[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR392.50]

[Page 1031]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
        CHAPTER III--FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION,
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 392--DRIVING OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart F--Fueling Precautions
 
Sec. 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.

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