Rules for facilty to be placed out of service at?

Define "suitable."

I don't think you'll find what you're looking for in the regs. When a driver is OOS it means
he/she may not drive a commercial vehicle until he/she is legal again. He/she may get a ride with someone or drive a noncommercial vehicle. No showers, restaurant, or room service at the place you were placed OOS? Too bad. You're busted. Period.

 

It looks like it's up to the state. The one time I got a OoS in LA, he made me drive 16 miles to the nearest truck stop. He said he would check on me and I better be there. Another 15 miles and I could of delivered.

 

Suitable is anywhere you are caught running in violation of HOS . An LOE would be liable if he allowed a driver to drive any distance in violation .

 

It may vary just depends on the officer. Ive been shut down 1 time at a scale house in GA. If you get shut down on a roadside, they arent gonna make u sit on the side of the road or off ramp. They will more than likely have u drive to nearest truckstop. If your asking what are the minimum amenities you must be surrounded by to be shut down i dont have an answer suitable for that.

 

Read the question and answer again . The question asks if the driver can drive ANY vehicle . The answer says it applies to CMV's . State regulation cannot supercede FMCSR . I interpret the question to be asking about non-CMV's. For example a carrier could send another driver in a car or pickup to drive the CMV and the OOS driver would drive the car or pickup .

 

Show me where you see that? I don't see the words "ANY vehicle" ?

What I see is him asking if they can be forced to sit in a barren chicken coop parking lot.

Look at question #1 again. The FMCSA wouldn't say that if there wasn't any state leverage.

 

Question 1: May a driver operate any motor vehicle, at the direction of the motor carrier, after being placed out of service for an hours of service violation?
Guidance: An out of service order issued under §395.13 extends only to the operation of Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV)s. State procedures may differ.
That's where I saw it. "May a driver operate ANY motor vehicle ... "

 

I think he is just talking about WHERE a driver can be placed OOS in the OP.

 

As previously stated, the regs don't say "where".

If I stop you roadside and place you or the vehicle out of service, I may escort you off the shoulder of the road to the nearest safe place to park. It may not be a place where there are services, that is not a factor, I just may need to get you off of the shoulder of the road.

If I put you out of service at the scalehouse, right here is where you will be placed out of service.