Short-haul driver of a vehicle not requiring a CDL
For Short-haul driver of a vehicle not requiring a CDL, cfr citation is 49 CFR 395.1(e)(2); who qualifies is The driver operates a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle for which a commercial driver's license is not required under part 383 of this subchapter; what it exempts from is a driver is exempt from the requirements of §§ 395.3(a)(2) , 395.8 , and 395.11; radius or condition is The driver operates within a 150 air-mile radius of the location where the driver reports to and is released from work, i.e., the normal work reporting location; (iii) The driver returns to the normal work reporting location at the end of each duty tour; (iv) The driver does not drive: (A) After the 14th hour after coming on duty on 5 days of any period of 7 consecutive days; and (B) After the 16th hour after coming on duty on 2 days of any period of 7 consecutive days;; baseline limit (for context) is § 395.3(a)(2): a driver may not drive after a period of 14 consecutive hours after coming on-duty, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-08-30.
- Exemption
- Short-haul driver of a vehicle not requiring a CDL our reading
- CFR citation
- 49 CFR 395.1(e)(2) our reading
- Who qualifies
- The driver operates a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle for which a commercial driver's license is not required under part 383 of this subchapter verified
- What it exempts from
- a driver is exempt from the requirements of §§ 395.3(a)(2) , 395.8 , and 395.11 verified
- Radius or condition
- The driver operates within a 150 air-mile radius of the location where the driver reports to and is released from work, i.e., the normal work reporting location; (iii) The driver returns to the normal work reporting location at the end of each duty tour; (iv) The driver does not drive: (A) After the 14th hour after coming on duty on 5 days of any period of 7 consecutive days; and (B) After the 16th hour after coming on duty on 2 days of any period of 7 consecutive days; verified
- Baseline limit (for context)
- § 395.3(a)(2): a driver may not drive after a period of 14 consecutive hours after coming on-duty. our reading
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What the source says
(2) Operators of property-carrying commercial motor vehicles not requiring a commercial driver's license. Except as provided in this paragraph, a driver is exempt from the requirements of §§ 395.3(a)(2) , 395.8 , and 395.11 and ineligible to use the provisions of § 395.1(e)(1) , (g) , and (o) if: (i) The driver operates a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle for which a commercial driver's license is not required under part 383 of this subchapter ; (ii) The driver operates within a 150 air-mile radius of the location where the driver reports to and is released from work, i.e., the normal work reporting location; (iii) The driver returns to the normal work reporting location at the end of each duty tour; (iv) The driver does not drive: (A) After the 14th hour after coming on duty on 5 days of any period of 7 consecutive days; and (B) After the 16th hour after coming on duty on 2 days of any period of 7 consecutive days;
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-28
Source
- ecfr.govhttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395/subpart-A/section-395.1