Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-10-.17-6-.03

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

Section 770-X-10-.17-6-.03 - Maximum Driving And On-Duty Time

(1) Except as provided in 770-X-10-.17 -6-.01(B)(ii), no motor carrier shall permit or require any driver used by it to drive, nor shall any such driver drive, more than ten hours following eight consecutive hours off duty or drive for any period after having been on duty fifteen hours following eight consecutive hours off duty; provided, however, that drivers using sleeper-berth equipment may accumulate the aforementioned total of at least eight hours off duty in two periods of at least two hours each, resting in a sleeper berth.

(2) Except as provided in 770-X-10-.17 -6-.01(B)(ii), no motor carrier shall permit or require any driver used by it to be on duty, nor shall any such driver be on duty, more than 60 hours in any seven consecutive days or 70 hours in any eight consecutive days regardless of the number of motor carriers using the driver's services.

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.