Local Hauls (<100 mi.) Exempt from 30-Minute Break Rule

Posted by JSY SOFTWARE | Posted in News and Links | Posted on 27-08-2013

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This is good news for local trucking companies:

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/documents/hos/30-Minute-Guidance.pdf

Effective August 2, 2013, all drivers (CDL and non-CDL) that operate within 100 air miles of their normal work reporting location and satisfy the time limitations and recordkeeping requirements of 395.1(e)(1) will no longer be subject to the 30-minute break requirement.

  • Also, non-CDL drivers that operate within a 150 air-mile radius of the location where the driver reports for duty and satisfy the time limitations and recordkeeping requirements of 395.1(e)(2).

FMCSA will also be initiating a rulemaking to include text in the HOS regulations noting that the 30 minute break provisions do not apply to short haul drivers.

—Jonathan Miller, Editor

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