FMCSA’s Personal Conveyance Site Updated with FAQs

FMCSA has published a list of FAQs related to their June 2018 release of personal conveyance guidance. FMCSA has provided answers to a series of Frequently Asked Questions to assist the industry and law enforcement in the application of the guidance.

Those questions can be found here. The guidance clarifies that Personal Conveyance is the movement of a commercial motor vehicle for personal use while off-duty and that a CMV may be used for personal conveyance even if it is laden, since the load is not being transported for the commercial benefit of the motor carrier at that time. FMCSA further stated that personal conveyance does not reduce a driver’s or motor carrier’s responsibility to operate a CMV safely, and motor carriers can establish personal conveyance limitations either within the scope of, or more restrictive than, the guidance provided.