DOT Driver and Carrier Responsibilities
Learning objectives
- Describe the driver's responsibilities to ensure safe hazardous materials transportation.
- Describe the carrier company's responsibilities to ensure safe hazardous materials transportation.
Course overview
This is Lesson 4 of a five-lesson hazardous materials transportation awareness curriculum. The purpose of the lesson is to provide individuals who are involved with the transportation of hazardous materials with an awareness-level understanding of driver and carrier responsibilities to ensure safe hazardous materials transportation. This awareness-level course has been prepared to meet the intent of the Federal DOT hazardous material regulations, Title 49 CFR, Parts 172 through 173.
- Training Type: Interactive
- 25 Minutes
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Driver Responsibilities
- Carrier Responsibilities
Regulations
- Federal DOT hazardous materials regulations, Title 49 CFR, Parts 172 through 173
- Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Part 177, Carriage by Public Highway
- Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Subchapter B, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
- Chart 15, Hazardous Materials Markings, Labeling, and Placarding Guide, US Department of Transportation (DOT)
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, How to Comply with Federal Hazardous Materials Regulations
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Cargo Securement Rules
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Resources for Carrier Companies
- California Department of Motor Vehicles, Section 9: Hazardous Materials
- Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, Basics for Hazardous Materials Carriers