Hours of service questions and answers

8 x 5 = 40. Leaves 30 hours available for fuel, pti, driving.

 

Per day, if you work 8 hours, you'll have 6 left to drive. So if you work 8 hours Friday, you're not going to get off a ten hour trip unless you run 5, take ten off there, and 5 back on Saturday.

 

So if I worked 70 hours in 8 days and still wish to continue to work on the weekend or the next day. How would that work? Can I legally work on the 9th day or I need the 34 hour reset in order to continue? And also is their a roll over hours rule?

 

It's a rolling recap. You can work as many hours as you did on day 1 because it drops off on day 9. Then day 2 becomes day 1 and Sunday you can work that many hours. You should be able to bracket any 8 days and they can't go over 70 hours.

If you work Saturday only you should still be able to get a 34 restart in. Remember it must include 2 periods in between 1 am and 5 am.

 

The 168 hours is from the START of the last restart.

 

I know.

I was putting emphasis on the START.

So, many people think it is the end of the last restart.

 

Yeah, on day 9 you get the hours you worked on day one back. That's the easy way to figure it. At 8 hours per day, you'll never run over hours because you'll always have the hours back from that first day and won't even need to worry about the 34 hour restart. 8 hours x 8 days = 64 hours. So you'll actually have a few extra hours to work with.

 

Add up the hours you've worked in the 7 days prior to today. Subtract that total from 70. That's how many hours you have available today..... forever and ever, amen.

It's really that simple.