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Equipment,
inspection and use:
No vehicle shall be driven unless the driver is satisfied that the
following parts and accessories are in good working order, nor shall
any driver failto use or make use of such parts and accessories
when and as needed:
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Service brakes, including trailer brakes connections |
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Parking (hand) brake. |
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Tires. |
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Horn. |
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Windshield wipers or wipers. |
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Rear-vision mirror or mirrors. |
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Coupling devices. |
Driver may not operate a vehicle and may not require or permit
others to operate a vehicle unless:
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The vehicle’s cargo is properly distributed and adequately
secured. |
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The vehicle's tailgate, tailboards, doors, tarpaulins,
spare tire and other equipment used in it’s operation,
and the means of fastening the vehicle’s cargo, are
secured. |
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The vehicle’s cargo or any other object does not
obscure the driver’s view ahead or to the right or left
sides. |
The driver of a truck or truck tractor must:
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Assure himself that the provisions of paragraph of this
section have been compiled with before he drives that motor
vehicle. |
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Inspect the cargo and the devices used to secure the cargo
within the first 50 miles after beginning a trip and cause
any adjustments to be made to the cargo or load securement
devices as necessary, including adding more securement devices,
to ensure that cargo cannot shift on or within, or fall from
the motor vehicle |
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Re-examine the motor vehicle’s cargo and it’s
load securement devices during the course or of transportation
and make any necessary adjustment to the cargo or load securing
devices, including adding more securement devices, to ensure
that cargo cannot shift on.
The rules
in this paragraph (2) do not apply to the driver of a sealed
motor vehicle who has been ordered not to open it to inspect
its cargoor to the driver of a vehicle that has been loaded
in a manner that makes inspection of its cargo impracticable. |
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Ill or fatigued operator:
No driver shall operate a vehicle
and company shall not require or permit a driver to operate a vehicle,
while the driver’s ability or alertness is so impaired, or
so likely to become impaired, through fatigue, illness, or any other
cause, as to make it unsafe for him to begin or continue to operate
the vehicle. However, ina case of grave emergency where the hazard
to occupants of the vehicle or other users of the highway would
be increased by compliance with this section, the driver may continue
to operate the vehicle to the nearest place at which that hazardis
removed.
Schedules
to conform with speed limits:
AIMS shall not schedule a run nor permit nor require the driver
of any vehicle between points in such period of time as would necessitate
the vehicle being operated at speeds greater than those prescribed
by the jurisdictions in or through which the vehicle is being operated.
Use
of seatbelts:
A vehicle which contains hazardous materials must not be parked
under any of the following circumstances:1.On or within 5 feet of
the traveled portion of a public street or highway.2.On private
property (including premises of a fueling or eating facility) without
the knowledge and consent of the person who is in charge of the
property and who is aware of the nature of the hazardous materials
the vehicle contains;3.Within 300 feet of a bridge, tunnel, dwelling,
or place where people work, congregate, or assemble, except for
brief periods when the necessities of operation require the vehicle
to be parked and make it impracticable to park the vehicle in any
other place.
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Parking:
A
vehicle which contains hazardous materials must not be parked under
any of the following circumstances:1.On or within 5 feet of the
traveled portion of a public street or highway.2.On private property
(including premises of a fueling or eating facility) without the
knowledge and consent of the person who is in charge of the property
and who is aware of the nature of the hazardous materials the vehicle
contains;3.Within 300 feet of a bridge, tunnel, dwelling, or place
where people work, congregate, or assemble, except for brief periods
when the necessities of operation require the vehicle to be parked
and make it impracticable to park the vehicle in any other place.
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On or within 5 feet of the traveled portion of a public
street or highway. |
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On private property (including premises of a fueling or
eating facility) without the knowledge and consent of the
person who is in charge of the property and who is aware of
the nature of the hazardous materials the vehicle contains |
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Within 300 feet of a bridge, tunnel, dwelling, or place
where people work, congregate, or assemble, except for brief
periods when the necessities of operation require the vehicle
to be parked and make it impracticable to park the vehicle
in any other place. |
Fires:
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A vehicle containing hazardous materials must not be operated
near an open fire unless its driver has first taken precautions
to ascertain that the vehicle can safely pass the fire without
stopping. |
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A vehicle containing hazardous materials must not be parked
within 300 feet of an open fire. |
Smoking:
No person may smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar, or pipeon
or within 25 feet of a vehicle which contains flammable materials.
Fueling:
When a motor vehicle which contains hazardous materials is beingfueled:
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Its engine must not be operating; and. |
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A person must be in control of the fueling process at
the point where the fuel tank is filled. |
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Tires:
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A driver must examine each tire on a motor vehicle
at the beginning of each trip and each time the vehicle
is parked. |
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If, as the result of an examination a tire found
to be flat, leaking , or improperly inflated, the
driver must cause the tire to be repaired, replaced,
or properly inflated before the vehicle is driven.
However the vehicle may be driven to the nearest safe
place to perform the required repair, replacement,
or inflation. |
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If, as the result of an examination a tire is found
to be overheated, the driver shall immediately cause
the overheated tire to be removed and placed at a
safe distance from the vehicle. The driver shall not
operate the vehicle until the cause of the overheating
is corrected. |
Instructions
and Documents:
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If AIMS transports (explosive materials must furnish
the driver of each vehicle in which the explosives
are transported with the following documents:) |
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A copy of the rules in this part. |
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A document containing instructions on procedures
to be followed in the event of accident or delay.
The documents must include the names and telephone
numbers of persons (including representatives of AIMS
or shippers) to be contacted, the natureof the explosives
being transported, and the precautions to be taken
in emergencies such as fires, accidents, or leakages. |
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A driver who receives the documents in accordance
with this section must sign a receipt for them. AIMS
shall maintain the receipt for a period of 1 year
from the date of signature. |
The
general requirements for securing articles of cargo:
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The rules in this section are applicable to the transportation
of all types of articles of cargo, except commodities in bulk
that lack structure or fixed shape (e.g../ liquids, gases,
grain, liquid concrete, sand, gravel, aggregates) and aretransported
in a tank, hopper, box or similar device that forms part of
the structure of a vehicle. |
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Cargo must firmly immobilized or secured on or within
a vehicle by structures of adequate strength, dunnage or dunnage
bags, shoring bags, tiedowns or a combination of these. |
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Articles of cargo that is likely to roll must be restrained
by chocks, wedges, a cradle or other equivalent means to prevent
rolling. The means of preventing rolling must not be capable
of becoming unintentionally unfastened or loose while the
vehicle is in transit. |
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Articles or cargo placed beside each other and secured
by transverse tie downs must either:
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Be placed in direct contact with each other, or |
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Be prevented from shifting towards each other while
in transit. |
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The aggregate working load limit of any securing system
used to secure an article or group of articles against movement
must be one-half times the weight of the article or group
of articles. The aggregate working load limit is the sum of:
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One-half of the working load limit of each associated
connector or attachment mechanism used to secure a part
of the article of cargo to the vehicle; and |
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One-half of the working load limit for each end
section of a tie down that is attached to an anchor
point. |
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Performance
Criteria:
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Cargo securement devices and systems must be capable of
withstanding he following three forces, applied separately: |
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Performance criteria for devices to prevent vertical movement
ofloads that are not contained within the structure of the
vehicle.
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0.8 g deceleration in the forward direction; |
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0.5 g acceleration in the rearward direction.; and |
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0.5 g acceleration in a lateral direction |
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Secure systems must provide a downward force equivalent
to at least 20 percent of the weight of the article of cargo
if the article is not fully contained within the structure
of the vehicle.. |
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Prohibition on exceeding working load limits. |
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Cargo securement devices and systems must be designed,
installed, and maintained to ensure that the maximum forces
acting on the devices or systems do not exceed the working
load limit for the devices. |
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