1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

2. Reference Part 390 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
To view the specific FMCSA regulations, please click on the link on the above slide.

3. Purpose
This presentation is intended to educate all personnel of motor carrier companies on the FMCSA general safety regulations.
The following presentation is a brief overview of the FMCSA general safety regulations.

4. Applicability
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) apply to all employers, employees and commercial motor vehicles transporting property or passengers in interstate commerce.

5. Exceptions to General Applicability
Transportation provided by Federal, state and local governments
Occasional transportation of personal property by individuals for non-commercial purposes
School bus operations
Transportation of human corpses or sick and injured people
FMCSA guidelines apply to commercial motor vehicle drivers, employers and motor carriers. Transportation provided by the government, occasional transportation of personal property for non-commercial purposes, school bus operations and the transportation of human corpses or sick/injured people are considered exceptions to general applicability.

6. Exceptions to General Applicability
CMVs carrying between 9 and 15 passengers not for direct compensation or not beyond a 75 air-mile radius from the driver’s normal work reporting location are subject to the following requirements:
1.must file Motor Carrier Identification Report
2. must maintain an accident register
3. must mark vehicle with the motor carrier identification number
Commercial motor vehicles carrying between nine and fifteen passengers for compensation are also exempt from most of the FMCSRs. They must still file a Motor Carrier Identification Report, maintain an accident register, and mark vehicle with the motor carrier identification number.

7. What is a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV)?
Any self-propelled or towed motor vehicle used on a highway in interstate commerce to transport passengers or property that meets at least one of the following criteria:
The definition of a commercial motor vehicle is any self-propelled or towed motor vehicle used on a highway in interstate commerce to transport passengers or property that meets at least one of the following criteria off of the next two slides.

8. What is a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV)?
Has a gross vehicle rating, gross combination weight rating, gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight of 4,536 kg (10,001 lbs.) or more
Is designed or used to transport more than 8 passengers for compensation

9. What is a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV)?
Is designed or used to transport more than 15 passengers without compensation or
Is used in transporting hazardous material

10. Motor Carrier Responsibility
Whenever a duty is prescribed for a driver or a prohibition is imposed on a driver, it is the duty of the motor carrier to ensure compliance with that duty or prohibition.
A motor carrier is responsible for any and all actions of the drivers that it employs.

11. Motor Carrier Identification Report
Each motor carrier that conducts operations in interstate commerce must file a Motor Carrier Identification Report (Form MCS-150) at the following times:
before it begins operations
every 24 months
A Motor Carrier Identification Report must be filed before it begins operations and every 24 months.

12. Type of Accident Required to be Reported by Motor Carrier
An occurrence involving a CMV operating on a public road that results in at least one of the following:
a fatality
bodily injury to a person
disabling damage to one or more motor vehicles
It is important for a motor carrier to report all accidents resulting in a fatality, bodily injury or disabling damage to at least one of the vehicles.

13. Accident Register
For one year after an accident, motor carriers are required to maintain an accident register containing:
date and location of accident
driver’s name
number of injuries and fatalities
hazardous materials (other than fuel) released
other information as required
Motor carriers are required to keep a register for one year after an accident. This register must contain the date and location of the accident, the driver’s name, the number of injuries and/or fatalities, hazardous materials released, and other information as required.

14. Assistance in Investigations
A motor carrier shall:
make all records and information pertaining to an accident available to an authorized representative of the FMCSA upon request;
give an authorized representative of the FMCSA all reasonable assistance in the investigation of any accident including providing a full, true and correct answer to any question of the inquiry.
It is very important that employees and employers assist in any official investigations. A motor carrier shall make all records and information regarding an accident available to an authorized FMCSA representative.

15. Vehicle Identification
Every CMV operated by a motor carrier in
interstate commerce must be marked on
BOTH sides with the following:
motor carrier’s name or trade name
city and state of its principal place of business
motor carrier’s identification number preceded by “US DOT”
It is every motor carrier’s responsibility to ensure that all vehicles under it’s operation are properly marked. Both sides of the vehicle must be marked with the motor carrier’s name, the city and state of its principal place of business and the motor carrier’s identification number preceded by “US DOT.”

16. Emergencies
Relief from Parts of the FMCSRs may be granted during declared emergencies to any motor carrier who provides emergency assistance.

17. Aiding and Abetting Violations
No person shall aid, abet, encourage or require a motor carrier or its employees to violate the FMCSA rules.
Serious consequences can occur if someone is aiding, abetting or encouraging a motor carrier or any of its employees to violate FMCSA regulations.

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Violation and Penalty
Any person who violates FMCSA regulations may be subject to civil or criminal penalties.
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