# Motion picture production site transportation — Federal hours-of-service exemptions by commercial driver operation type

For Motion picture production site transportation, cfr citation is 49 CFR 395.1(p); who qualifies is A driver of a commercial motor vehicle providing transportation of property or passengers to or from a theatrical or television motion picture production site; what it exempts from is exempt from the requirements of § 395.3(a); radius or condition is within a 100 air-mile radius of the location where the driver reports to and is released from work; baseline limit (for context) is § 395.3(a): 11 hours of driving inside a 14-hour window, after 10 consecutive hours off duty, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-08-30.

- **Exemption:** Motion picture production site transportation _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **CFR citation:** 49 CFR 395.1(p) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Who qualifies:** A driver of a commercial motor vehicle providing transportation of property or passengers to or from a theatrical or television motion picture production site _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it exempts from:** exempt from the requirements of § 395.3(a) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Radius or condition:** within a 100 air-mile radius of the location where the driver reports to and is released from work _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Baseline limit (for context):** § 395.3(a): 11 hours of driving inside a 14-hour window, after 10 consecutive hours off duty. _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (p) Commercial motor vehicle transportation to or from a motion picture production site. A driver of a commercial motor vehicle providing transportation of property or passengers to or from a theatrical or television motion picture production site is exempt from the requirements of § 395.3(a) if the driver operates within a 100 air-mile radius of the location where the driver reports to and is released from work, i.e., the normal work-reporting location. With respect to the maximum daily hours of service, such a driver may not drive— (1) More than 10 hours following 8 consecutive hours off duty; (2) For any period after having been on duty 15 hours following 8 consecutive hours off duty.

## 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/).