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18 U.S.C. § 40 — Commercial motor vehicles required to stop for inspections
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**(a)** A driver of a commercial motor vehicle (as defined in [section 31132 of title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section31132&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall stop and submit to inspection of the vehicle, driver, cargo, and required records when directed to do so by an authorized employee of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration of the Department of Transportation, at or in the vicinity of an inspection site. The driver shall not leave the inspection site until authorized to do so by an authorized employee.
**(b)** A driver of a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subsection (a), who knowingly fails to stop for inspection when directed to do so by an authorized employee of the Administration at or in the vicinity of an inspection site, or leaves the inspection site without authorization, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
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**(a)** A driver of a commercial motor vehicle (as defined in [section 31132 of title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section31132&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall stop and submit to inspection of the vehicle, driver, cargo, and required records when directed to do so by an authorized employee of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration of the Department of Transportation, at or in the vicinity of an inspection site. The driver shall not leave the inspection site until authorized to do so by an authorized employee.
**(b)** A driver of a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subsection (a), who knowingly fails to stop for inspection when directed to do so by an authorized employee of the Administration at or in the vicinity of an inspection site, or leaves the inspection site without authorization, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
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In this subchapter—
(1) “commercial motor vehicle” means a self-propelled or towed vehicle used on the highways in interstate commerce to transport passengers or property, if the vehicle—
(A) has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of at least 10,001 pounds, whichever is greater;
(B) is designed or used to transport more than 8 passengers (including the driver) for compensation;
(C) is designed or used to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver, and is not used to transport passengers for compensation; or
(D) is used in transporting material found by the Secretary of Transportation to be hazardous under [section 5103 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5103&num=0&edition=prelim) and transported in a quantity requiring placarding under regulations prescribed by the Secretary under section 5103.
(2) “employee” means an operator of a commercial motor vehicle (including an independent contractor when operating a commercial motor vehicle), a mechanic, a freight handler, or an individual not an employer, who—
(A) directly affects commercial motor vehicle safety in the course of employment; and
(B) is not an employee of the United States Government, a State, or a political subdivision of a State acting in the course of the employment by the Government, a State, or a political subdivision of a State.
(3) “employer”—
(A) means a person engaged in a business affecting interstate commerce that owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle in connection with that business, or assigns an employee to operate it; but
(B) does not include the Government, a State, or a political subdivision of a State.
(4) “interstate commerce” means trade, traffic, or transportation in the U
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**(a) Offenses.—**
(1) **Sale.—** — Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly sells a traffic signal preemption transmitter to a nonqualifying user shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
(2) **Use.—** — Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, being a nonqualifying user makes unauthorized use of a traffic signal preemption transmitter shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.
**(b) Definitions.—** In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Traffic signal preemption transmitter.—** — The term “traffic signal preemption transmitter” means any mechanism that can change or alter a traffic signal’s phase time or sequence.
(2) **Nonqualifying user.—** — The term “nonqualifying user” means a person who uses a traffic signal preemption transmitter and is not acting on behalf of a public agency or private corporation authorized by law to provide fire protection, law enforcement, emergency medical services, transit services, maintenance, or other services for a Federal, State, or local government entity, but does not include a person using a traffic signal preemption transmitter for classroom or instructional purposes.
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 41
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘effort’’.
this title, imprisoned for any term of years
or for life, or both.
(Added Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title III, § 384(a),
Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3322.)
§ 40. Commercial motor vehicles required to stop
for inspections
(a) A driver of a commercial motor vehicle (as
defined in section 31132 of title 49) shall stop and
submit to inspection of the vehicle, driver,
cargo, and required records when directed to do
so by an authorized employee of the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration of the De-
partment of Transportation, at or in the vicin-
ity of an inspection site. The driver shall not
leave the inspection site until authorized to do
so by an authorized employee.
(b) A driver of a commercial motor vehicle, as
defined in subsection (a), who knowingly fails to
stop for inspection when directed to do so by an
authorized employee of the Administration at or
in the vicinity of an inspection site, or leaves
the inspection site without authorization, shall
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than 1 year, or both.
(Added Pub. L. 109–59, title IV, § 4143(a), Aug. 10,
2005, 119 Stat. 1747, § 39; renumbered § 40, Pub. L.
110–244, title III, § 301(j), June 6, 2008, 122 Stat.
1616.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2008—Pub. L. 110–244 renumbered section 39 of this
title, relating to inspection of commercial vehicles, as
this section.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), an individual who operates an un-
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interferes with a wildfire suppression, or law en-
forcement or emergency response efforts 1 re-
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