---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 167.65-35"
title: "46"
number: "167.65-35"
heading: "Use of auto pilot."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/167.65-35"
---

# §167.65-35. Use of auto pilot.


Except as provided in [33 CFR 164.15](/cfr/33/164.15.md), when the automatic pilot is used in—

- (a) Areas of high traffic density;
- (b) Conditions of restricted visibility; and
- (c) All other hazardous navigational situations, the master shall ensure that—
  - (1) **It is possible to immediately establish human control of the ship's steering—**
  - (2) A competent person is ready at all times to take over steering control; and
  - (3) The changeover from automatic to manual steering and vice versa is made by, or under, the supervision of the officer of the watch.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGFR 75-074, 42 FR 5964, Jan. 17, 1977]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307, 6101, 8105; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGFR 51-11, 16 FR 3218, Apr. 12, 1951, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGFR 75-074, 42 FR 5964, Jan. 17, 1977]