[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: 49CFR392.50]



[Page 359]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

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

 

                      Subpart F_Fueling Precautions

 

Sec. 392.50  Ignition of fuel; prevention.





    No driver or any employee of a motor carrier shall:

    (a) Fuel a commercial motor vehicle with the engine running, except 

when it is necessary to run the engine to fuel the commercial motor 

vehicle;

    (b) Smoke or expose any open flame in the vicinity of a commercial 

motor vehicle being fueled;

    (c) Fuel a commercial motor vehicle unless the nozzle of the fuel 

hose is continuously in contact with the intake pipe of the fuel tank;

    (d) Permit, insofar as practicable, any other person to engage in 

such activities as would be likely to result in fire or explosion.



[33 FR 19732, Dec. 25, 1968, as amended at 60 FR 38747, July 28, 1995]