Motor Pool Flashcards
Operators of GOVs, or POVs used for official business, shall not normally be on duty more than _______ hours and only after ________________________.
10
a minimum 8-hour sleep period
When a vehicle operator has been on duty longer than _____ hours, they should not return to driving duty until at least _______ hours off duty.
10
14
Who may operate on 12-hour shifts?
LG Mobile Patrol Drivers
MSG Chauffeurs
LG Mobile Patrol and MSG Chauffeurs may operate on 12-hour shifts as follows:
- Schedule:
- Within each 12-hour shift, operator may not drive more than ____ hours
- An operator may not be called in for duty unless they have been off duty for at least ___ hours
- Alternate workdays (one day on followed by one day off)
- 10
- 14
Chauffeurs and incidental operators of official vehicles must be _____ years of age or older. Exceptions require the _____________________________________of both a _______________________________________________
- 25
- MVAO or VAO’s written confirmation
- compelling need and the operator’s clean driving record (collisions and traffic violations).
Chauffeurs must have a minimum of ____________ professional driving experience. Incidental operators must have had a ________________________for a minimum of _____________.
- two years’
- driver’s license
- five years
Definition of dedicated vehicle.
Dedicated vehicle: Official vehicle funded by and dedicated to a program office or agency (e.g., DS, INL, OBO, etc.)
Elevated risk country:
Where do you find the list of these countries?
A country with a per capita death rate from motor vehicle crashes higher than the rate for the United States.
SHEM’s SharePoint site lists these countries.
Emergency response vehicle (ERV):
Which ILMS Agency Code is used to record ERVs?
Emergency response vehicle (ERV): A vehicle dedicated to the regional security office (RSO) for the purposes of emergency response. When approved by the COM, DS special agents may utilize ERVs for home-to-work transportation to improve emergency response and for business purposes.
98
t/d, f/v
DaVe scott racing barreling through traffic in a DS FAV
Light truck:
Truck with Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) = 8,500 lbs or less
Three DoS departments with oversight of fleet vehicles or ops:
A/LM/PMP/OF: Overseas Fleet Division is responsible for the development, implementation, and oversight of policy and regulations governing the Department’s overseas motor vehicle fleet.
b. DS/PSP/DEAV: The Defensive Equipment and Armored Vehicle Division is responsible for the development of policies, standards, and oversight of requirements for armored vehicles.
c. OBO/OPS/SHEM: The Office of Safety, Health, and Environmental Management within the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations oversees safety, health, environmental programs, including overseas motor vehicle operations.
Requirements to be made Mission vehicle accountable officer (MVAO) and responsibilities:
- U.S. direct-hire employee
- designated in writing by the chief of mission
- responsible for oversight of all motor vehicle operations at a mission to include constituent posts.
Vehicle accountable officer (VAO):
Where a mission has constituent posts or agency/program dedicated vehicles, an employee other than the MVAO responsible for oversight of a subset of official vehicles.
To the extent that other agencies have dedicated vehicles overseas, the in-country operations of those vehicles must comply with 1:__________________________________. In cases where another agency’s mission necessitates special uses of its dedicated vehicles at post, which would require a specific deviance from the chief of mission’s motor vehicle policy, 2:__________________________must provide written justification that 3a:__________________________, 3b:_______________________, and is signed by 4:__________________________ to the 5a: _________________ and the 5b:__________________The COM must have the opportunity to object to any proposed deviance from the motor vehicle policy. If the chief of mission does not object, the motor vehicle policy should be amended to note any special uses, which apply only to the operations of the other agency’s dedicated vehicles. Any disputes should be resolved by agency headquarters and the relevant regional bureau. Agencies with oversight of their own dedicated vehicles must also designate a Vehicle Accountable Official (VAO) responsible for those vehicles
- the chief of mission’s motor vehicle policy
- that agency’s headquarters
3a. describes the proposed deviance
3b. cites any relevant authorities - the agency’s headquarters
5a. chief of mission
5b. MVAO at post
Does GVWR include the weight of the vehicle itself?
Yes
