Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-10-.17-1-.06

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 770-X-10-.17-1-.06 - General Qualifications

(1) A person shall not drive a motor vehicle unless he is qualified to drive a motor vehicle and a motor carrier shall not require or permit a person to drive a motor vehicle unless that person is qualified to drive a motor vehicle as follows:

(a) Is at least 18 years of age.

(b) Can read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.

(c) Can by reason of experience, training, or both, safely operate the type motor vehicle he drives.

(d) Can by reason of experience, training, or both, determine whether the cargo he transports has been properly loaded, distributed, and secured in, on, or to the motor vehicle he drives.

(e) Is physically qualified to drive a motor vehicle in accordance with 770-X-10-.17 -1-.07.

(f) Holds a currently valid motor vehicle operator's license or permit.

(g) Has prepared and furnished the motor carrier that employs him with a list of violations as required by 770-X-10-.17 -1-.04(3). below.

(h) Has successfully completed the driver's road test and has been issued a certificate of driver's road test in accordance with770-X-10-.17 -1.05, or has presented a certificate of road test which the motor carrier that employs him has accepted as equivalent to a road test in accordance with 770-X-10-.17 -1-.08 below.

(i) Has completed and furnished the motor carrier that employs him with an application for employment in accordance with 770-X-10-.17 -1-.04 below.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-10-.17-1-.06

Effective January 1978. Filed with LRS February 5, 2013. Filed for Codification in the Alabama Administrative Code by the Alabama Public Service Commission on February 5, 2013, pursuant to Code of Ala. 1975, § 41-22-7.

Author: Alabama Public Service Commission

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 37-3-5, 37-3-7.