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I WANT TO KICK IT WITH YOU ALL NIGHT COMMERCIAL DRIVERS
I WANT TO KICK IT WITH YOU ALL NIGHT COMMERCIAL DRIVER

The best way to handle this is to schedule your break 6 – 8 hours into your shift. Related> 5 Important Things You Should Know About a Career in Trucking DOT Hours of Service 30-Minute Breakĭepending on your ruleset, you may be required to take a 30 minute break for every 8 hours of ON duty time. If you start at 8 AM and drive after 10 PM, you will be in violation.īeyond that 14-hour window, you can still work (ON-duty time) but you can’t legally drive again until you take a 10-hour break. So, your 14 hour window might look something like this:Įxample: If you start your workday at 8 AM, you must have all your driving finished by 10 PM. Once you start your workday (ON or D status), your clock officially begins counting down and cannot be stopped. (The extra 3 hours are for breaks, meals, showers, etc.) Within your 14 hour workday, you can drive for up to 11 hours. If you have a question about your ruleset, contact your local DOT service center or field office. Some variations of these hours are considered in the Exemptions section of this blog post, and other variations exist for different rulesets not considered in this post. For this example, we’ll cover a standard day for a 60-hour/7-day or 70-hour/8-day ruleset. In this section we’ll cover the basics of HOS hours.

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This also includes Canadian and Mexican drivers who cross the United States border to make deliveries. Read more about it on the FMCSA’s page here.Īll drivers in the United States are required to follow these rules.

Drive-away-tow-away operations (where you’re delivering the vehicle you’re driving).

Drivers who keep RODS for fewer than 8 days in a 30-day period.

In short, if you are required to keep Records of Duty Status (RODS), you’re probably required to have an ELD. Am I Required to Use an Electronic Logging Device?

Because of a “ change of terminology ” this acronym is not used within the US Hours of Service law. An EOBR is simply an Electronic On-Board Recorder. And, Why Not? Let’s Cover EOBRs Here, Too…Īnother term that you may have heard thrown around is “EOBR”. They allow you to electronically transfer your logs during an inspection) to comply with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) 12/18/17 ELD mandate. They do a whole bunch of other things too. ELDsĮlectronic Logging Devices (ELDs) are digital log-recording devices that automatically capture your D (Drive) statuses. On December 16, 2019, AOBRDs will no longer be compliant and must be replaced with ELDs for you to remain compliant.

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Related > 7 Things You Need To Know About Your First Year as a New Truck Driver AOBRDs, Electronic Logging Devices, and How they Relate to DOT Hours of Service AOBRDsĪutomatic On-Board Recording Devices (AOBRDs) are essentially any log-recording device that does not meet the US standard for an Electronic Logging Device (ELD).ĪOBRD’s have been around since the 1980s and were grandfathered into the December 18, 2017, ELD mandate for the next two years. There have been multiple versions of these rules over the years, but the ones in effect today were finalized in 2013.Īlthough they have been regulated by other agencies in the past, the HOS rules are currently mandated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT or USDOT). The DOT Hours of Service (HOS) has been around for a long time. These rules cap the number of hours a driver can be on the road in any given duty cycle so that–in theory–tired drivers are given enough time to rest, eat, sleep, and otherwise be refreshed before they get back on the road. Since each driver is legally responsible for his own logs, it is worth brushing up on the rules to remain compliant and keep your compliance, safety, and accountability (CSA) scores up.) (Whether these rules do their job or not is up for debate, but the fact is that it looks like they are here to stay. The point of the Hours of Service (HOS) regulations is to keep tired drivers off the road. So, let’s get right into it… What is the Purpose of DOT Hours of Service Regulations? This also cuts through some of the “alphabet soup” that comes along with these rules (you know what I’m talking about: ELD, AOBRD, EOBR, FMCSA, DOT, RODS, etc.).

This will give you a practical overview of how they work.

We’re going to cover the basics of HOS regulations. Chances are if you’ve been in the trucking industry for even just a little while, you’ve heard of Hours of Service (HOS).

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