US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (49 CFR Parts 350 to 399) 390.29-35: Records storage and retrieval, the prohibition on coercion of drivers, and no falsification or concealment of records (390.29, 390.31, 390.35, 390.6)

What does 390.29-35 require?

Required records may be kept at a principal place of business, a regional office or a driver work-reporting location, and must be made available at the principal place of business or another location within 48 hours of a request by an authorised FMCSA representative (390.29); records may be kept by computer or other means that can be reproduced on request (390.31). No motor carrier, shipper, receiver or transportation intermediary may coerce a driver to operate a CMV in violation of the FMCSRs, the HMR or the CDL rules by threatening or taking adverse action against the driver, and drivers may file coercion complaints within 90 days (390.6). No person may make or cause to be made a fraudulent or intentionally false statement, record or report, or alter, destroy, mutilate, conceal or withhold any record required by the regulations (390.35).