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Current textIn force on June 13, 2024Source: eCFR

§ 392.80 Prohibition against texting.

Current wording, in the annual edition revised as of Oct. 1, 2012.

eCFR as of June 13, 2024 ↗
49 CFR § 392.80 — Prohibition against texting.. Text in force on June 13, 2024. This wording effective October 1, 2012 to present. Source: eCFR as of June 13, 2024, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2024-06-13/title-49/section-392.80. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/392.80?asof=2024-06-13, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

(a) Prohibition. No driver shall engage in texting while driving.

(b) Motor carriers. No motor carrier shall allow or require its drivers to engage in texting while driving.

(c) Definition. For the purpose of this section only, driving means operating a commercial motor vehicle, with the motor running, including while temporarily stationary because of traffic, a traffic control device, or other momentary delays. Driving does not include operating a commercial motor vehicle with or without the motor running when the driver moved the vehicle to the side of, or off, a highway, as defined in 49 CFR 390.5, and halted in a location where the vehicle can safely remain stationary.

(d) Emergency exception. Texting while driving is permissible by drivers of a commercial motor vehicle when necessary to communicate with law enforcement officials or other emergency services.

[75 FR 59136, Sept. 27, 2010, as amended at 76 FR 75487, Dec. 2, 2011]

Amendment history

3 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 2010
  1. Oct. 1, 2012 → presentannual editions 2012–2016diff vs. previousviewing
    [75 FR 59136, Sept. 27, 2010, as amended at 76 FR 75487, Dec. 2, 2011]
  2. Oct. 1, 2011 → Oct. 1, 2012annual edition 2011diff vs. previous
    [75 FR 59136, Sept. 27, 2010]
  3. Oct. 1, 2010 → Oct. 1, 2011annual edition 2010
    [75 FR 59136, Sept. 27, 2010]

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.