If your freight needs to move further than that in a single day, you can consider using team drivers, which will make it much easier to travel 1, miles in a day. But it will cost you a premium to use team drivers. There are several ways to get the most mileage for your money. Ultimately the best way to get the most for your money is to communicate. Andrew has been in operations since he started as an intern at ATS in Cloud, Minnesota corporate office.
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Know the Hours of Service rules and exceptions. Common questions about how long truckers can drive. New Hours of Service rule changes. Off duty Line 1 Not working, not required to be ready to work and no responsibility to perform work — free to pursue own interests e. Sleeper berth Line 2 All time spent resting in the sleeper berth. On duty not driving Line 4 Time you begin to work or must be ready to work, until the time you are relieved from work e. This can be 10 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth, 10 consecutive hours on Line 1 see duty statuses above or a combination of both Lines 1 and 2 for 10 consecutive hours … or in some cases, one notable exception: 7 and 3 split or split sleeper rule A split allows drivers to sometimes split a hour break into two segments — one segment no shorter than seven hours and the other of at least three hours at separate times.
Yard moves — driving done in a limited-access lot or yard can be performed in on-duty status vs. Short-haul exemption — CDL drivers that consistently operate within a air-mile radius expanded in from and begin and return to their terminal within 14 hours expanded in from 12 may be exempt from keeping logs, and report daily hours instead.
Adverse driving conditions — drivers may extend maximum driving and the maximum work day limit by up to two hours when certain conditions are met, including when such weather conditions could not have been known before the driver started driving. Though rare, this exception also features added flexibility with the new rules. Common questions about how long truckers can drive How many hours can a Team driver drive? What happens if a driver violates the Hours of Service rules?
Short-haul exception — will be allowed to work a hour day rather than the current hour day and can travel up to air miles from their terminal each day before returning to where they started. Adverse driving conditions exception — the definition of adverse driving was updated to extend not only the hour work day by two hours, but also the hour driving clock.
This exemption is only allowed in very rare situations. Split sleeper berth provision — the outgoing rule allows for what is known as an split, and the new rule will also allow a split. Also under the new rule the shorter break period does not count towards the hour duty clock. The DOT breaks the time a driver is working into work and duty periods.
A work period is like a work week, whereas a duty period is like a work day. Because drivers do not always work conventional hours, DOT regulations are based on the actual hours worked and not specific hours during the day. So, for example, a work week could start at pm on a Tuesday or am on a Saturday and can be different for every trucker.
There is a seven-day work period for truck drivers. Drivers can work seven days in a row but must have a break of at least 34 hours in a row before starting a new seven day work period. To understand this better, consider this schedule:. The work period runs from the start time and date to that date and time the next week. For example:. To begin a new work period, a trucker must have ten hours off work. The total number of hours that can be worked in a work period is Each duty period lasts 14 hours, which is known as the hour rule.
Drivers can drive for up to 11 hours during the duty period. However, after driving for eight hours, the driver must take a break of at least 30 minutes. Breaks of any kind count against the 14 hours duty period time. So, the driver can drive for 11 of the 14 hours and do other things for the 3 remaining hours, such as getting fuel or unloading.
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