Hours of Service Examples
NOTE: This guidance revises FMCSA's Logbook Examples, issued in May 2015, and rescinded on June 27, 2020.
FMCSA-HOS-395-HOS-EXAMPLES(2022-04-28)
Hours of Service Examples
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Interstate Truck Driver’s Guide to Hours of Service
NOTE: This guidance revises the previous version of FMCSA’s Interstate Truck Driver’s Guide to Hours of Service, issued in October 2016, and rescinded on June 27, 2020.
FMCSA-HOS-395-DRIVERS-GUIDE-TO-HOS(2022-04-28)
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What is a "qualifying rest break or sleeper berth period" under the definition of adverse driving conditions?
Frequently Asked Questions Relating to 2020 Changes to Hours of Service Regulations
Question 11
Q: What is a "qualifying rest break or sleeper berth period" under the definition of adverse driving conditions?
A: A qualifying rest break or sleeper berth period is...
May a driver choose to use the sleeper berth provision some days and the other provisions of 49 CFR 395.1(g) other days?
Frequently Asked Questions Relating to 2020 Changes to Hours of Service Regulations
Question 9
Q: May a driver choose to use the sleeper berth provision some days and the other provisions of 49 CFR 395.1(g) other days?
A: Yes. Drivers may choose any of the options...
Under the sleeper berth provisions, a driver takes 7 hours in the sleeper berth & later takes an off-duty period of 3 hours before arriving at home. When the driver arrives home within the permissible hours, what rest is req’d to reset their "day clock"?
Frequently Asked Questions Relating to 2020 Changes to Hours of Service Regulations
Question 8
Q: Under the sleeper berth provisions, a driver takes 7 hours in the sleeper berth and later takes an off-duty period of 3 hours before arriving at home. When the driver arrives...
A driver takes 5 consecutive hours off-duty and later takes a 7-hour consecutive break in the sleeper berth. How is this time calculated for HOS compliance?
Frequently Asked Questions Relating to 2020 Changes to Hours of Service Regulations
Question 6
Q: A driver takes 5 consecutive hours off-duty and later takes a 7-hour consecutive break in the sleeper berth. How is this time calculated for HOS compliance?
A: Both the...
May a 10-consecutive hour off-duty period be paired with a subsequent qualifying 7+-consecutive hour sleeper berth period?
NOTE: This guidance was rescinded on February 17, 2021 and is no longer in effect.
Frequently Asked Questions Relating to 2020 Changes to Hours of Service Regulations
Question 5
Q: May a 10-consecutive hour off-duty period be paired with a subsequent...
How are split sleeper berth rest periods used in determining compliance with the 14-hour "driving window" rule?
Frequently Asked Questions Relating to 2020 Changes to Hours of Service Regulations
Question 4
Q: How are split sleeper berth rest periods used in determining compliance with the 14-hour "driving window" rule?
A: Off-duty and sleeper berth rest periods that qualify...
What if a driver is stopped for a roadside inspection after having taken only one rest period that qualifies for the split sleeper berth provision?
Frequently Asked Questions Relating to 2020 Changes to Hours of Service Regulations
Question 3
Q: What if a driver is stopped for a roadside inspection after having taken only one rest period that qualifies for the split sleeper berth provision?
A: If there is a...
What rest periods qualify for the split sleeper berth provision?
Frequently Asked Questions Relating to 2020 Changes to Hours of Service Regulations
Question 2
Q: What rest periods qualify for the split sleeper berth provision?
A: Truck drivers using the split sleeper berth provision under the hours-of- service (HOS) rule may...