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How Will New Hours of Service Regulations or HOS Affect Me?

The good news is that the changes currently being debated in HOS regulations will not affect local trucking companies.  Most local truckers operate under the 100 Air-Mile Exemption (115 statute miles as the crow flies) where a driver is allowed to record duty time using a time clock instead of RODS (logbook or EOBR).   The rules of 60 hours per week, 12 hours per day, with one 16 hour day permitted per week, etc.  remain unchanged.

Click this link to read the actual federal regulations.

Click here for FAQs from the FMCSA.

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Welcome to The Local Trucking Blog. This blog is the hub of an online community that speaks to the interests of local trucking companies, their owners and managers, and the wider community that they serve.

Depending on your part of the country, local trucking can have different names. We publish content that is designed to meet the needs of:

• local trucking companies;
• local cartage firms;
• local companies with in-house trucks;
• and local pickup and delivery (P&D) companies.

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–Jonathan Miller, Editor

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