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Written by FMCSA
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Click on read more - below - to view the HOURS-OF-SERVICE RULES.
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2003 Rule
Property-Carrying CMV Drivers
Compliance Through 09/30/05 | 2005 Rule
Property-Carrying CMV Drivers
Compliance On & After 10/01/05 | | May drive a maximum of 11 hours after 10 consecutive hours off duty. | NO CHANGE | | May not drive beyond the 14th hour after coming on duty, following 10 consecutive hours off duty. | NO CHANGE | May not drive after 60/70 hours on duty in 7/8 consecutive days. - A driver may restart a 7/8 consecutive day period after taking 34 or more consecutive hours off duty.
| NO CHANGE | | Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) drivers using a sleeper berth must take 10 hours off duty, but may split sleeper-berth time into two periods provided neither is less than 2 hours. | CMV drivers using the sleeper berth provision must take at least 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth, plus 2 consecutive hours either in the sleeper berth, off duty, or any combination of the two. | | Passenger-carrying carriers/drivers are not subject to the new hours-of-service rules. These operations must continue to comply with the hours-of-service limitations specified in 49 CFR 395.5. |
| New Short-Haul Provision | Drivers of property-carrying CMVs which do not require a Commercial Driver's License for operation and who operate within a 150 air-mile radius of their normal work reporting location: - May drive a maximum of 11 hours after coming on duty following 10 or more consecutive hours off duty.
- Are not required to keep records-of-duty status (RODS).
- May not drive after the 14th hour after coming on duty 5 days a week or after the 16th hour after coming on duty 2 days a week.
Employer must: - Maintain and retain accurate time records for a period of 6 months showing the time the duty period began, ended, and total hours on duty each day in place of RODS.
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Last Updated ( Oct 30, 2007 at 03:37 PM )
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