Is the driver allowed to record his stops during a tour of duty as off-duty time when the commercial motor vehicle (CMV) is laden with HM and the CMV is parked in a truck stop parking lot?

Hours of Service Definitions

§395.2 Definitions.  

Question 4: A driver has been given written permission by his/her employer to record meal and other routine stops made during a tour of duty as off-duty time. Is the driver allowed to record his stops...

Is the driver required to record meal and other routine stops as off-duty time, or is it the driver’s decision whether such time is recorded as off-duty?

Hours of Service Definitions

§395.2 Definitions.  

Question 3: A driver has been given written permission by his/her employer to record meal and other routine stops made during a tour of duty as off-duty time. Is the driver required to...

What conditions must be met for a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) driver to record meal and other routine stops made during a tour of duty as off-duty time?

Hours of Service Definitions

§395.2 Definitions.  

Question 2: What conditions must be met for a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) driver to record meal and other routine stops made during a tour of duty as off-duty time?

Guidance:...

Is it a violation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to operate a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) from the last stop to home and not show that time on the time cards?

Hours of Service Definitions

Question 1: A company told all of its drivers that it would no longer pay for driving from the last stop to home and that this time should not be shown on the time cards. Is it a violation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations...

May the driver combine the two sleeper berth periods to meet the required 10 consecutive hours of off-duty time per §395.1(g), then drive for up to 11 more hours?

Hours of Service Exceptions

§395.1 Scope of the rules in this part.  

Question 27: After accumulating 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time, a driver of a property-carrying vehicle spends 4 hours in the sleeper berth. The driver then drives...

May a driver record sleeper berth time as off-duty time on line one of the record of duty status?

Hours of Service Exceptions

§395.1 Scope of the rules in this part.  

Question 26: May a driver record sleeper berth time as off-duty time on line one of the record of duty status?

Guidance: No. The driver’s record of duty status must...

May sleeper berth time and off-duty periods be combined to meet the 10-hour off-duty requirement?

Hours of Service Exceptions

§395.1 Scope of the rules in this part.  

Question 25: May sleeper berth time and off-duty periods be combined to meet the 10-hour off-duty requirement?

Guidance: Yes, as long as the 10-hour period is consecutive...

May time spent in sleeping facilities being transported as cargo (e.g., boats, campers, travel trailers) be recorded as sleeper berth time?

Hours of Service Exceptions

§395.1 Scope of the rules in this part.  

Question 24: May time spent in sleeping facilities being transported as cargo (e.g., boats, campers, travel trailers) be recorded as sleeper berth time?

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Is the exemption contained in §395.1(f) concerning department store deliveries during the period from December 10 to December 25 limited to only drivers employed by department stores?

Hours of Service Exceptions

§395.1 Scope of the rules in this part.  

Question 23: Is the exemption contained in §395.1(f) concerning department store deliveries during the period from December 10 to December 25 limited to only drivers employed by...

A driver returns to his/her normal work reporting location from a location beyond the 100-air-mile radius and goes off duty for 7 hours. May the driver return to duty after being off-duty for 7 hours and utilize the 100-air-mile radius exemption?

Hours of Service Exceptions

§395.1 Scope of the rules in this part.  

Question 22: A driver returns to his/her normal work reporting location from a location beyond the 100-air-mile radius and goes off duty for 7 hours. May the driver return to duty...