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Timestamp: 2019-11-22 05:34:53
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 390', '§ 390', '§ 390', '§ 390', '§383', '§392', '§177', '§ 172', '§171', '§ 172', 'art 381', '§ 391', '§ 391', 'art 392']

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Definitions (49 C.F.R. § 390.5)
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Legal Commentary: The list of definitions in these regulations provides a broad scope, including everything from accident to driver to motor carrier. These definitions seem technical, but they are very important. That is because when a motor carrier or driver is governed by the federal regulations, many things can result when there is an accident or injury. The federal regulations set standards for safety and equipment, among many other things.
When analyzing an injury case involving a truck or other commercial vehicle, it is necessary to review the facts of every case within these definitions and ensure that all applicable definitions are used to support a damage and injury claim.
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One or more motor vehicles incurring disabling damage as a result of the accident, requiring the motor vehicle(s) to be transported away from the scene by a tow truck or other motor vehicle.
An occurrence involving only boarding and alighting from a stationary motor vehicle; or
An occurrence involving only the loading or unloading of cargo.
Inclusions. Damage to motor vehicles that could have been driven, but would have been further damaged if so driven.
Damage which can be remedied temporarily at the scene of the accident without special tools or parts.
Tire disablement without other damage even if no spare tire is available.
Headlamp or taillight damage.
Damage to turn signals, horn, or windshield wipers which makes them inoperative.
Between vehicle manufacturer’s facilities;
To a motor carrier’s terminal or repair facility for the repair of disabling damage (as defined in § 390.5) following a crash; or
Driving a commercial motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol means committing any one or more of the following acts in a CMV: Driving a CMV while the person’s alcohol concentration is 0.04 or more; driving under the influence of alcohol, as prescribed by State law; or refusal to undergo such testing as is required by any State or jurisdiction in the enforcement of Table 1 to §383.51 or §392.5(a)(2) of this subchapter.
A declaration of an emergency by the President of the United States, the Governor of a State, or their authorized representatives having authority to declare emergencies; by the FMCSA Field Administrator for the geographical area in which the occurrence happens; or by other Federal, State or local government officials having authority to declare emergencies, or
A request by a police officer for tow trucks to move wrecked or disabled motor vehicles.
Controlled and operated by a farmer as a private motor carrier of property;
Being used to transport either—
Agricultural products, or
Farm machinery, farm supplies, or both, to or from a farm;
Not being used in the operation of a for-hire motor carrier;
Not carrying hazardous materials of a type or quantity that requires the commercial motor vehicle to be placarded in accordance with §177.823 of this subtitle; and
Being used within 150 air-miles of the farmer’s farm.
Are owned by that person; or
Are under the direct control of that person.
Hazardous substance means a material, and its mixtures or solutions, that is identified in the appendix to § 172.101, List of Hazardous Substances and Reportable Quantities, of this title when offered for transportation in one package, or in one transport motor vehicle if not packaged, and when the quantity of the material therein equals or exceeds the reportable quantity (RQ). This definition does not apply to petroleum products that are lubricants or fuels, or to mixtures or solutions of hazardous substances if in a concentration less than that shown in the table in §171.8 of this title, based on the reportable quantity (RQ) specified for the materials listed in the appendix to § 172.101.
Interchange means the act of providing intermodal equipment to a motor carrier pursuant to an intermodal equipment interchange agreement for the purpose of transporting the equipment for loading or unloading by any person or repositioning the equipment for the benefit of the equipment provider, but it does not include the leasing of equipment to a motor carrier for primary use in the motor carrier’s freight hauling operations.
An exemption letter permitting operation of a commercial motor vehicle pursuant to part 381, subpart C, of this chapter or § 391.64 of this chapter;
A skill performance evaluation certificate permitting operation of a commercial motor vehicle pursuant to § 391.49 of this chapter.
Motor carrier means a for-hire motor carrier or a private motor carrier. The term includes a motor carrier’s agents, officers and representatives as well as employees responsible for hiring, supervising, training, assigning, or dispatching of drivers and employees concerned with the installation, inspection, and maintenance of motor vehicle equipment and/or accessories. For purposes of subchapter B, this definition includes the terms employer, and exempt motor carrier.
Operator —See driver.
Other terms —Any other term used in this subchapter is used in its commonly accepted meaning, except where such other term has been defined elsewhere in this subchapter. In that event, the definition therein given shall apply.
Transported outside the driver’s compartment of the commercial motor vehicle. For this purpose, the driver’s compartment of a passenger-carrying CMV shall include all space designed to accommodate both the driver and the passengers; and
Completely inaccessible to, inoperable by, and imperceptible to the driver while operating the commercial motor vehicle.
Reading, selecting, or entering a telephone number, an extension number, or voicemail retrieval codes and commands into an electronic device for the purpose of initiating or receiving a phone call or using voice commands to initiate or receive a telephone call;
Inputting, selecting or reading information on a global positioning system or navigation system; or
Using a device capable of performing multiple functions (e.g., fleet management systems, dispatching devices, smart phones, citizens band radios, music players, etc.) for a purpose that is not otherwise prohibited in part 392.
Full trailer means any motor vehicle other than a pole trailer which is designed to be drawn by another motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight, except for the towing device, rests upon the self-propelled towing motor vehicle. A semitrailer equipped with an auxiliary front axle (converter dolly) shall be considered a full trailer.
Pole trailer means any motor vehicle which is designed to be drawn by another motor vehicle and attached to the towing motor vehicle by means of a “reach” or “pole,” or by being “boomed” or otherwise secured to the towing motor vehicle, for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes, or structural members, which generally are capable of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections.
Semitrailer means any motor vehicle, other than a pole trailer, which is designed to be drawn by another motor vehicle and is constructed so that some part of its weight rests upon the self-propelled towing motor vehicle.