in the upper center position or in an upper dual outboard position on the rear of the trailers. | 4/2/20 | 10/8/20 | 10/8/25 | FMCSA-2019-0260 | No |
| **National Tank Truck Carriers & the Massachusetts Motor Transport Association, Inc. | HOS | 395.3(a)(3)(ii) | Fuel delivery drivers | No 30-minute rest break required for drivers that occasionally exceed 12 hours and report to their working location within a 14-hour duty period. | 9/26/17 | 4/9/18 | 4/10/23 | FMCSA-2017-0270 | Yes |
| **National Waste & Recycling Assoc. (NWRA) | HOS | 395.1(e)(1)(ii)(A) | All NWRA CMV drivers | The exemption allows drivers to use the short-haul RODS exception, but with a 14-hour duty period instead of 12 hours. | 3/29/19 | 11/21/19 | 11/21/24 | FMCSA-2019-0085 | Yes |
| Nauto, Inc. | Visibility | 393.60(e)(1) | All CMV Drivers | Allow its multi-sensor device to be mounted lower in the windshield than is currently permitted. | 4/2/20 | 10/9/20 | 10/9/25 | FMCSA-2020-0106 | No |
| Navistar, Inc. | Visibility | 393.60(e)(1) | All CMV drivers | Exemption allows its advanced driver-assistance systems to be mounted lower in the windshield than is currently permitted by the Agency’s regulations in order to utilize a location that allows optimal functionality of the camera system. | 4/18/19 | 11/25/19 | 11/25/24 | FMCSA-2019-0091 | No |
| Navistar, Inc. | CDL | 383.23 | One foreign driver | Douay: Exemption allows driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL. | 12/18/18 | 4/15/19 | 4/15/24 | FMCSA-2018-0347 | Yes |
| Navistar, Inc. | CDL | 383.23 | Five foreign drivers | Hellstrom, Udd, Oun, Holma, and Svanstrom: Exemption allows drivers to operate commercial motor vehicles in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL. | 9/19/19 | 12/27/19 | 12/27/24 | FMCSA-2018-0347 | Yes |
| Navistar, Inc. | CDL | 383.23 | Two foreign drivers | Nickles and Walters: Exemption allows drivers to operate commercial motor vehicles in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL. | 6/19/19 | 11/21/19 | 11/21/24 | FMCSA-2018-0347 | Yes |
| Netradyne, Inc. | Visibility | 393.60(e)(1) | AI dash cam | Allow its Driveri® Dash Cam to be mounted lower in the windshield than is currently permitted. | 8/20/20 | 12/18/20 | 12/15/25 | FMCSA-2020-0173 | No |
| New PRIME | CDL | 383.25(a)(1) | CLP holders, as team driver | CLP holder may operate a CMV without a CDL holder being present in the front seat of the vehicle. | 6/28/22 | 6/28/22 | 6/27/27 | FMCSA-2016-0420 | No |
| Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc. | ELDT | 380.605 | One Individual | The exemption allows Mr. Jeff McLaughlin to provide Entry-Level Driver Training theory instruction for the H endorsement curriculum in Appendix E of Part 380. The exemption excuses Mr. McLaughlin from the requirement to possess a CDL. | 9/8/21 | 5/19/22 | 5/19/27 | FMCSA-2021-0140 | No |
| **Rail Delivery Services (RDS) | HOS | 395.1(e)(1) | All RDS drivers | Drivers who stay within the 100 air-mile radius but may occasionally exceed the 12-hour limitation are exempt from having to complete a daily record of duty status at those times if, at all times, their hours of service data is recorded by the Geotab system. | 7/13/17 | 11/14/17 | 11/14/22 | FMCSA-2017-0190 | Yes |
| **RJR Transportation, Inc. (RJR) | HOS | 395.1(e)(1) | All RJR drivers | Permits RJR drivers that do not exceed the 150 air-mile radius to utilize time records instead of a record of duty status for that day. | 10/18/18 | 6/7/19 | 6/7/24 | FMCSA-2018-0271 | Yes |
| R.J. Corman Railroad Services, Cranemasters, Inc,.and The National Railroad Construction & Maintenance Association, Inc. | HOS | 395 | All R.J. Corman Railroad Services and Cranemasters drivers and members of The National Railroad Construction & Maintenance drivers | Exempt from the prohibition against driving a property-carrying CMV after the 14th hour after coming on duty and driving after accumulating 60 hours of on-duty time in 7 consecutive days (60-hour rule), or 70 hours of on-duty time in 8 consecutive days (70-hour rule). The exemption enables railroad employees subject to the HOS rules to respond to unplanned events that occur outside of or extend beyond the employee's normal work hours | 3/8/19 | 3/4/20 | 3/4/25 | FMCSA-2019-0056 | No |
| RV Industry Association | CDL | 383.91(a)(1) and 383.91(a)(2) | Drive-away Recreational vehicle drivers | Drivers engaged in drive-away deliveries of RVs with gross vehicle weight ratings of 26,001 pounds or more are not required to have a CDL as long as the empty RVs have gross vehicle weights or gross combination weights that do not meet or exceed 26,001 pounds, and any RV trailers towed by other vehicles weigh 10,000 pounds or less. | 5/19/22 | 4/6/22 | 4/6/27 | FMCSA-2014-0352 | No |
| Samsara Networks, Inc. | Visibility | 393.60(e)(1) | AI dash cam | Allows AI Dash Cam to be mounted lower in the windshield. | 4/13/20 | 10/28/20 | 10/28/25 | FMCSA-2020-0112 | No |
| Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) | HOS | 395.3(a)(3)(ii) | Oversize/Over-weight CMVs | All qualifying motor carriers and drivers operating mobile cranes with a rated lifting capacity of greater than 30 tons are exempt from the 30-minute break provision. | 3/16/16 | 11/27/18 | 11/1/23 | FMCSA-2016-0096 | Yes |
| Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) | HOS | 395.3(a)(3)(ii) | Oversize/Over -weight CMVs | All specialized carriers and drivers responsible for the transportation of loads that exceed maximum legal weight and dimensional limits – oversize/overweight (OS/OW) loads – that require a permit issued by a government authority are exempt from the 30-minute break provision. | 4/30/20 | 6/18/20 | 6/17/25 | FMCSA-2014-0420 | Yes |
| **U.S. Department of Defense Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) | HOS | 395.3(a)(3)(ii) | SDDC’s contracted drivers providing dual driver-protective services | Drivers may use 30 minutes or more of on-duty “attendance time” to satisfy the requirement for the 30-minute rest break, provided they do not perform any other work during the break. | 4/16/15 | 10/20/17 | 10/21/23 FAST Act |
FMCSA-2013-0275 | Yes |
| SmartDrive Systems Inc. | Visibility | 393.60(e) | Carriers using the SmartDrive ADAS camera system | Device mounted lower on windshield | 11/27/18 | 4/15/19 | 4/15/24 | FMCSA-2018-0321 | Yes |
| STEMCO | Lighting | 393.11 | Carriers using STEMCO aerodynamic device | Allows rear ID & clearance lights to be mounted lower | 6/10/16 | 2/14/18 | 2/1/23 | FMCSA-2016-0167 | No |
| Stoneridge Inc. | Mirrors | 393.80 | Carriers using Stoneridge MirrorEye Camera Monitor System | Allows use of camera system in lieu of rear vision mirrors | 4/5/18 | 2/21/19 | 2/13/24 | FMCSA-2018-0141 | No |
| Teupen North America | CDL | 383.23 | One foreign driver | Borutta: Exemption allows driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL. | 10/24/19 | 3/11/20 | 3/11/25 | FMCSA-2019-0131 | Yes |
| TowMate LLC | Lighting | 393.23 | Temporary Towing Operations | Allow rechargeable battery tail lighting systems | 8/6/15 | 2/9/18 | 2/9/23 | FMCSA-2015-0238 | No |
| **Transco Inc. | HOS | 395.3(a)(3)(ii) | Transco drivers | Enables Transco drivers to comply with the 30-minute break requirement while performing on-duty-not- driving tasks | 10/18/18 | 8/28/19 | 8/28/24 | FMCSA-2018-0302 | Yes |
| Truck Renting and Leasing Association | ELD | 395.8 | CMV leased for 8 days or fewer | No ELD required | 9/12/22 | 10/12/22 | 10/12/27 | FMCSA-2016-0428 | Yes |
| United Parcel Service (UPS) | ELD | 395.8 | All drivers and carriers using ELDs | (1) Can enter data in portable ELD without vehicle power on (2) Not required to re-enter yard move each power cycle | 6/9/17 | 10/20/17 | 10/20/22 | FMCSA-2017-0054 | No |
| U.S. Custom Harvesters, Inc. | CDL | 383.23(a)(2) and 383.153(a)(10)(vii) | U.S. Custom Harvester drivers | Allows custom harvester drivers to operate in interstate commerce even though under 21 years of age. A “K” restriction on these drivers' CDLs does not limit them from driving outside the license-issuing State when they are operating as custom harvesters in accordance with 49 CFR 391.2(a). | 5/1/17 | 10/3/18 | 10/3/23 | FMCSA-2017-0133 | Yes |
| Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) | Skill Performance Evaluation (SPE) Certificate | 391.49 | CMV drivers licensed in Virginia subject to Federal SPE requirements | The exemption allows Virginia DMV to conduct an SPE Certificate program identical to FMCSA's SPE Certificate program. The exemption allows interstate CMV drivers who are licensed in Virginia and are subject to the Federal SPE requirements, to continue to fulfill the Federal requirements with a State-issued SPE Certificate and to operate CMV's in interstate commerce anywhere in the United States. | 7/30/18 | 7/8/18 | 7/8/23 | FMCSA-2013-0147 | No |
| Vision Systems North America, Inc. | Visibility | 393.80(a) | All motor carriers | Allows motor carriers to operate commercial motor vehicles with the company’s Smart-Vision high definition camera monitoring system (Smart-Vision) installed as an alternative to the two rear-vision mirrors required by the regulations. | 9/26/19 | 1/15/20 | 1/15/25 | FMCSA-2019-0159 | Yes |
| Waste Management | Lighting | 393.25(e) | All WMH’s drivers and CMV’s | Exemption from the requirement that all exterior lamps be steady burning. | 6/3/2021 | 1/20/22 | 1/20/27 | FMCSA-2021-0059 | No |
| **Waste Management Holdings | HOS | 395.1(e)(1)(ii)(A) | WMH’s member drivers | The exemption allows drivers to use the short-haul RODS exception, but with a 14-hour duty period instead of 12 hours. | 7/17/18 | 10/22/18 | 10/22/23 | FMCSA-2018-0181 | Yes |
| Werner Enterprises | CDL | 383.25(a)(1) | Werner Enterprises Drivers | Exemption allows CLP holders who have passed the CDL skills test but have not yet obtained the CDL document from their State of domicile to drive a CMV without having a CDL holder in the passenger seat. | 8/18/21 | 3/31/22 | 3/31/27 | FMCSA-2021-0118 | No |
| WestRock | HOS | 395.3(a)(2) | WestRock drivers | Exemption restricted to drivers exclusively assigned to a specific route. This route is entirely on one street (Compress Street), between the shipping and receiving departments – approximately 275 feet in one direction. Drivers are allowed to work up to 16 consecutive hours in a duty period and return to work with a minimum of at least 8 hours off duty when necessary. | 2/21/19 | 4/17/19 | 4/16/24 | FMCSA-2010-0027 | No |
| Wilson Logistics | CDL | F383.25(a)(1) | Wilson Logistics Drivers | Exemption allows CLP holders who have passed the CDL skills test but have not yet obtained the CDL document from their State of domicile to drive a CMV without having a CDL holder in the passenger seat. | 11/6/19 | 2/23/21 | 2/23/26 | FMCSA-2019-0174 | Yes |
| ZF CV Systems North America LLC | Visibility | 393.60(e) | ZF CV Systems CMV’s | Exemption allows its advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) camera to be mounted lower in the windshield on a CMV than is currently permitted. | 8/12/2021 | 11/8/21 | 11/9/26 | FMCSA-2021-0124 | No |
*Drivers must have a copy of the corresponding federal register notice or equivalent signed FMCSA exemption in their possession while operating under the terms of said exemption. The exemption document must be presented to law enforcement officials upon request.
** The Hours of Service Final Rule published on June 1, 2020, effective date September 29, 2020, supersedes this exemption.
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Last updated: Thursday, September 15, 2022