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TAC12 · Apr 12, 2014

Ok I have a slight glimpse of this HOS stuff...However, there seems to be an exception for short haul so I would like to get some help on this scenario......

Chattanooga TN to Rome GA. 160 miles round trip

To stay in the HOS rule isn't it very likely to turn 3 trips a day without having to obey the HOS or the 30 mins "rest break" since I'll be at the drop every 1.5-2 hrs?. If I can run that in an 1.5 hrs (one way) shouldn't it be pretty simple to do 3 a day??????

CondoCruiser · Apr 12, 2014

As long as you stay within 100 air miles of Chattanooga you are short haul exempt. Yes you can make 3 runs unless there are unnecessary delays at the customer or traffic like more than an hour total each round trip. If it's all drop/hook it shouldn't be a problem.

(e) Short-haul operations(1) 100 air-mile radius driver. A driver is exempt from the requirements of § 395.8 if:
(i) The driver operates within a 100 air-mile radius of the normal work reporting location;
(ii) The driver, except a driver-salesperson, returns to the work reporting location and is released from work within 12 consecutive hours;
(iii)(A) A property-carrying commercial motor vehicle driver has at least 10 consecutive hours off duty separating each 12 hours on duty;

(ii) The driver, except a driver-salesperson, returns to the work reporting location and is released from work within 12 consecutive hours;
(iii)(A) A property-carrying commercial motor vehicle driver has at least 10 consecutive hours off duty separating each 12 hours on duty;
(B) A passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle driver has at least 8 consecutive hours off duty separating each 12 hours on duty;
(iv)(A) A property-carrying commercial motor vehicle driver does not exceed the maximum driving time specified in § 395.3(a)(3) following 10 consecutive hours off duty
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(v) The motor carrier that employs the driver maintains and retains for a period of 6 months accurate and true time records showing:
(A) The time the driver reports for duty each day;
(B) The total number of hours the driver is on duty each day;
(C) The time the driver is released from duty each day; and
(D) The total time for the preceding 7 days in accordance with § 395.8(j)(2) for drivers used for the first time or intermittently.
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(o) Property-carrying driver. A property-carrying driver is exempt from the requirements of § 395.3(a)(2) if:
(1) The driver has returned to the driver's normal work reporting location and the carrier released the driver from duty at that location for the previous five duty tours the driver has worked;
(2) The driver has returned to the normal work reporting location and the carrier releases the driver from duty within 16 hours after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty; and
(3) The driver has not taken this exemption within the previous 6 consecutive days, except when the driver has begun a new 7- or 8-consecutive day period with the beginning of any off-duty period of 34 or more consecutive hours as allowed by § 395.3(c).
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TAC12 · Apr 12, 2014

Thanks.....Based on what Ive read and understood about HOS, I felt as if I could with no unseen issue's but wanted to ask for more opinions than my own

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