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Current textIn force on June 17, 2024Source: eCFR

§ 392.2 Applicable operating rules.

Current wording, effective January 1, 2017.

eCFR as of June 17, 2024 ↗
49 CFR § 392.2 — Applicable operating rules.. Text in force on June 17, 2024. This wording effective January 1, 2017 to present. Source: eCFR as of June 17, 2024, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2024-06-17/title-49/section-392.2. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/392.2?asof=2024-06-17, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

Every commercial motor vehicle must be operated in accordance with the laws, ordinances, and regulations of the jurisdiction in which it is being operated. However, if a regulation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration imposes a higher standard of care than that law, ordinance or regulation, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulation must be complied with.

[35 FR 7800, May 21, 1970, as amended at 60 FR 38746, July 28, 1995; 66 FR 49874, Oct. 1, 2001]

Amendment history

4 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1996
  1. Jan. 1, 2017 → presenteCFR, day-precisediff vs. previousviewing
    [35 FR 7800, May 21, 1970, as amended at 60 FR 38746, July 28, 1995; 66 FR 49874, Oct. 1, 2001]
  2. Oct. 1, 2006 → Jan. 1, 2017annual editions 2006–2016diff vs. previous
    [35 FR 7800, May 21, 1970, as amended at 60 FR 38746, July 28, 1995]
  3. Oct. 1, 2001 → Oct. 1, 2006annual editions 2001–2005diff vs. previous
    [35 FR 7800, May 21, 1970, as amended at 60 FR 38746, July 28, 1995]
  4. Oct. 1, 1996 → Oct. 1, 2001annual editions 1996–2000
    [35 FR 7800, May 21, 1970, as amended at 60 FR 38746, July 28, 1995]

A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.