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...

May a decal designed to comply with the periodic inspection documentation requirements of § 396.17 be displayed on the windshields or side windows of a CMV?

Section § 393.60: Glazing in specified openings.

Question 2: May a decal designed to comply with the periodic inspection documentation requirements of § 396.17 be displayed on the windshields or side windows of a CMV?

Guidance: Yes, provided the decal is...

May sleeper berth time and off-duty periods be combined to meet the 10-hour off-duty requirement?

Hours of Service Exceptions

§395.1 Scope of the rules in this part.  

Question 25: May sleeper berth time and off-duty periods be combined to meet the 10-hour off-duty requirement?

Guidance: Yes, as long as the 10-hour period is consecutive...

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 time spent in sleeping facilities being transported as cargo (e.g., boats, campers, travel trailers) be recorded as sleeper berth time?

Hours of Service Exceptions

§395.1 Scope of the rules in this part.  

Question 24: May time spent in sleeping facilities being transported as cargo (e.g., boats, campers, travel trailers) be recorded as sleeper berth time?

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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...

Is the exemption contained in §395.1(f) concerning department store deliveries during the period from December 10 to December 25 limited to only drivers employed by department stores?

Hours of Service Exceptions

§395.1 Scope of the rules in this part.  

Question 23: Is the exemption contained in §395.1(f) concerning department store deliveries during the period from December 10 to December 25 limited to only drivers employed by...

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...

A driver returns to his/her normal work reporting location from a location beyond the 100-air-mile radius and goes off duty for 7 hours. May the driver return to duty after being off-duty for 7 hours and utilize the 100-air-mile radius exemption?

Hours of Service Exceptions

§395.1 Scope of the rules in this part.  

Question 22: A driver returns to his/her normal work reporting location from a location beyond the 100-air-mile radius and goes off duty for 7 hours. May the driver return to duty...