Use of Advanced Information Technologies to Monitor Compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, 73 Fed. Reg. 69717

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Use of Advanced Information Technologies to Monitor Compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, 73 Fed. Reg. 69717 (Nov. 19, 2008)

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Documents required for accident register

Question 3: What types of documents must a motor carrier retain to support its accident register and be in compliance with §390.15(b)?

Guidance: The documents required by §390.15(b)(2) include all information about a particular accident generated by a motor carrier or driver to fulfill...

Would the accident report retention requirement in §390.15(b)(2) include an ‘‘Adjuster’s Report’’ that is normally considered to be an internal document of an insurance company?

Question 2: Would the accident report retention requirement in §390.15(b)(2) include an ‘‘Adjuster’s Report’’ that is normally considered to be an internal document of an insurance company?

Guidance: No. The intent of §390.15(b)(2) is that motor carriers maintain copies of all...

May a motor carrier create an accident register of its own, or is there a specified form that must be used?

Question 1: May a motor carrier create an accident register of its own, or is there a specified form that must be used?

Guidance: There is no specified form. A motor carrier may create or use any accident register as long as it includes the elements required by §390.15.

May a motor carrier with a single business location, including a private residence, designate a different location as its "principal place of business?"

Question 32: May a motor carrier with a single business location, including a private residence, designate a different location as its "principal place of business?"

Guidance: No. The definition of "principal place of business" in 49 CFR 390.5T allows a carrier with multiple terminals...

What location may a motor carrier designate as its "principal place of business?"

*Question 31: What location may a motor carrier designate as its "principal place of business?"

Guidance: In instances where a motor carrier has more than one terminal or office, the regulations do not explicitly place a restriction on which location a motor carrier may designate as...

What is considered a ‘‘public road?’’

The definition of a passenger CMV is a vehicle ‘‘designed to transport’’ more than 15 passengers, including the driver. Does that include standing passengers if the vehicle was specifically designed to accommodate standees?

Question 25: The definition of a passenger CMV is a vehicle ‘‘designed to transport’’ more than 15 passengers, including the driver. Does that include standing passengers if the vehicle was specifically designed to accommodate standees?

Guidance: No. ‘‘Designed to transport’’ refers...

Are trailers which are stacked upon each other and drawn by a motor vehicle by attachment to the bottom trailer, a driveaway-towaway operation?

Question 24: Are trailers which are stacked upon each other and drawn by a motor vehicle by attachment to the bottom trailer, a driveaway-towaway operation?

Guidance: No. Only the bottom trailer has one or more sets of wheels on the roadway. The other trailers are cargo.

Can a truck tractor drawing a trailer be a driveaway-towaway operation?

Question 23: Can a truck tractor drawing a trailer be a driveaway-towaway operation?

Guidance: Yes, if the trailer is a commodity. For example, the trailer is transported from the manufacturer to the dealer or from the dealer or other seller to the buyer.