HOS Handbook: The Complete Guide for CMV Drivers

Description

Overview

• Updated to reflect September 2020 final rule changes
• Handbook offers easy-to-understand explanations of the hours-of-service regulations for passenger- and property-carrying vehicle drivers
• Helps drivers operate in compliance with HOS regulations for improved CSA scores
• Anti-coercion rule explained, along with how to file a complaint
• Includes supporting documents requirements
• Includes a 17-page section on the use of ELDs and logging applications
• Includes information on ELD exemptions, including the 8-day rental exemption
• Offers critical information on the following hours-of-service topics:
  • How to construct paper logs and logging examples
  • Personal conveyance
  • Roadside inspections
  • Industry- and location-specific exceptions, such as the agricultural operations and short haul exemptions
• Features hours-of-service FAQs
• Spiralbound, 7″ x 5″, 308 pages

Table of Contents

The HOS Handbook: The Complete Guide for CMV Drivers, 2nd Edition Table of Contents

Introduction

• Does This Handbook Apply to You?
• The Bus and Truck Icons

HOS at a Glance

• Property-Carrying Vehicles
• Passenger-Carrying Vehicles
• Are You Exempt from HOS?
• Is There an Exception?

HOS Overview

• Who Has to Comply?
• A Pickup Truck Can Be a CMV?!?
• What About the Type of Cargo?
• 9-to-15 Passenger Vans
• Who Is a “Driver”?
• Property or Passenger?
• Exemptions
• On Duty or Off Duty?
• Personal Conveyance
• Coercion
• State HOS Rules

The HOS Rules: Property-Carrying Vehicles

• 10 Hours of Rest
• 11 Hours of Driving
• 14-Hour Window
• Rest Breaks
• 60/70-Hour Limit
• “Restart” Provisions
• Sleeper-Berth Options
• Team Driving
• Exceptions
• 14/15-Day Rule

The HOS Rules: Passenger-Carrying Vehicles

• 8 Hours of Rest
• 10 Hours of Driving
• 15 Hours on Duty
• 60/70-Hour Limit
• Sleeper-Berth Option
• Exceptions
• 14/15-Day Rule

Paper Logs

• What MUST Be on the Log?
• What Does NOT Have to Be on the Log?
• Which Items May Be Optional?
• The Graph Grid
• Format
• Time Standards
• Remarks
• Shipping Document Numbers
• Scanning Your Paper Logs
• Completing a Paper Log
• Step-by-Step Log Completion
• Top 15 Tips for Compliant (and Understandable) Logs
• Keeping Your Log Current
• Rounding and “Flagging”
• Multiple Short Stops
• The Recap & Monthly Summary
• 5-Line Oilfield Logs
• Days Off and Vacation
• Intermittent Drivers
• Working for Multiple Employers
• Time Records for 100/150 Air-Mile Drivers
• Carrying Your Logs
• Turning in Your Logs
• Correcting Your Logs
• Supporting Documents Prior to December 18, 2017
• Supporting Documents on and After December 18, 2017

Electronic Logs

• Three Types
• What’s the Difference Between These Devices?
• ELD Deadlines
• Who Has to Use ELDS?
• No Tampering!
• Using an AOBRD
• Using an ELD
• Using Other Digital Logs

CSA & HOS

• Monitoring & Scoring
• Interventions
• How Do You Keep Your Scores Low?

Roadside Inspections

• Is Your Log Private?
• Preparing for an Inspection
• Your Responsibilities
• Inspection Levels
• Being Selected for Inspection
• The Driver Inspection Process
• Logs and Speeding
• But It’s Not Signed!
• Being Placed Out of Service
• Documentation
• Making It Current
• What If They Take My Paper Log?
• Inspection Results
• Disputing an Inspection
• What Are the Penalties for Violations?
• Who Is Responsible for HOS Violations?

FAQS

• General
• On Duty/Off Duty
• Short-Haul Exceptions
• 60/70-Hour Rule
• Sleeper Berth
• Logs
• Electronic Logs
• 34-Hour Restart
• Mandatory 30-Minute Rest Break

Logging Scenarios

• What’s Wrong With This Log?

Industry- and Location-Specific Rules

• 100/150 Air-Mile Radius Drivers
• Oilfield Drivers
• Construction
• Ready-Mixed Concrete; Asphalt and Related Materials
• Pipeline Welding Trucks
• Utility Service Vehicles
• Agricultural Operations
• Driver-Salespersons
• Motion Picture Drivers
• Alaska: Property-Carrying
• Alaska: Passenger-Carrying
• Hawaii
• Retail Deliveries
• Groundwater Well Drilling
• Railroad Signal Employees
• Hi-Rail Vehicles
• Drivers Entering Canada

Glossary

Updates

Appendix A to Part 395, “Functional Specifications for All Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs)”