Hours of service question?

You are under the 70 hr in 8 day rule if: "...70 hours in any period of 8 consecutive days if the employing motor carrier operates commercial motor vehicles every day of the week."

You are under the 60 hr in 7 day rule if it does not.

It makes no difference if you are long haul or regional.

No donuts necessary.

 

wasn't concerned about the long haul or regional.

it was the OTR vs. local trucks that go home every night.

 

395.8 is the regulation on how to fill out and maintain the RODS (record of duty status), including paragraph (k)(retention) and paragraph (f)(1)(entries to be current).

100 air mile drivers are exempt from THESE requirements.

They are NOT exempt from 395.3 Maximum Driving Time. (11, 14, 60/70 hour rules)

 

it's a debate that's been going on scalemaster. it's a assumption that everyone works the 70/8 rule. local or long haul. no one works the 60./7. if that were the case then why have the 60/7 rule.

you came along with the actual answer as to what operations run what hours. so now's there's an understanding.

 

Hi snowy since time cards are logs is there a way to prove or show 'on duty/not driving' in the course of your day? I'm in the same situation as above. I work an 8 hour shift. There is 'on duty/not driving' during my 8 hours. Or is the time card the log and it's determined that since I work 8 hours it's considered driving?

 

I have a question about hours of service in the US. I will be starting a run that requires me to drive from Surrey BC to Seattle WA then Portland OR and then back to Surrey BC. I've been doing trips 160km within my home radius. Now there moving me toward a longer run. Can someone just break down for me how the HOS works in the US.

 

Go to this link here and read on.

http://pcmala.org/2013/05/u-s-dot-driver-hours-of-service/

 

Here is a comparison.

http://www.todaystrucking.com/hours-of-service-canada-us-comparison

 

according to the scale master. your techincally driving. (if i remember the discussion some months back).
it depends on the operation though.

when i was local. hauling dirt. all we did was a time card. unless we were over 12 hours. then we had to do a log graph for that day.
we also ran under the 60/7 rule. becuase the trucks only run 6 days a week.