341.01 Permitting or driving while fatigued or ill prohibited.
341.02 Driver's consecutive service and off-duty hours.
341.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law
Warning devices when disabled on freeways-see Ohio R.C. 4513.28
Hours of service of truck drivers-see Ohio R.C. 4921.30, 4923.16
Arrest notice of drivers-see Ohio R.C. 5577.14
Load limits-see TRAF. Ch. 339
(a) No person shall drive a commercial car or commercial tractor while his ability or alertness is so impaired by fatigue, illness or other causes that it is unsafe for him to drive such vehicle. No driver shall use any drug which would adversely affect his ability or alertness.
(b) No owner of a commercial car or commercial tractor, or a person employing or otherwise directing the driver of such vehicle, shall require or knowingly permit a driver in any such condition described in subsection (a) of this section to drive such vehicle upon any street or highway.
(ORC 4511.79)
No owner of a commercial car or commercial tractor, or person employing or otherwise directing the driver of such vehicle, shall require or knowingly permit a driver to drive such vehicle in this Municipality after fourteen consecutive hours of service, within or without this Municipality. After fourteen consecutive hours of service, such driver shall have at least eight consecutive hours off duty, no part of which shall be required to be spent in or upon a motor vehicle.
In addition, no such driver shall be required or knowingly permitted to drive such vehicle in this Municipality after fourteen total hours of service within or without this Municipality in any twenty-four hour period until he has had at least eight consecutive hours off duty, no part of which shall be required to be spent in or upon a motor vehicle.
In cases of emergency this section shall not apply.
(ORC 4511.80)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 303.99 for misdemeanor classifications and penalties.)