South Carolina § 56-5-90 - Driving limitations for intrastate motor carrier driver.
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§ 56-5-90. Driving limitations for intrastate motor carrier driver.
(A) For motor carriers subject to this title, an intrastate motor carrier driver may not drive:
(1) more than twelve hours following eight consecutive hours off duty;
(2) for any period after having been on duty sixteen hours following eight consecutive hours off duty;
(3) after having been on duty seventy hours in seven consecutive days;
(4) more than eighty hours in eight consecutive days.
(B) An intrastate driver is determined by his previous seven days of operation.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 417, SECTION 3; 1995 Act No. 36, SECTION 1.
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Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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