§ 211. General provisions. No driver of a motor truck or motor bus
shall drive such vehicle or be on duty for any period of time in excess
of that authorized pursuant to regulation of the commissioner. The
commissioner is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations
governing the hours of service of drivers of motor trucks and motor
buses. Such rules and regulations shall be no less protective of public
safety than the rules and regulations promulgated by the federal
government with respect to hours of labor of operation of motor trucks
and motor buses, provided, however, that with regard to drivers of motor
buses operated by a public transportation authority operating
exclusively within its jurisdictional area, the rules and regulations of
the commissioner shall provide that no driver of such motor buses shall
drive more than twelve hours following eight consecutive hours off duty
and no driver of such motor buses shall drive for any period after
having been on duty for fifteen hours following eight consecutive hours
off duty and every driver of such motor buses shall have at least
twenty-four consecutive hours off duty in every period of seven
consecutive days and in no event shall such a driver be on duty for more
than seventy-five hours in any period of seven consecutive days.