Hours of Service: Current vs Future Rules

for drivers of property-carrying vehicles

Provision On-duty / In-vehicle time Current Can never be off duty. All time at driving controls is driving, passenger seat is on duty and sleeper berth is sleeper. 10-hour break can be split into 2 separate rest periods consisting of at least 8 consecutive hours in a sleeper berth and a second break of at least 2 hours off duty and/or in a sleeper. To be excluded from the 14-hour limit, waiting time at a wellsite must be recorded (but no details provided on how to record such time) Current 11 hours 10 consecutive hours No driving after 14 consecutive hours after starting the day, but on-duty time can continue after that limit is reached 2-hour extension allowed: 2x/week for non-CDL drivers within 150 air-mile radius; or 1x/week for other short-haul drivers 2-hour extension allowed for adverse driving conditions 60 hours/7 days 70 hours/8 days (if company operates CMVs 7 days per week) No logs needed for drivers who stay within a 100- or 150-air-mile radius; 16-hour exception allowed for regional drivers None Any 34-hour off-duty period will reset the 60/70-hour limit No limit No change No change No change After February 27, 2012 Time resting in a parked CMV is off duty. In a moving CMV, up to 2 hours in a passenger seat immediately before or after 8 consecutive hours in a sleeper berth can be off duty. 8/2 split break requirements unchanged. 8-hour rest-break requirement applies. Also, up to 2 hours in (moving) passenger seat immediately before or after an 8-hour sleeper period can be logged off duty and be excluded from the 14hour calculation. To be excluded from the 14-hour limit, waiting time at a wellsite must be recorded as off duty and identified in the Remarks area or recorded on a 5th grid line. After June 30, 2013

Split-sleeper option

Oilfield exception Provision Driving time Off-duty time Driving window

Extension of driving window Extension of driving time

No change

No change

Duty cycles Short-haul provisions Break requirements Restart Restart frequency Other provisions

No change

No change, but mandatory break applies May drive a CMV only if it has been 8 hours or less since the last break of at least 30 minutes A 34-hour off-duty period will reset the 60/70hour limit if it includes 2 consecutive periods from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. A reset can only be started if 168 hours (7 days) have passed since the start of the last reset period

There are no changes to the log or the exceptions that exist for construction, utilities, drivers in Hawaii or Alaska, farm operations, ground water well drilling, etc.

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