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Regulatory Guidance

Welcome to the FMCSA Guidance Portal. This web portal is a searchable, indexed database that contains and links to all guidance documents in effect from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The guidance documents lack the force and effect of law, unless expressly authorized by statute or incorporated into a contract.

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Subject Agency Identifier Topic Issued Date
If a driver is required by a motor carrier to carry a pager/beeper to receive notification to contact the motor carrier for a duty assignment, how should this time be recorded? FMCSA-HOS-395.2-Q06 Hours of Service Definitions
May a sleeper berth be used for a period of less than 2 hours’ duration? FMCSA-HOS-395.2-Q07 Hours of Service Definitions
If a “driver trainer” occasionally drives a commercial motor vehicle (CMV), thereby becoming a “driver” (regardless of whether he/she is paid for driving), must the driver record all non driving (training) time as on-duty (not driving)? FMCSA-HOS-395.2-Q08 Hours of Service Definitions
How does compensation relate to on-duty time? FMCSA-HOS-395.2-Q10 Hours of Service Definitions
Must non transportation-related work for a motor carrier be recorded as on-duty time? FMCSA-HOS-395.2-Q11 Hours of Service Definitions
How should time spent in transit on a ferry boat be recorded? FMCSA-HOS-395.2-Q12
What is the duty status of a co-driver who is riding seated next to the truck driver? FMCSA-HOS-395.2-Q13 Hours of Service Definitions
How must a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver operating a non-CMV at the direction of a motor carrier record this time? FMCSA-HOS-395.2-Q14 Regulations
How must the time spent operating a motor vehicle on the rails (roadrailers) be recorded? FMCSA-HOS-395.2-Q15 Hours of Service Definitions
Must a driver engaged in union activities affecting the employing motor carrier record such time as on-duty (not driving) time? FMCSA-HOS-395.2-Q16 Hours of Service Definitions