Have you seen this HOS cartoon?
The new drivers hours of service rules proposed by the FMCSA look like they are going to be a nightmare to track and even enforce.
Check out this HOS Cartoon.
What do you think about the new FMCSA HOS proposal ?
PROVISION | CURRENT RULE | PROPOSED RULE | NOTES |
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“DAILY” DUTY PERIOD | |||
Off-duty period | 10 consecutive hrs. | No change | |
“Driving Window” | For most drivers, 14 consecutive hrs. (may continue on-duty/not driving after 14 hrs.);”Regional” allowed one 16-hr. period “weekly” but release from duty required after 16 hrs;Non-CDL w/i 150 miles allowed two 16-hr. periods “weekly” (may continue on-duty/not driving after 16 hrs.). | For all property-carrying CMV drivers(unless excepted):14 consecutive hrs. with release from duty required at end of driving window;16 consecutive hrs. no more than twice “weekly” with release from duty required at end of driving window. | Any on-duty time after 14th hour constitutes use of a 16-hr. period. |
Max. on-duty within driving window | Normally 14 hrs; 16 hrs. once per week for “regional” drivers; 16 hrs. twice per week for non-CDL w/i 150 miles. | 13 hrs. | Proposal not applicable to non-CDL 150 mile short-haul drivers. 13 hrs. during 14- or 16-hour driving windows for others. |
Max. driving within driving window | 11 hrs. | 10 or 11 hrs. (Both being considered) | |
Limit on consecutive hours of driving | None | May drive only if it has been 7 hours or less since last off-duty period of at least 30 minutes | Proposal not applicable to non-CDL 150 mile short-haul drivers. |
“WEEKLY” DUTY PERIOD | |||
Max. on-duty hours | 60 hrs. in 7 days/ 70 hrs. in 8 days | No change | |
“Restart” | 34 consecutive hrs. | See “limits on restarts” below. | |
Limits on Restarts | None | (1) Must include two periods between Midnight-6 a.m.; (2) May only be used once per week. |
Driver must designate the period being used as a restart |
SLEEPER BERTH | |||
When used as substitute for 10 consecutive hrs. off duty | Two periods: One at least 8 consecutive hrs. in SB; other at least 2 hrs. SB or off-duty. The shorter period does NOT extend the driving window. | Continue 8/2 hr. periods, but apply same new driving, on-duty, and duty-period limits as proposed for non-SB drivers. | |
DEFINITION OF ON-DUTY TIME | |||
On-duty time | Includes any time in CMV except sleeper-berth. | Does not include any time resting in a parked CMV. In moving CMV, does not include up to 2 hrs. in passenger seat immediately before or after 8 consecutive hrs. in sleeper-berth. | Also applies to passenger-carrying drivers. |
OILFIELD EXEMPTION | |||
Oilfield exemption | “Waiting time” for certain drivers at oilfields (which is off-duty but does extend 14-hr duty period) must be recorded and available to FMCSA, but no method or details are specified for the recordkeeping. | “Waiting time” for certain drivers at oilfields must be shown on RODS or electronic equivalent as off duty and identified by annotations in “remarks” or a separate line added to “grid.” | “Waiting time” is not included in on-duty time or the calculation of the 14 or 16-hr. driving window. |
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