34 hours reset

10 hour break from the last day you drove plus 24 hours break time. This resets your 70 hour work clock. Your clock runs back seven days from the current day.
I'm learning too so I might not be spot on.

 

I take it that it means lots of things. I think it used to mean non-stop and fast but you can't do that anymore.

 

Running hard means different things to different people. Basically though it means getting as much done as you can in the time available.

Running smart is what you should be concerned with though.

 

Also I think you have to have two periods that cross the early morning hours. I always say go look at the regulations. I have highlighted the section.


§ 395.3: Maximum driving time for property-carrying vehicles.


(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 395.1, no motor carrier shall permit or require any driver used by it to drive a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle, nor shall any such driver drive a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle, regardless of the number of motor carriers using the driver's services, unless the driver complies with the following requirements:

(1) Start of work shift. A driver may not drive without first taking 10 consecutive hours off duty;

(2) 14-hour period. A driver may drive only during a period of 14 consecutive hours after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty. The driver may not drive after the end of the 14-consecutive-hour period without first taking 10 consecutive hours off duty.

(3) Driving time and rest breaks. (i) Driving time. A driver may drive a total of 11 hours during the 14-hour period specified in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.

(ii) Rest breaks. Except for drivers who qualify for either of the short-haul exceptions in § 395.1(e)(1) or (2), driving is not permitted if more than 8 hours have passed since the end of the driver's last off-duty or sleeper-berth period of at least 30 minutes.

(b) No motor carrier shall permit or require a driver of a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle to drive, nor shall any driver drive a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle, regardless of the number of motor carriers using the driver's services, for any period after—

(1) Having been on duty 60 hours in any period of 7 consecutive days if the employing motor carrier does not operate commercial motor vehicles every day of the week; or

(2) Having been on duty 70 hours in any period of 8 consecutive days if the employing motor carrier operates commercial motor vehicles every day of the week.

(c)(1) Any period of 7 consecutive days may end with the beginning of an off-duty period of 34 or more consecutive hours that includes two periods from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.

(2) Any period of 8 consecutive days may end with the beginning of an off-duty period of 34 or more consecutive hours that includes two periods from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.

(d) A driver may not take an off-duty period allowed by paragraph (c) of this section to restart the calculation of 60 hours in 7 consecutive days or 70 hours in 8 consecutive days until 168 or more consecutive hours have passed since the beginning of the last such off-duty period. When a driver takes more than one off-duty period of 34 or more consecutive hours within a period of 168 consecutive hours, he or she must indicate in the Remarks section of the record of duty status which such off-duty period is being used to restart the calculation of 60 hours in 7 consecutive days or 70 hours in 8 consecutive days.



Citation: [76 FR 81188, Dec. 27, 2011, as amended at 78 FR 58485, Sept. 24, 2013; 78 FR 64181, Oct. 28, 2013]

 

running hard means running your 11 hours, 600-700 miles a day with hardly anytime to stop for meals,etc. Drivers run hard every day legally. Run hard and make money.!

 

§ 395.3 (c) and (d) ("1:00 AM to 5:00 AM" and "168 hour" rules) were suspended December 16, 2014.
- https://cms.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/hours-service/hours-service-drivers

 

You know how damaging it is to your kidneys to sit for 12 hours non stop not to mention the rest of your body (dvt, etc). If you have to drive 600 plus miles everyday to make money you should get a new job. Granted you might have to run 600 miles to make the appt but that should be the exception not the norm