Travel time: property-carrying vehicle
For Travel time: property-carrying vehicle, cfr citation is 49 CFR 395.1(j)(1); who qualifies is a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle driver at the direction of the motor carrier is traveling, but not driving or assuming any other responsibility to the carrier; what it exempts from is such time must be counted as on-duty time unless the driver is afforded at least 10 consecutive hours off duty when arriving at destination, in which case he/she must be considered off duty for the entire period; radius or condition is unless the driver is afforded at least 10 consecutive hours off duty when arriving at destination; baseline limit (for context) is § 395.3(a)(2): the 14-hour window runs from coming on duty, so whether travel counts as on-duty time decides when driving must stop, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-08-30.
- Exemption
- Travel time: property-carrying vehicle our reading
- CFR citation
- 49 CFR 395.1(j)(1) our reading
- Who qualifies
- a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle driver at the direction of the motor carrier is traveling, but not driving or assuming any other responsibility to the carrier verified
- What it exempts from
- such time must be counted as on-duty time unless the driver is afforded at least 10 consecutive hours off duty when arriving at destination, in which case he/she must be considered off duty for the entire period verified
- Radius or condition
- unless the driver is afforded at least 10 consecutive hours off duty when arriving at destination verified
- Baseline limit (for context)
- § 395.3(a)(2): the 14-hour window runs from coming on duty, so whether travel counts as on-duty time decides when driving must stop. our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
(1) When a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle driver at the direction of the motor carrier is traveling, but not driving or assuming any other responsibility to the carrier, such time must be counted as on-duty time unless the driver is afforded at least 10 consecutive hours off duty when arriving at destination, in which case he/she must be considered off duty for the entire period.
— 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