Definitely not. But this particular law has been held up in court, because it is the actual written law.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/29/782.3#:~:text=MC%2D4%2C%201%20M.C.C.%201,in%20interstate%20or%20foreign%20commerce.

You can find videos of people who do this on principle -- sometimes they're arrested (though most of the time they just get hassled and eventually sent on their way), but the charges almost never stick.

More context:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/390.5

"Driver means any person who operates any commercial motor vehicle."

Upon further investigation, this may only hold up on interstate travel.

Definitely not. But this particular law has been held up in court, because it is the actual written law.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/29/782.3#:~:text=MC%2D4%2C%201%20M.C.C.%201,in%20interstate%20or%20foreign%20commerce.

You can find videos of people who do this on principle -- sometimes they're arrest (though most of the time they just get hassled and eventually sent on their way), but the charges almost never stick.

More context:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/390.5

"Driver means any person who operates any commercial motor vehicle."

Upon further investigation, this may only hold up on interstate travel.

Definitely not. But this particular law has been held up in court, because it is the actual written law.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/29/782.3#:~:text=MC%2D4%2C%201%20M.C.C.%201,in%20interstate%20or%20foreign%20commerce.

You can find videos of people who do this on principle -- sometimes they're arrest (though most of the time they just get hassled and eventually sent on their way), but the charges almost never stick.