The Basic Facts About HOS
We seem to be getting a ton of questions about Hours of Service (HOS) lately!
The Facts
Property carrying vehicles
- You can only drive for 11 hours.
- You can’t drive after being on duty for 14 hours.
- You have to have 10 consecutive hours off duty to reset your 14 hours on duty and 11 hours driving.
- You can only work 60 hours in 7 days or 70 hours in 8 days (depending on which rule set your company falls under).
- 60 or 7 days if the company operates six days a week.
- 70 or 8 days if the company operates 7 days a week.
- To reset your 60- or 70-hour clock, you need to have 34 consecutive hours off duty.
- You have to take a 30-minute break after driving for 8 hours.
- If you are running oversize loads, then this is not required.
- Be sure to carry the exemption with you in your truck.
- If operating under the short-haul exemption, this is not required.
- If your truck is newer than 2000 and you are not under an exemption, you have to use an ELD (Electronic Logging Device).
- Exemptions include
- Short-haul
- Stay within a 150-mile radius of where you started your day.
- And
- Returned to the same location within 14 hours of coming on duty.
- Your truck’s engine is 1999 or older.
- Hauling livestock or insects
Passenger Carrying-vehicles
- You can only drive for 10 hours.
- You can’t drive after being on duty for 15 hours.
- You have to have eight consecutive hours off duty to reset your 15-hour clock.
- You can only work 60 hours in 7 days or 70 hours in 8 days (depending on which rule set your company falls under).
- 60 or 7 days if the company operates six days a week.
- 70 or 8 days if the company operates 7 days a week.
- If your truck is newer than 2000 and you are not under an exemption, you have to use an ELD (Electronic Logging Device).
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