Who does this affect?
- Weighs 10,001 pounds or more
- Has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of 10,001 pounds or more
- Is designed or used to transport 16 or more passengers (including the driver) not for compensation
- Is designed or used to transport 9 or more passengers (including the driver) for compensation
- A vehicle that is involved in Interstate or intrastate commerce and is transporting hazardous materials in a quantity requiring placards is also considered a CMV
Whats new?
Limitations on minimum "34-hour restarts"
All 34 hour restarts must include two sleep periods between the hours of 1 a.m. to 5 a.m., home terminal time.
34 hour restarts may only be used once a week. A week in the trucking industry is 168 hours measured from the beginning of the previous restart.
Rest breaks
A driver may drive only if 8 hours or less have passed since end of driver’s last off-duty or sleeper berth period of at least 30 minutes.
On-duty time
This includes any time in a truck or other vehicle except on sleeper berth status. This does not include any time spent resting in a parked vehicle. In all vehicle, except passenger vehicles, this does not include up to 2 hours in a passenger seat before or after 8 consecutive hours in sleeper berth status.
Penalties
“Egregious” - Outstandingly bad; shocking.
Egregious hours-of-service violations are not yet specifically defined within the law.
Driving (or allowing a driver to drive) more than 3 hours beyond their driving-time limit is to be considered an “egregious” violation and subject to the maximum civil penalties. Also applies to passenger-carrying drivers.
Oilfield exemption
“Waiting time” for certain drivers at oilfields (which is off-duty but does extend 14-hour duty period) must be recorded and available to FMCSA, but no method or details are specified for the recordkeeping. “Waiting time” for certain drivers at oilfields must be shown on logbook or electronic equivalent as off duty and identified by annotations in “remarks” or a separate line added to “grid.”
Limitations on minimum "34-hour restarts"
All 34 hour restarts must include two sleep periods between the hours of 1 a.m. to 5 a.m., home terminal time.
34 hour restarts may only be used once a week. A week in the trucking industry is 168 hours measured from the beginning of the previous restart.
Rest breaks
A driver may drive only if 8 hours or less have passed since end of driver’s last off-duty or sleeper berth period of at least 30 minutes.
On-duty time
This includes any time in a truck or other vehicle except on sleeper berth status. This does not include any time spent resting in a parked vehicle. In all vehicle, except passenger vehicles, this does not include up to 2 hours in a passenger seat before or after 8 consecutive hours in sleeper berth status.
Penalties
“Egregious” - Outstandingly bad; shocking.
Egregious hours-of-service violations are not yet specifically defined within the law.
Driving (or allowing a driver to drive) more than 3 hours beyond their driving-time limit is to be considered an “egregious” violation and subject to the maximum civil penalties. Also applies to passenger-carrying drivers.
Oilfield exemption
“Waiting time” for certain drivers at oilfields (which is off-duty but does extend 14-hour duty period) must be recorded and available to FMCSA, but no method or details are specified for the recordkeeping. “Waiting time” for certain drivers at oilfields must be shown on logbook or electronic equivalent as off duty and identified by annotations in “remarks” or a separate line added to “grid.”