Adverse Conditions Pause.

The new HOS have extended to 2 hrs on adverse driving conditions to include the 14 hr on duty part too. Whenever the new regs go into effect.

 

The regs read delays caused by weather/traffics conditions that could have been known to dispatch. If the company knew, or should have known you were headed into weather, you are not covered.

Question 5: How may a driver utilize the adverse driving conditions exception or the emergency conditions exception as found in §395.1(b), to preclude an hours of service violation?

Guidance:

An absolute prerequisite for any such claim must be that the trip involved is one which could normally and reasonably have been completed without a violation and that the unforeseen event occurred after the driver began the trip.

Drivers who are dispatched after the motor carrier has been notified or should have known of adverse driving conditions are not eligible for the two hours additional driving time provided for under §395.1(b), adverse driving conditions. The term “in any emergency” shall not be construed as encompassing such situations as a driver’s desire to get home, shippers’ demands, market declines, shortage of drivers, or mechanical failures.

 

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