The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published a final rule in the Federal Register requiring that all passengers traveling in property-carrying commercial motor vehicles wear seat belts.<\/p>\n
While it already requires that drivers wear seat belts, the agency has been silent on whether passengers riding in large trucks must use seat belts. \u201cThe only quantifiable cost of the final rule is the value of the person\u2019s time necessary to buckle the seat belt, which is negligible,\u201d FMCSA said in a June 6 pre-publication announcement. \u201cThe benefits of this rule are any fatalities or injuries avoided or reduced in severity as a result of seat belt use.\u201d<\/p>\n
The rule, effective Aug 8, holds motor carriers and drivers responsible for ensuring that passengers riding in property-carrying CMVs are using seat belts. \u201cOccupants would include instructors, evaluators or any other personnel who might be seated in a property-carrying CMV, regardless of their status,\u201d the agency said.<\/p>\n
The agency rejected arguments in comments on the proposed rule that a carrier would have no control over non-drivers riding in a truck.<\/p>\n
FMCSA did not address the topic of current sleeper berth restraints because commenters \u201cprovided no information that would enable the agency to address that topic in this rulemaking.\u201d<\/p>\n
The final rule does not require the use of seat belts in passenger-carrying CMVs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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