Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-10-.17-6-.01

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

Section 770-X-10-.17-6-.01 - Compliance With, And Knowledge Of, The Rules In This Part

(1) General - Except as provided in paragraph (B) of this section, every motor carrier and its officers, drivers, agents, employees and representatives shall comply with the rules in this part and every motor carrier shall require that its officers, drivers, agents, employees and representatives be conversant with the rules in this part.

(2) Exemptions

(a) The requirements of 770-X-10-.17 -6-.05 below shall not apply to any regularly employed driver who drives wholly within a radius of 100 air line miles of the garage or terminal at which he reports for work; provided, that the motor carrier employing such driver maintains and retains for a period of one year accurate and true records showing total number of hours that the driver is on duty per day and the time at which the driver reports for, and is released from, duty each day.

(b) The requirements of this rule shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property to or from any section of the country with the object of providing relief in case of earthquake, flood, fire, famine, drought, epidemic, pestilence, or other calamitous visitation, or disaster.

(c) The requirements of 770-X-10-.17 -6-.03 and 770-X-10-.17 -6-.05 shall not apply to carriers hauling commodities solely in open-top dump trucks and/or dump trailers, or to the drivers of such carrier; provided, however, that:

1. Such carrier shall not permit or require any driver used by them to drive, nor shall any such drivers drive, after a driver has accumulated 14 hours of on-duty time following eight or more consecutive hours off duty; nor shall any such driver drive, or be permitted or required to drive, between the hours of midnight and 6 O'clock a.m. after a driver has accumulated eight hours of driving time following eight or more consecutive hours off duty; and

2. Such carriers shall not permit or require any such driver used by them to drive, nor shall any such drivers drive, more than six hours following a period of at least thirty consecutive minutes of non-driving time; and

3. Such carriers shall maintain and retain for a period of one year accurate and true records showing total number of hours that each driver is on duty per day, the time at which the driver reports for, and is released from, duty each day.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-10-.17-6-.01

Effective January 1978. Amended January 1981. 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, 37-3-22.