Personal Conveyance law and washing the truck on weekends.

There is no law, there is no regulation, it is open to be interpreted by the state enforcement and if you are leased to a carrier you follow their rules.

 

I'd bet most dot officers would consider that to be an on duty affair

 

Law says you are allowed to log off duty if going from your house/yard to a shop for work, kind of a grey area For a wash, probably won’t be a problem…until it is

 

The guidance says a driver can't use PC when transporting a CMV to a facility to have vehicle maintenance performed.

 

There is no law. There is no regulation.

All it is, is a guidance for a question that was asked because people wanted to have the FMCSA justify their crying about it.

 

Regulations say nothing per PC
The regulation states maintenance/repairs are on duty
395.2 (2) All time inspecting, servicing, or conditioning any commercial motor vehicle at any time;

 

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulatio...nce is the movement,Status to read as follows:
Examples of Uses of a CMV that Would Not Qualify as Personal Conveyance
Number 5 on the list.
Time spent transporting a CMV to a facility to have vehicle maintenance performed

 

Honestly, i always view PC like this. Am i useing it like i would a car. I.E going to the laundromat. Going shopping, going to a doctor ect ect ect? And if the answer is yes, is it less then 2 hours or so? If the answer is yes to both its PC if the answer is no to either then its on duty.

Washing your truck is defo maintaince or is going to be looked at as such by most people dot officer or not. Could you do it and get away with it? Absolutely.....right up till you dont.

 

If it's work related it's not personal. Pretty simple.