Questions and Answers on New ODT Truck

Regufations

The following questions and answers were issued by the Office of Defense Transportat(on on the new ODT truck regulations: base constitutes an operating unit.

1.Q. When do the new regulations become effective?

A. General Order ODT No. 3, Revised, becomes effective August 1. General Order ODT No. 17 becomes effective August 1, except for one main provision which takes effect September 1.

2. Q. What trucks operations are affected by new or revised orders ?

A. Operations of all trucks are affected to some extent, except tank trucks, trucks controlled or operated by persons whose principal occupation is farming, trucks controlled, owned or operated by the armed forces, and trucks operated within the boundaries of any industrial or manufacturing plant.

3. Q. How have the various truck operations been reclassified by new or revised orders?

A. Originally there were four truck conservation orders. Order 3 covered over-the-road operations of common 'carriers. Order 4 covered over-the-road operations of contract carriers. Order 5 covered over-the-road operations of private carriers. Order 6 covered local delivery operation of common, contract and private carriers. IJnder the new set-up, operations of private and contract carriers, both local and over-the-road will be under General Order ODT No. 17. Over-the-road operations of common carriers will be under General Order ODT No. 3, Revised, and local delivery operations of common carriers will be under Order 6. which is to be revised.

4. Q. How are the various types of carriers defined in the orders ?

A. Carriers which hold themselves out to the general public to transport property for hire are defined as "common carriers". All others, including contract and private carriers, are define_d as "motor carriers". Thus common carriers come under Orders 3 and 6. all others under Order 17.

5. Q. Which of the original orders will Order 17 supplant?

A. Order 17 takes the place of Orders 4 and 5 and all provisions of Order 6 as they apply to contract and private carriers.

6. Q. Do the new or revised orders make any change in mileage reduction requirements for trucks?

A. Under the original orders, which remain in effect until supplanted by new and revised orders, only carriers engaged in local delivery service are required to reduce mileage. The mileage reduction required is 25 per cent, as compared with the corresponding month of. 1941, after elimination of certain non-essential services. IJnder Order 17, the 25 per cent mileage reduction requirement has been extended to all operations of contract and private carriers, over-the-road as well as local. There is no mileage restriction on over-the-road operations of common carriers.

7. Q. How is local delivery service distinguished from overthe-road service?

A. Local delivery service includes any operation within a municipality or urban community and within 25 air miles of its boundaries. It also includes any operation within or between contiguous municipalities or urban communities or any operation of not more than 25 miles in length. All other bperations are considered as over-the-road service.

8. Q. When does a delivery originating outside the boundaries of a municipality or urban community become an over-the-road operation?

A. When the truck has travelled more than 25 miles in making the delivery. Ary truck operation of not more than 25 miles in length is a local delivery operation, under the orders.

9. Q. Are there any circumstances in which an operation of more than 25 miles in length would be a local delivery operation, under the orders?

A. Yes; a delivery originating at the center of a large municipality and terminating 25 air miles from its boundaries would involve considerably more mileage but would still be a local deliverv. under the orders. The same would be true of a delivery originating in one municipality and terminating in a contiguous municipality, although the operation might cover more than 25 miles.

10. Q. If a carrier was not operating during the corresponding month of last year what does he use as a basis for mileage reduction ?

A. The mileage travelled during May 1942 must be used in such cases.

11.Q. What about a carrier who was not in operation during May 1942?

A. Such carrier is prohibited from instituting or continuing a truck operation until the mileage which such carrier may operate has been determined and approved by the ODT.

12. Q. May a carrier maintaining operating bases in several cities base his mileage reduction on his entire operation ?

A. No. The mileage of each operating unit must be reduced 25 per cent.

13. Q. Does the 25 per cent reduction apply to the total mileage of the operating unit?

A. Not necessarily. Contract and private carriers are required to eliminate all special deliveries, except to hospitals, all call backs and more than one delivery a day to the same point, except under certain circumstances. After the mileage operated irr such services has been deducted from the total mileage of an operating unit, the remaining mileage must be reduced 25 per cent.

14. Q. What is an operating unit, under Order 17?

May such an operating base include two or more terminals or loading platforms?

Yes, if they are in the same city.

A. A fleet of trucks operating from the same general 1s.Q. A. 16.Q.

In the event a carrier has added to the mileage of an operating unit during the preceding 12 months through the purchase of a new operation, how does he go about determining how much mileage to eliminate ?

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The purchaser must first determine the number of miles- driven to the acquired operation during the month of 1941 which is to be used as a basis for comparison. Then he must add this mileage to the mileage of his original operation in such unit for that month. The mileage of the operating unit for the corresponding month of L942 must be reduced by an amount equal to 25 per cent of this total.

17. Q. What about a carrier who has reduced the mileage of an operating unit by disposing of an operation within the unit during the preceding 12 months ? zl,Q.What is the capacity-load provision and to what trucks does it apply?

A. The mileage of the operation disposed of is deducted from the total mileage of the operating unit. The remaining mileage must be reduced by 25 per cent.

18. Q. What trucks are not covered by mileage restrictions?

A. As pointed out above, Order No. 3, governing overthe-road operations of common carriers, contains no mileage reduction provision. Tank trucks, farmeroperated trucks, military trucks, and trucks operated lvithin industrial plants, also are not afiected, since they are exempt from Order 17.

19. Q. Are any other trucks specifically exempt from the , mileage restriction ?

A. Yes. Trucks occupied by mounted machinery, trucks engaged exclusively in the transportation of explosives, trucks hauling repair or maintenance men and their supplies and equipment, sanitation trucks, trucks used in the maintenance or repair of public utilities, trucks operated under the direction of the armed forces, trucks operated in emergencies for the protection of life and health, and trucks handling telegraph, radio and cable communications, and the United States mails.

20.Q. Are such trucks exempt from any other restrictions?

A. Yes. They are also exempt from the capacity-load provisions and from ristriction on the number of deliveries, including special deliveries. Trucks occupied by mounted machinery (special equipment) also are exempt from the maximum load provision.

A. Beginning August 1, trucks operated in over-theroad service, whether by common, contract or private carrier, must be loaded to capacity on a "considerable portion" of the outgoing or incoming trip.

22. Q, Are the carriers under any further loading requirements i

A. Yes, all over-the-road carriers, under Orders 3 and 17, are required to use "due diligence" to maintain full loads on their trucks at all times while en route.

23. Q. Are there any specific requirements, other than the exercise of due diligence?

A. Common carriers must register with Joint Information Oflices, as established in accordance with General Order ODT No. 13, in an effort to obtain full loads. If a common carrier cannot obtain a full load for a scheduled trip he must register his truck or trucks and offer to rent or lease such equipment to other carriers able to obtain property for shipment. Private and contract carriers must register their trucks for rent or lease before such trucks may depart empty from any point.

24. Q. In the event no Joint Information Office has been established in the vicinity where a carrier is seeking a load for a truck, what must he do ?

A. He is required to make appropriate inquiries of other carriers on his own initiative.

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