HOS is the law—and a full understanding of how to follow the rules is necessary to pass inspections and ensure you are compliant. Electronic logging devices are here to stay and are the best way to remain compliant. All you need to do is read up on the rules and make sure your drivers are paying attention to alerts and taking breaks when necessary. Or follow his blog on our website.
Jan 20, Author: Marketing FC. Blog: Fleet Complete. Contact Us. All Rights Reserved. FMCSA launched a new online tool that allows users to enter driver records of duty status to see if there are potential violations with the new hours of service regulations.
HOS Overview Slides. Presentation Slides. If you still have questions after reviewing the materials provided above, please email hoursofservice dot. Most commercial motor vehicle CMV drivers must comply. In general, a CMV is a vehicle that is used as part of a business and is involved in interstate commerce and fits any of these descriptions:. Home Regulations Hours of Service. What are "property-carrying" and "passenger-carrying" vehicles? If a driver is operating a CMV "designed or used to transport more than 8 passengers including the driver for compensation," or "designed or used to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver, and is not used to transport passengers for compensation," then the driver would be considered to be "passenger-carrying" under the hours of service regulations - regardless of whether there were actually any passengers on the vehicle.
This would include, for example, new buses being driven from manufacturer to dealer. If passengers more than 8 or 15 depending on the circumstances were being carried in the back of a straight truck, that truck would be "passenger-carrying" at that time. Keep in mind that if you are operating in intrastate commerce and following state-specific hours-of-service regulations, crossing the state line places you under federal regulations. How should "waiting" time be logged?
For "waiting" time to be off duty, the following conditions must be met:. If circumstances allow a driver to use a valid sleeper berth without being disturbed for a specific period of waiting time, that time in the sleeper berth may be recorded as "sleeper berth" time.
Short stops of less than 15 minutes can be "flagged" by drawing a line from the appropriate on-duty line to the Remarks section with the location and amount of time indicated.
Federal hours-of-service regulations say that drivers have to indicate the location of each change in duty status, but there is no requirement to note what they were doing at that location. Yes, drivers may split their required off-duty time by using a sleeper-berth. Specifically, drivers of property-carrying commercial motor vehicles may accumulate the equivalent of 10 consecutive hours off duty by taking two separate periods of rest, provided that: One of the periods is at least 7 consecutive hours in a sleeper berth; The other period is at least 2 hours taken either before or after the 7-hour period spent either off duty, in a sleeper berth, or using any combination of the two; The two periods together add up to at least 10 hours.
How much driving can be done in one day? The federal hours-of-service rules do not specifically limit the distance that can be driven in one day, but they do limit the number of hours that can be spent driving, as follows: Drivers of property-carrying commercial motor vehicles CMVs are limited to 11 hours of driving after having 10 consecutive hours off duty.
However, this is not a "daily" limit. Under this provision, a driver could hypothetically drive for 11 hours, take 10 hours off, and drive for another 3 hours before the end of the hour day. Drivers of passenger-carrying CMVs are limited to 10 hours of driving after having 8 consecutive hours off duty. In one hour period, these drivers could hypothetically drive for 10 hours, take 8 hours off, and drive for another 6 hours.
Finally, speed limits affect the distance that can be driven, and evidence that a driver has driven excessive distances can lead to a speeding violation. DOT hours of service guidelines state that, on average, drivers should be able to travel about 10 miles per hour below the speed limit over a hour period.
For example, if the speed limit is 65 mph, drivers should be able to travel about miles in a hour period, so a trip of miles or more may open the driver to charges of speeding or log falsification. A review of the distance traveled and elapsed time between two points as recorded by an electronic logging device ELD can also be an indicator of speeding.
How does "personal use" of a commercial motor vehicle need to be recorded? If a commercial motor vehicle CMV driver uses a CMV for personal conveyance , the time may be recorded as "off duty" if certain conditions are met. In particular, the driver must be relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work.
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