---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 395.28"
title: "49"
number: "395.28"
heading: "Special driving categories; other driving statuses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/395.28"
---

# §395.28. Special driving categories; other driving statuses.

- (a) **Special driving categories—**
  - (1) **Motor carrier options.** A motor carrier may configure an ELD to authorize a driver to indicate that the driver is operating a commercial motor vehicle under any of the following special driving categories:
    - (i) Authorized personal use; and
    - (ii) **Yard moves.**
  - (2) **Driver's responsibilities.** A driver operating a commercial motor vehicle under one of the authorized categories listed in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section:
    - (i) Must select on the ELD the applicable special driving category before the start of the status and deselect when the indicated status ends; and
    - (ii) **When prompted by the ELD, annotate the driver's ELD record describing the driver's activity.**
- (b) **Drivers exempt from ELD use.** A motor carrier may configure an ELD to designate a driver as exempt from ELD use.
- (c) **Other driving statuses.** A driver operating a commercial motor vehicle under any exception under [§ 390.3(f)](/cfr/49/390.3.md?p=f) of this subchapter or [§ 395.1](/cfr/49/395.1.md) who is not covered under paragraph [(a)](#a) or [(b)](#b) of this section must annotate the driver's ELD record to explain the applicable exemption.

## 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.