§ 395.28 Special driving categories; other driving statuses.
Current wording, first on file in the 2016 annual edition.
(a) Special driving categories—(1) Motor carrier options. A motor carrier may configure an ELD to authorize a driver to indicate that the driver is operating a commercial motor vehicle under any of the following special driving categories:
(i) Authorized personal use; and
(ii) Yard moves.
(2) Driver's responsibilities. A driver operating a commercial motor vehicle under one of the authorized categories listed in paragraph (a)(1) of this section:
(i) Must select on the ELD the applicable special driving category before the start of the status and deselect when the indicated status ends; and
(ii) When prompted by the ELD, annotate the driver's ELD record describing the driver's activity.
(b) Drivers exempt from ELD use. A motor carrier may configure an ELD to designate a driver as exempt from ELD use.
(c) Other driving statuses. A driver operating a commercial motor vehicle under any exception under § 390.3(f) of this subchapter or § 395.1 who is not covered under paragraph (a) or (b) of this section must annotate the driver's ELD record to explain the applicable exemption.
Amendment history
1 distinct wording on file since Oct. 1, 2016A 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.