Local Driver HOS Question

Are you 70 in 8 days or 60 hours in 7 days..?

I know what he’s meaning..
Local drivers within a 100-mile radius of their work reporting location may be exempt from using ELDs and can use timecards instead, provided they stay within a 12-hour duty limit.

thats where that 12 hour comes from..

 

This is from the FMCSA website:

Short-Haul Exception
A driver is exempt from the requirements of §395.8 and §395.11 if: the driver operates within a 150 air-mile radius of the normal work reporting location, and the driver does not exceed a maximum duty period of 14 hours. Drivers using the short-haul exception in §395.1(e)(1) must report and return to the normal work reporting location within 14 consecutive hours, and stay within a 150 air-mile radius of the work reporting location.

 

Local (short haul) exception is for drivers that leave from and return to the same work reporting location each shift, are given at least 10 consecutive hours off-duty and do not remain on-duty for more than 14 consecutive hours. 11 hours behind the wheel is still in effect.

The confusion is coming from an older version of the rule that called for 12 hour limit for CDL drivers while non-cdl drivers were given 14 hours. The two rules were homogonized several years ago.

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