Yard jockey

I'm a yard jockey. We leave the property so we have to have a CDL. If your jockeys dont go on the road, then according to the government, then they do not have to have one, but your company may still require it.

 

Pretty sure RR tracks aren't a public right of way enforced by DOT.

 

I believe RR tracks are not property of the government. The freight company owns it. (CSX, BNSF, CN etc etc) Even amtrak have to rent rail lines.

If the yard jockey stays on private property, he doesn't need a CDL nor does he/she have to follow DOT rules, he can work all day long. Once they touch the road, they need to follow all of dot laws

 

Your best bet is simply flag down or call the local officer. They are, after all, the ones that would write the citation. See what their policy would be. My guess is no one will care even if it's not strictly legal.

Not that I think it's illegal, but with 35,000 towns in the US, it's impossible to know what each town will claim as roadway and subject to DOT or not.

 

Exactly. After all they are the ones who will write any possible citation. Really you can ask 10,000 strangers and everyone gives the same answer. Unless the officer writing the citation agrees it becomes a fight in court. And if the court agrees with the officer, doesn't matter what those 10,000 people think.

Now even if it's illegal, if the officer writing the citation doesn't care, well an unenforced law is the same as no law.