If a driver’s record of duty status is not signed, may enforcement action be taken on the current day’s record if it contains false information?

Hours of Service Records of Duty Status

§395.8 Driver’s record of duty status.   

Question 3:  If a driver’s record of duty status is not signed, may enforcement action be taken on the current day’s record if it contains false information?...

Is the transportation of seed-cotton modules from the cotton field to the gin by a module transport vehicle considered a form of custom harvesting activity that may be included under the FRSI waiver (§ 383.3(f))?

§383.3 - Applicability  

Question 17: Is the transportation of seed-cotton modules from the cotton field to the gin by a module transport vehicle considered a form of custom harvesting activity that may be included under the FRSI waiver (§ 383.3(f))?

May fuel be considered “farm supplies” as used in § 383.3(d)(1)?

§383.3 - Applicability  

Guidance Q&A

Question: May fuel be considered “farm supplies” as used in § 383.3(d)(1)?

Guidance: Yes. The decision to grant the waiver is left to each individual State....

May a rubber stamp signature be used on a driver’s record of duty status?

Hours of Service Records of Duty Status

§395.8 Driver’s record of duty status.   

Question 2: May a rubber stamp signature be used on a driver’s record of duty status?

Guidance: No, a driver’s record of duty status must bear the...

Question 1: Some of a motor carrier’s vehicles are registered in a State with a mandated inspection program which has been determined to be as effective as the Federal periodic inspection program, but these vehicles are not used in that State. Is the mot

Section § 396.17: Periodic inspection.

Question 1: Some of a motor carrier’s vehicles are registered in a State with a mandated inspection program which has been determined to be as effective as the Federal periodic inspection program, but these vehicles are not...

How should a change of duty status for a short period of time be shown on the driver’s record of duty status?

Hours of Service Records of Duty Status

§395.8 Driver’s record of duty status.   

Question 1: How should a change of duty status for a short period of time be shown on the driver’s record of duty status?

Guidance: Short periods of time...

Question 1: If a DVIR does not indicate that certain defects have been repaired, and the motor carrier has not certified in writing that such repairs were considered unnecessary, may the driver refuse to operate the motor vehicle?

Section § 396.13: Driver inspection.

Question 1: If a DVIR does not indicate that certain defects have been repaired, and the motor carrier has not certified in writing that such repairs were considered unnecessary, may the driver refuse to operate the motor vehicle...

Do active duty military personnel, not wearing military uniforms, qualify for a waiver from the CDL requirements if the CMVs are rental trucks or leased buses from the General Services Administration?

§383.3 - Applicability  

Question 15: Do active duty military personnel, not wearing military uniforms, qualify for a waiver from the CDL requirements if the CMVs are rental trucks or leased buses from the General Services Administration?

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Would a driver delivering an empty commercial motor vehicle designed or used to carry passengers, from the manufacturer or distributor to a dealer be required to comply with the hours-of-service regulations for passenger-carrying drivers?

Hours of Service Maximum Driving Time

§395.5 Maximum driving time for passenger-carrying vehicles. 

Guidance Q&A Question 1: Would a driver delivering an empty commercial motor vehicle designed or used to carry passengers, from the manufacturer or distributor to a...

Does the FMCSA include the Space Cargo Transportation System (SCTS) off-road motorized military equipment under the definitions of “motor vehicle” and “commercial motor vehicle” as used in § 383.5?

§383.3 - Applicability  

Question 14: Does the FMCSA include the Space Cargo Transportation System (SCTS) off-road motorized military equipment under the definitions of “motor vehicle” and “commercial motor vehicle” as used in § 383.5?