[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: 49CFR392.3]



[Page 353]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 392_DRIVING OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 392.3  Ill or fatigued operator.



    No driver shall operate a commercial motor vehicle, and a motor 

carrier shall not require or permit a driver to operate a commercial 

motor vehicle, while the driver's ability or alertness is so impaired, 

or so likely to become impaired, through fatigue, illness, or any other 

cause, as to make it unsafe for him/her to begin or continue to operate 

the commercial motor vehicle. However, in a case of grave emergency 

where the hazard to occupants of the commercial motor vehicle or other 

users of the highway would be increased by compliance with this section, 

the driver may continue to operate the commercial motor vehicle to the 

nearest place at which that hazard is removed.



[35 FR 7800, May 21, 1970, as amended at 60 FR 38746, July 28, 1995]