Can a truck tractor drawing a trailer be a driveaway-towaway operation?
Guidance: Yes, if the trailer is a commodity. For example, the trailer is transported from the manufacturer to the dealer or from the dealer or other seller to the buyer. Question 24: Are trailers which are stacked upon each other and drawn by a motor vehicle by attachment to the bottom trailer, a driveaway-towaway operation. Guidance: No. Only the bottom trailer has one or more sets of wheels on the roadway. The other trailers are cargo. Question 25: The definition of a passenger CMV is a vehicle “designed to transport” more than 15 passengers, including the driver. Does that include standing passengers if the vehicle was specifically designed to accommodate standees? Guidance: No. “Designed to transport” refers only to the number of designated seats; it does not include areas suitable, or even designed, for standing passengers. Question 26: What is considered a “public road”? Guidance: A public road is any road under the jurisdiction of a public agency and open to public travel or an
