---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 391.13"
title: "49"
number: "391.13"
heading: "Responsibilities of drivers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/391.13"
---

# §391.13. Responsibilities of drivers.


In order to comply with the requirements of §§ [392.9(a)](/cfr/49/392.9.md?p=a) and [383.111(a)(16)](/cfr/49/383.111.md?p=a-16) of this subchapter, a motor carrier shall not require or permit a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle unless the person—

- (a) Can, by reason of experience, training, or both, determine whether the cargo he/she transports (including baggage in a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle) has been properly located, distributed, and secured in or on the commercial motor vehicle he/she drives;
- (b) Is familiar with methods and procedures for securing cargo in or on the commercial motor vehicle he/she drives.

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 33277, June 18, 1998, as amended at 80 FR 59074, Oct. 1, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 504, 508, 31133, 31136, 31149, 31502; sec. 4007(b), Pub. L. 102-240, 105 Stat. 1914, 2152; sec. 114, Pub. L. 103-311, 108 Stat. 1673, 1677; sec. 215, Pub. L. 106-159, 113 Stat. 1748, 1767; sec. 32934, Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 830; secs. 5403 and 5524, Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1548, 1560; sec. 2, Pub. L. 115-105, 131 Stat. 2263; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 6460, Apr. 22, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 33277, June 18, 1998, as amended at 80 FR 59074, Oct. 1, 2015]