[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR391.2]



[Page 321]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 391_QUALIFICATIONS OF DRIVERS AND LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLE (LCV) 

DRIVER INSTRUCTORS--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 391.2  General exemptions.



    (a) Farm custom operation. The rules in this part do not apply to a 

driver who drives a commercial motor vehicle controlled and operated by 

a person engaged in custom-harvesting operations, if the commercial 

motor vehicle is used to--

    (1) Transport farm machinery, supplies, or both, to or from a farm 

for custom-harvesting operations on a farm; or

    (2) Transport custom-harvested crops to storage or market.

    (b) Apiarian industries. The rules in this part do not apply to a 

driver who is operating a commercial motor vehicle controlled and 

operated by a beekeeper engaged in the seasonal transportation of bees.

    (c) Certain farm vehicle drivers. The rules in this part do not 

apply to a farm vehicle driver except a farm vehicle driver who drives 

an articulated (combination) commercial motor vehicle, as defined in 

Sec. 390.5. (For limited exemptions for farm vehicle drivers of 

articulated commercial motor vehicles, see Sec. 391.67.)



[36 FR 24219, Dec. 22, 1971, as amended at 37 FR 26112, Dec. 8, 1972; 54 

FR 12202, Mar. 24, 1989; 60 FR 38745, July 28, 1995; 61 FR 13346, Mar. 

26, 1996; 61 FR 17253, Apr. 19, 1996]