Alabama Administrative Code
Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Chapter 770-X-10 - MOTOR CARRIER GENERAL ORDERS AND REGULATIONS PAMPHLET NO. 2003
Section 770-X-10-.17-6-.03 - Maximum Driving And On-Duty Time
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 5, February 29, 2024
(1) Except as provided in 770-X-10-.17-6-.01(B)(ii), no motor carrier shall permit or require any driver used by it to drive, nor shall any such driver drive, more than ten hours following eight consecutive hours off duty or drive for any period after having been on duty fifteen hours following eight consecutive hours off duty; provided, however, that drivers using sleeper-berth equipment may accumulate the aforementioned total of at least eight hours off duty in two periods of at least two hours each, resting in a sleeper berth.
(2) Except as provided in 770-X-10-.17-6-.01(B)(ii), no motor carrier shall permit or require any driver used by it to be on duty, nor shall any such driver be on duty, more than 60 hours in any seven consecutive days or 70 hours in any eight consecutive days regardless of the number of motor carriers using the driver's services.
Author: Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 37-3-5, 37-3-7.