---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 392.50"
title: "49"
number: "392.50"
heading: "Ignition of fuel; prevention."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/392.50"
---

# §392.50. Ignition of fuel; prevention.


No driver or any employee of a motor carrier shall:

- (a) Fuel a commercial motor vehicle with the engine running, except when it is necessary to run the engine to fuel the commercial motor vehicle;
- (b) Smoke or expose any open flame in the vicinity of a commercial motor vehicle being fueled;
- (c) Fuel a commercial motor vehicle unless the nozzle of the fuel hose is continuously in contact with the intake pipe of the fuel tank;
- (d) Permit, insofar as practicable, any other person to engage in such activities as would be likely to result in fire or explosion.

## Notes

### Amendments

[33 FR 19732, Dec. 25, 1968, as amended at 60 FR 38747, July 28, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 504, 13902, 31136, 31151, 31502; Section 112 of Pub. L. 103-311, 108 Stat. 1673, 1676 (1994), as amended by sec. 32509 of Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405-805 (2012); and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 19732, Dec. 25, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[33 FR 19732, Dec. 25, 1968, as amended at 60 FR 38747, July 28, 1995]