Hours of service for local truck drivers

to complete up to 13 hours of driving, and • Passenger carriers. have a hour duty period within which to complete up to 12 hours of driving. The revised definition of “adverse driving conditions,” clarifies the role of the driver in determining when such conditions are identified. Definition: Adverse driving conditions means snow, ice, sleet, fog. begin at midnight after the driver has taken 10 consecutive hours off-duty on the prior day. The driver drives for 3 hours, is off-duty for 1 hour, drives for 4 hours, and is on-duty for 1 hour. The driver then hears that a bridge on the route ahead is closed due to a gravel spill, and the bridge is the only way to get to the destination. 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.

begin at midnight after the driver has taken 10 consecutive hours off-duty on the prior day. The driver drives for 3 hours, is off-duty for 1 hour, drives for 4 hours, and is on-duty for 1 hour. The driver then hears that a bridge on the route ahead is closed due to a gravel spill, and the bridge is the only way to get to the destination. Do local route drivers of Propane and fuel, have 12 hours rule air mile radius? My boss says we aren't required to follow hours of service. We are over 10,lbs and hazmat. It seem we meet two qualification. We run 12 to 14 hours days 6 days a week. Hours of Service Drivers Final Rule. FMCSA revises the hours of service (HOS) regulations to provide greater flexibility for drivers subject to those rules without adversely affecting safety. The Agency: (1) expands the short-haul exception to air-miles and allows a hour work shift to take place as part of the exception; (2) expands the driving window during adverse driving conditions by up to an additional 2 hours; (3) requires a minute break after 8 hours of driving time (instead.

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