[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR395.5]

[Page 1223]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 395_HOURS OF SERVICE OF DRIVERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 395.5  Maximum driving time for passenger-carrying vehicles.

    Subject to the exceptions and exemptions in Sec. 395.1:
    (a) No motor carrier shall permit or require any driver used by it 
to drive a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle, nor shall any 
such driver drive a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle:
    (1) More than 10 hours following 8 consecutive hours off duty; or
    (2) For any period after having been on duty 15 hours following 8 
consecutive hours off duty.
    (b) No motor carrier shall permit or require a driver of a 
passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle to drive, nor shall any 
driver drive a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle, regardless 
of the number of motor carriers using the driver's services, for any 
period after--
    (1) Having been on duty 60 hours in any 7 consecutive days if the 
employing motor carrier does not operate commercial motor vehicles every 
day of the week; or
    (2) Having been on duty 70 hours in any period of 8 consecutive days 
if the employing motor carrier operates commercial motor vehicles every 
day of the week.

[68 FR 22516, Apr. 28, 2003]