Test Yourself: Test your CMV driving knowledge
This short quiz will test your knowledge of FMCSR driver requirements. Click below to see answers.
- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) include specific requirements related to the behavior, actions, and physical state of the driver behind the wheel.
- True
- False
- Intrastate commerce is commerce that crosses state or national borders.
- True
- False
- Drivers may not send or read text messages while driving a CMV, including while stuck in traffic. Texting is never allowed.
- True.
- False
- Drivers are prohibited from driving, and motor carriers may not allow them to drive, when the driver’s ability or alertness is so impaired (or so likely to become impaired) that driving would be unsafe.
- True
- False
- While on duty, CMV drivers may never possess (except as part of a shipment), be under the influence of, or use, any of the following substances:
- Any “Schedule I” substance as listed in 21 CFR 1308.11;
- Any amphetamine or related formulation;
- Any narcotic drug or derivative;
- Any other substance that renders the driver incapable of safely operating a motor vehicle.
- All of the above.
Test Yourself: Test your CMV driving knowledge: Answers
- a: True. Included are driver requirements related to illness or fatigue, drug/alcohol possession or use, texting, and using hand-held cell phones. Operational requirements related to railroad crossings, speed limits, seat belts, hazardous driving conditions, defensive driving, stopping on the road or shoulder, and other prohibited practices are also discussed.
- b: False. “Interstate” commerce involves commerce that crosses state or national borders.
- b: False. Texting is only allowed when drivers are legally parked or to contact emergency services.
- a: True. Drivers are prohibited from driving while impaired. This impairment could come from illness, fatigue, or any other cause. The only exception to this rule is when there is a “grave emergency” and continuing to drive is less hazardous to human life than not driving, in which case the driver can continue to drive to the nearest place of safety.
- e: All of the above. EXCEPTION: Drivers may possess or use a non-Schedule I substance if it was administered to the driver by or under the instructions of a licensed medical practitioner who advised the driver that the substance will not affect the ability to drive safely. (see 392.4)