---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 390.6"
title: "49"
number: "390.6"
heading: "Coercion prohibited."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/390.6"
---

# §390.6. Coercion prohibited.

- (a) **Prohibition.**
  - (1) A motor carrier, shipper, receiver, or transportation intermediary, including their respective agents, officers, or representatives, may not coerce a driver of a commercial motor vehicle to operate such vehicle in violation of 49 CFR parts [171-173](/cfr/49/part171-173.md), [177-180](/cfr/49/part177-180.md), 380-383 or 390-399, or §§ [385.415](/cfr/49/385.415.md) or [385.421](/cfr/49/385.421.md);
  - (2) A motor carrier or its agents, officers, or representatives, may not coerce a driver of a commercial motor vehicle to operate such vehicle in violation of 49 CFR parts [356](/cfr/49/part356.md), [360](/cfr/49/part360.md), or 365-379.
- (b) **Complaint process.**
  - (1) A driver who believes he or she was coerced to violate a regulation described in paragraph [(a)(1)](#a-1) or [(2)](#a-2) of this section may file a written complaint under [§ 386.12(c)](/cfr/49/386.12.md?p=c) of this subchapter.
  - (2) A complaint under [paragraph (b)(1)](#b-1) of this section shall describe the action that the driver claims constitutes coercion and identify the regulation the driver was coerced to violate.
  - (3) A complaint under [paragraph (b)(1)](#b-1) of this section may include any supporting evidence that will assist the Division Administrator in determining the merits of the complaint.

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 74710, Nov. 30, 2015, as amended at 81 FR 68348, Oct. 4, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 113, 504, 508, 31132, 31133, 31134, 31136, 31137, 31144, 31149, 31151, 31502; sec. 114, Pub. L. 103-311, 108 Stat. 1673, 1677; secs. 212 and 217, Pub. L. 106-159, 113 Stat. 1748, 1766, 1767; sec. 229, Pub. L. 106-159 (as added and transferred by sec. 4115 and amended by secs. 4130-4132, Pub. L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144, 1726, 1743, 1744), 113 Stat. 1748, 1773; sec. 4136, Pub. L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144, 1745; secs. 32101(d) and 32934, Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 778, 830; sec. 2, Pub. L. 113-125, 128 Stat. 1388; secs. 5403, 5518, and 5524, Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1548, 1558, 1560; sec. 2, Pub. L. 115-105, 131 Stat. 2263; and 49 CFR 1.81, 1.81a, 1.87.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 18052, May 19, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[80 FR 74710, Nov. 30, 2015, as amended at 81 FR 68348, Oct. 4, 2016]