Criminies. 100 air mile radius rule. Drives me NUTS.

but you will find most local jobs are going to be like the one you have
and that wont change

 

What Is the 16-Hour Short-Haul Exception?
If you usually come back to your work-reporting location and go home at the end of your workday,
you might be able to use the 16-hour short-haul exception. This exception allows you to extend the
14-consecutive-hour driving window once every 7 consecutive days. In order to use this exception,
you must do the following:
• You must return to your work reporting location that day, as well as for your last 5 duty tours. A
duty tour is the period of time from when you come to work to when you leave work. It is your
“workday,” the time between your off-duty periods of at least 10 consecutive hours.
• You must be released from duty within 16 hours after coming on duty.
• You must only use this exception once every 7 consecutive days.

 

The clock starts the second you punch in and ends the second you punch out. IF you take a lunch and the two breaks as all employees take, then that is counted towards the 12/14 hour limit - 11 is your driving limit.

 

Local isnt always what folks imagine...............

 

simply put, the company is going to have you use what ever type of HOS that benefits them the most. the job of a driver is to work within that system to make it acceptable for them. ie, maybe take longer one day to bur n some extra hours so it becomes a 5 day work week instead of a 6, not saying doing anything like that is the "right" thing to do, but pretty sure it's been done in the past.

 

It's a myth that all local jobs are like that. I've been working locally for a year now, five days a week. The most hours I've worked in a week in the last 12 months is around 55 hours. More hours, I suppose, equals more money, but I'll take the free time! If you're going to work 14 hours every day you might as well go back otr!