---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 395.24"
title: "49"
number: "395.24"
heading: "Driver responsibilities—In general."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/395.24"
---

# §395.24. Driver responsibilities—In general.

- (a) **In general.** A driver must provide the information the ELD requires as prompted by the ELD and required by the motor carrier.
- (b) **Driver's duty status.** A driver must input the driver's duty status by selecting among the following categories available on the ELD:
  - (1) “Off duty” or “OFF” or “1”;
  - (2) “Sleeper berth” or “SB” or “2”, to be used only if sleeper berth is used;
  - (3) “Driving” or “D” or “3”; or
  - (4) “On-duty not driving” or “ON” or “4”.
- (c) **Miscellaneous data.**
  - (1) A driver must manually input the following information in the ELD:
    - (i) Annotations, when applicable;
    - (ii) Driver's location description, when prompted by the ELD; and
    - (iii) **Output file comment, when directed by an authorized safety officer.**
  - (2) A driver must manually input or verify the following information on the ELD:
    - (i) Commercial motor vehicle power unit number;
    - (ii) Trailer number(s), if applicable; and
    - (iii) **Shipping document number, if applicable.**
- (d) **Driver use of ELD.** On request by an authorized safety official, a driver must produce and transfer from an ELD the driver's hours-of-service records in accordance with the instruction sheet provided by the motor carrier.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 80 FR 78385, Dec. 16, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 504, 21104(e), 31133, 31136, 31137, 31502; sec. 113, Pub. L. 103-311, 108 Stat. 1673, 1676; 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. 4133, Pub. L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144, 1744; sec. 32934, Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 830; sec. 5206(b), Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1537; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 19758, Dec. 25, 1968, unless otherwise noted.