# Emergency conditions — Federal hours-of-service exemptions by commercial driver operation type

For Emergency conditions, cfr citation is 49 CFR 395.1(b)(2); who qualifies is In case of any emergency, a driver; what it exempts from is may complete his/her run without being in violation of the provisions of the regulations in this part; radius or condition is if such run reasonably could have been completed absent the emergency; baseline limit (for context) is All of part 395, including the § 395.3 driving and on-duty limits, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-08-30.

- **Exemption:** Emergency conditions _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **CFR citation:** 49 CFR 395.1(b)(2) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Who qualifies:** In case of any emergency, a driver _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it exempts from:** may complete his/her run without being in violation of the provisions of the regulations in this part _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Radius or condition:** if such run reasonably could have been completed absent the emergency _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Baseline limit (for context):** All of part 395, including the § 395.3 driving and on-duty limits. _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (2) Emergency conditions. In case of any emergency, a driver may complete his/her run without being in violation of the provisions of the regulations in this part, if such run reasonably could have been completed absent the emergency.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395/subpart-A/section-395.1

Last verified: 2026-08-30. Review by: 2027-08-28.
Part of [Federal hours-of-service exemptions by commercial driver operation type](https://referencesource.org/federal-hours-of-service-exemptions-by-operation-type/).