Who is exempt from the ELD rule?
NOTE: This guidance was rescinded as unnecessary on March 10, 2022, because the information contained therein was readily available in 49 CFR Part 395, Subpart B.
FMCSA-ELD-395-Q17
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What is the carrier’s liability when its drivers falsify records of duty status?
liability for false records
§395.8 Driver’s record of duty status.
Guidance Q&AQuestion 21: What is the carrier’s liability when its drivers falsify records of duty status?
Guidance: A carrier is liable both for the actions of its drivers in...
Is a driver who works for a motor carrier on an occasional basis and who is regularly employed by a non-motor carrier entity required to submit either records of duty status or a signed statement regarding the hours of service for all on-duty time?
Hours of Service Records of Duty Status
§395.8 Driver’s record of duty status.
Guidance Q&AQuestion 11: Is a driver who works for a motor carrier on an occasional basis and who is regularly employed by a non-motor carrier entity required to submit either...
May a duplicate copy of a record of duty status be submitted if an original was seized by an enforcement official?
Hours of Service Records of Duty Status
§395.8 Driver’s record of duty status.
Guidance Q&AQuestion 9: May a duplicate copy of a record of duty status be submitted if an original was seized by an enforcement official?
Guidance: A...
Is the Canadian bilingual or any other record of duty status form acceptable in the U.S.?
Hours of Service Records of Duty Status
§395.8 Driver’s record of duty status.
Guidance Q&AQuestion 7: Is the Canadian bilingual or any other record of duty status form acceptable in the U.S.?
Guidance: Yes, provided the grid format and specific...
How should multiple short stops in a town or city be recorded on a record of duty status?
Hours of Service Records of Duty Status
§395.8 Driver’s record of duty status.
Guidance Q&AQuestion 6: How should multiple short stops in a town or city be recorded on a record of duty status?
Guidance: All stops made in any one city...
Must drivers, alternating between interstate and intrastate commerce, record their intrastate driving time on their record of duty status?
Hours of Service Records of Duty Status
§395.8 Driver’s record of duty status.
Guidance Q&AQuestion 4: Must drivers, alternating between interstate and intrastate commerce, record their intrastate driving time on their record of duty status?
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May a rubber stamp signature be used on a driver’s record of duty status?
Hours of Service Records of Duty Status
§395.8 Driver’s record of duty status.
Guidance Q&AQuestion 2: May a rubber stamp signature be used on a driver’s record of duty status?
Guidance: No, a driver’s record of duty status must bear the...
(395.8-Q12)
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§395.8 Driver’s record of duty status.
Guidance Q&AQuestion 12: May a driver who is not required to use an ELD use “white-out” liquid paper to correct a paper record of duty status entry?
Guidance: Any...
May a motor carrier return a driver’s completed record of duty status to the driver for correction of inaccurate or incomplete entries?
§395.8 Driver’s record of duty status.
Guidance Q&AQuestion 8: May a motor carrier return a driver’s completed record of duty status to the driver for correction of inaccurate or incomplete entries?
Guidance: Yes, although for drivers not...