100 Air Mile Radius and log books

It depends.

If you normally operate outside 100 air miles you're going to have to have a log for that day anyway. The way I do it is to log all my time that day as on duty, flag my p/u and del times and locations, show my miles traveled for the day, and note at the bottom of the log that I was doing local operations.

If you normally operate inside 100 air miles you need your time sheets for the past 7 days on your person. Then on the day you travel outside 100 air miles keep a real log for that day.

There is a log available for 100 air mile drivers that does 7 days per sheet. Each day has a box to mark if you travel outside 100 air miles that day and for those days you use a regular log as well. I used one for a few months last year and during our recent DOT audit the auditor commented on how well our company handled the combination of OTR and 100 air mile logging.

 

Yes, provided you are in compliance with the short haul exemptions. If not, you need a log book for all days.

(e) Short-haul operations
(e)(1) 100 air-mile radius driver. A driver is exempt from the requirements of Section 395.8 if:
(e)(1)(i) The driver operates within a 100 air-mile radius of the normal work reporting location;
(e)(1)(ii) The driver, except a driver-salesperson, returns to the work reporting location and is released from work within 12 consecutive hours;
(e)(1)(iii)(A) A property-carrying commercial motor vehicle driver has at least 10 consecutive hours off duty separating each 12 hours on duty;
(e)(1)(iii)(B) A passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle driver has at least 8 consecutive hours off duty separating each 12 hours on duty;
(e)(1)(iv)(A) A property-carrying commercial motor vehicle driver does not exceed 11 hours maximum driving time following 10 consecutive hours off duty; or
(e)(1)(iv)(B) A passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle driver does not exceed 10 hours maximum driving time following 8 consecutive hours off duty; and
(e)(1)(v) The motor carrier that employs the driver maintains and retains for a period of 6 months accurate and true time records showing:
(e)(1)(v)(A) The time the driver reports for duty each day;
(e)(1)(v)(B) The total number of hours the driver is on duty each day;
(e)(1)(v)(C) The time the driver is released from duty each day; and
(e)(1)(v)(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.

Question 13: What documentation must a driver claiming the 100-air-mile radius exemption (§395.1(e)) have in his/her possession?

Guidance: None.

Question 21: When a driver fails to meet the provisions of the 100 air-mile radius exemption (section 395.1(e)), is the driver required to have copies of his/her records of duty status for the previous seven days? Must the driver prepare daily records of duty status for the next seven days?

Guidance: The driver must only have in his/her possession a record of duty status for the day he/she does not qualify for the exemption. A driver must begin to prepare the record of duty status for the day immediately after he/she becomes aware that the terms of the exemption cannot be met The record of duty status must cover the entire day, even if the driver has to record retroactively changes in status that occurred between the time that the driver reported for duty and the time in which he/she no longer qualified for the 100 air-mile radius exemption. This is the only way to ensure that a driver does not claim the right to drive 10 hours after leaving his/her exempt status, in addition to the hours already driven under the 100 air-mile exemption.

 

yes you can. Go to www.fmcsa.dot.gov 395.1 gives this interpretation.

Question 21: When a driver fails to meet the provisions of the 100 air-mile radius exemption (section 395.1(e)), is the driver required to have copies of his/her records of duty status for the previous seven days? Must the driver prepare daily records of duty status for the next seven days?
Guidance: The driver must only have in his/her possession a record of duty status for the day he/she does not qualify for the exemption. A driver must begin to prepare the record of duty status for the day immediately after he/she becomes aware that the terms of the exemption cannot be met The record of duty status must cover the entire day, even if the driver has to record retroactively changes in status that occurred between the time that the driver reported for duty and the time in which he/she no longer qualified for the 100 air-mile radius exemption. This is the only way to ensure that a driver does not claim the right to drive 10 hours after leaving his/her exempt status, in addition to the hours already driven under the 100 air-mile exemption.

 

You got it.

 

This is what i do and have been checked numerous times in the last year and a half with no problems. The days i am running local I put a start time, stop time and miles i ran for that day......that is all. days I operate over 100 mile i fill out like a regular log. Never had an officer question it.

 

when filling out the short haul log when do you drop hours say if i worked 10hrs on mon. 10 hrs. on tue. off wed work 10 hrs. on thur. and then 10 hrs. on fri. when do i drop hrs. and how... do i subtract from 70 or what need help with how to fill fill out the short haul log they require us too do so.