§ 32-9A-6 — Interstate Hours of Service Limitation

Alabama § 32-9A-6

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 32: Motor Vehicles and Traffic
• Ch. 9A: Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Requirements

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(a) The intrastate hours of service limitation applied to the drivers of commercial motor vehicles operating in intrastate transportation within a 150 air-mile radius of their normal work reporting location, following 10 consecutive hours off duty except when prohibited by federal rule or law, shall be the following:
(1) A 12-hour driving limit, provided driving shall be prohibited for any driver of a commercial motor vehicle who has been on duty for more than 15 hours.
(2) Driving shall be prohibited for any driver who has been on duty 70 hours in seven consecutive days.
(b) An intrastate driver is defined by his or her previous seven days in operation.
(c) All motor carriers operating under the variance provided by this section shall have a satisfactory safety rating with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) or be unrated. Subsection (a) shall not apply to a motor carrier with a conditional or unsatisfactory FMCSA safety rating.
(d) All motor carriers operating under the variance provided by this section shall require its drivers to comply with the record of duty provisions under 49 C.F.R. § 395.8. The driver shall retain a copy of each record of duty status for the previous seven consecutive days, which shall be in his or her possession and available for inspection while on duty.

Legislative History

(Act 2015-294, p. 916, §1; Act 2024-210, §1.)