# State of Alaska: passenger-carrying vehicle — Federal hours-of-service exemptions by commercial driver operation type

For State of Alaska: passenger-carrying vehicle, cfr citation is 49 CFR 395.1(h)(2); who qualifies is any driver who is driving a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle in the State of Alaska; what it exempts from is The provisions of § 395.5 do not apply; radius or condition is must not drive or be required or permitted to drive— (i) More than 15 hours following 8 consecutive hours off-duty; (ii) After being on-duty for 20 hours or more following 8 consecutive hours off-duty; (iii) After having been on-duty for 70 hours in any period of 7 consecutive days, if the motor carrier for which the driver drives does not operate every day in the week; or (iv) After having been on-duty for 80 hours in any period of 8 consecutive days; baseline limit (for context) is § 395.5 sets the separate driving limits for passenger-carrying vehicles; § 395.3 covers property-carrying vehicles, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-08-30.

- **Exemption:** State of Alaska: passenger-carrying vehicle _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **CFR citation:** 49 CFR 395.1(h)(2) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Who qualifies:** any driver who is driving a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle in the State of Alaska _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it exempts from:** The provisions of § 395.5 do not apply _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Radius or condition:** must not drive or be required or permitted to drive— (i) More than 15 hours following 8 consecutive hours off-duty; (ii) After being on-duty for 20 hours or more following 8 consecutive hours off-duty; (iii) After having been on-duty for 70 hours in any period of 7 consecutive days, if the motor carrier for which the driver drives does not operate every day in the week; or (iv) After having been on-duty for 80 hours in any period of 8 consecutive days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Baseline limit (for context):** § 395.5 sets the separate driving limits for passenger-carrying vehicles; § 395.3 covers property-carrying vehicles. _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (2) Passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle. The provisions of § 395.5 do not apply to any driver who is driving a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle in the State of Alaska. A driver who is driving a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle in the State of Alaska must not drive or be required or permitted to drive— (i) More than 15 hours following 8 consecutive hours off-duty; (ii) After being on-duty for 20 hours or more following 8 consecutive hours off-duty; (iii) After having been on-duty for 70 hours in any period of 7 consecutive days, if the motor carrier for which the driver drives does not operate every day in the week; or (iv) After having been on-duty for 80 hours in any period of 8 consecutive days, if the motor carrier for which the driver drives operates every day in the week.

## 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/).