Load Securement
The section of Title 49 that contains cargo securement rules.
What is 49 CFR Part 393 Subpart I?
The required minimum sleeper berth period that may be paired with another sleeper or off-duty period.
What is at least 7 hours?
The Rhode Island title and chapter covering size and weight.
What is Title 31-25 of Rhode Island General Laws?
A tire with tread depth below this measurement on a steering axle is out of service.
What is less than 2/32 of an inch?
The Operational Policy that addresses the initial and maintenance of certifications.
What is Operational Policy 4?
The downward force applied by a tiedown to keep cargo from moving.
What is working load limit?
How must a driver record time spent on-call awaiting dispatch?
What is - if the employer generally requires its drivers to be available for call after a mandatory rest period, which complies with the regulatory requirement, the time spent standing by for a work-related call, following the required off-duty period, may be properly recorded as off-duty time.
The front and rear load extension limits of a load being transported on a vehicle.
What is no more than 6 feet past the rear and 3 feet past the front?
Is a Commercial Learner's Permit holder, supervised by a CDL holder with a Passenger endorsement, out of service while transporting passengers?
What is yes? 383.25(a)(5)(i)
The number of initial inspections required within 6 months of completing Other Bulk Packaging.
What is 0? Ops. Policy 4.
The driver must recheck cargo securement within this distance after beginning a trip.
What is 50 miles?
How should time spent in transit on a ferry boat be recorded?
What is - time spent on a ferry by drivers may be recorded as off-duty time if they are completely relieved from work and all responsibility and obligation to the motor carriers for which they drive. This relief must be consistent with the ferry company's existing regulations and the U.S. Coast Guard's regulations.
What is the fine for refusing to submit to weighing or the removal of excess load?
What is - be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than two hundred-fifty dollars ($250).
Is a CDL holder with no medical certificate on their person out of service when the CDL response does not contain any medical certification from the State driver's licensing agency?
What is no?
In the absence of a life-threatening emergency, this type of cargo(s) should not have the seal removed.
What is:
• Postal Service
• Department of Defense
• Department of the Treasury
• Armored Car Couriers
Ops. Policy 12.
A specific commodity that requires blocking, bracing, or a header board in addition to tiedowns.
What are logs? (or What are paper rolls? / metal coils)
Under what circumstances does fuel used in the production of agricultural commodities qualify as “farm supplies” under 49 CFR 395.1(k)?
What is - fuel qualifies as a farm supply if (1) it is “for agricultural purposes,” e.g. used in tractors or other equipment that cultivate agricultural commodities or trucks that haul them
What color flag or cloth is required on tow chains, rope, or cable when one vehicle is towing another?
What is white? RIGL 31-25-12.
A vehicle is placed out of service due to push-rod travel violations, resulting in more than 20% of the brakes being defective. The driver adjusts the brakes below the regulated travel allotment at the inspection location. Is the vehicle back in service, does it qualify for a CVSA decal if no other violations are identified?
What is yes and yes? Appendix, Vehicle Re-inspections.
Re-inspection must be completed by the same inspector at the same location. Reinspection is required only for the repaired violation.
A ruptured diaphragm is causing an audible air leak in a brake chamber located on a raised lift axle (tag axle) during a level 1 inspection. Is it a violation? Is it OOS?
What is yes and yes? OPS Policy 5.
A tractor loader-backhoe weighing over 10,000 pounds is being transported on a trailer. The accessories are each equipped with locking devices or mechanisms that prevent them from moving up and down and from side-to-side while being transported. Must these accessories also be secured to the trailer with chains?
What is no. However, if the construction equipment does not have a means to prevent the loader bucket, backhoe, or similar accessories from moving while it is being transported on the trailer, a chain would be required to secure those accessories to the trailer.
How should multiple short stops in a town or city be recorded on a record of duty status?
What is - all stops made in any one city, town, village, or municipality may be computed as one. In such cases, the sum of all stops should be shown on a continuous line as on-duty (not driving).
A historic local bridge restriction once banned trucks over this weight from the Pawtucket River Bridge.
What is 18 short tons, 36,000 lbs?
On a level 1 inspection, a driver is placed out of service for drugs, and you are unable to measure 20 percent of the brakes for push-rod travel. Other than a violation for no ID lamps working, there are no other violations. Does the vehicle qualify for a CVSA decal?
What is yes? Part 2 Policy Statement
Ops policy 5 (more than 20 percent brakes are unable to be measured, must be changed to a level 2 inspection.)
While completing a motorcoach inspection, you find that operating instructions are missing on 2 windows, 1 release handle is unlabeled, 2 required exits are obstructed, and 1 is inoperable. How many violations?
What is 4? Ops. Policy 14 (Stacking)