A question about 16 Hours

There are different rules for different situations, like my 16 hour episode was easily completable during normal circumstances, but it was down a two lane with no safe place to pull over, and I was carrying hazmat and I think the dot had bigger fish to fry...

§395.3 Maximum driving time for property-carrying vehicles.
Subject to the exceptions and exemptions in §395.1:
(a) 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:
(a)(1) More than 11 cumulative hours following 10 consecutive hours off-duty; or
Can't drive more than 11 hours
(a)(2) For any period after the end of the 14th hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty, except when a property-carrying driver complies with the provisions of §395.1(o) or §395.1(e)(2).
Can't drive after the 14th hour
(b) No motor carrier shall permit or require a driver of a property-carrying

(o) Property-carrying driver. A property-carrying driver is exempt from the requirements of § 395.3(a)(2) if: Exceptions to the rules
(o)(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; You always get released from the same parking lot.
(o)(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 Have not worked longer than 16 even if not driving.
(o)(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). You can only do this once a week.


(o) Exempts (a)(2) meaning you (CAN) drive after the 14th hour but it doesn't exempt (a)(1) so you still can't drive more than 11 hours total.

Hope this helps, if you are still unsure, stop a DOT guy and ask him... most aren't nearly as bad as you may think, especially if you are asking before he pulls you over...




§395.1
Adverse extends your 11 into 13 hours of driving but still not Past the 14th hour
(b) Adverse driving conditions. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (h)(2) of this section, a driver who encounters adverse driving conditions, as defined in §395.2, and cannot, because of those conditions, safely complete the run within the maximum driving time permitted by §§395.3(a) or 395.5(a) may drive and be permitted or required to drive a commercial motor vehicle for not more than 2 additional hours in order to complete that run or to reach a place offering safety for the occupants of the commercial motor vehicle and security for the commercial motor vehicle and its cargo. However, that driver may not drive or be permitted to drive'

Emergency gets you off the hook more than anything... car wreck and the freeway shut down to one lane and you been making this run daily for months without a hitch, you're covered.

(b) (2) Emergency conditions. In case of any emergency, a driver may complete his/her run without being in violation of the provisions of the regulations in this part, if such run reasonably could have been completed absent the emergency.


Or its x-mas and you are playing Santa
(f) Retail store deliveries. The provisions of §395.3 (a) and (b) shall not apply with respect to drivers of commercial motor vehicles engaged solely in making local deliveries from retail stores and/or retail catalog businesses to the ultimate consumer, when driving solely within a 100-air mile radius of the driver's work-reporting location, during the period from December 10 to December 25, both inclusive, of each year.


You have a daycab because if you have a sleeper you should be using it
(g) Sleeper berths. (1) Property-carrying commercial motor vehicle.' (i) In General. A driver who operates a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle equipped with a sleeper berth, as defined in §§395.2 and 393.76 of this subchapter,

Unless Or if you're in Alaska Hawaii or doing a motion picture or hauling grapes (during harvest) in the state of New York. Lmao

 

Do you stay within the state..If so look at your state Rules..Mine allows Intrastate traffic to drive 12 everyday.