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Property-Carrying CMV Drivers
Passenger-Carrying CMV Drivers
11-Hour Driving Limit
May drive a maximum of 11 hours after 10
consecutive hours off duty.
 10-Hour Driving Limit
May drive a maximum of 10 hours after 8
consecutive hours off duty.
14-Hour Limit
May not drive beyond the 14th consecutive hour
after coming on duty, following 10 consecutive
hours off duty. Off-duty time does not extend the
14-hour period.
 15-Hour On-Duty Limit
May not drive after having been on duty for 15
hours, following 8 consecutive hours off duty.
Off-duty time is not included in the 15-hour
period.
60/70-Hour On-Duty Limit
May not drive after 60/70 hours on duty in 7/8
consecutive days. A driver may restart a 7/8
consecutive day period after taking 34 or more
consecutive hours off duty.
 60/70-Hour On-Duty Limit
May not drive after 60/70 hours on duty in 7/8
consecutive days.
Sleeper Berth Provision
Drivers using the sleeper berth provision must
take at least 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper
berth, plus a separate 2 consecutive hours
either in the sleeper berth, off duty, or any
combination of the two.
 Sleeper Berth Provision
Drivers using a sleeper berth must take at least
8 hours in the sleeper berth, and may split the
sleeper-berth time into two periods provided
neither is less than 2 hours.
NOTE:
The only amendments that affect passenger-carrying drivers are the change to the on-duty definition,
which allows time spent resting in a parked commercial motor vehicle to be considered off duty, and the
penalties provision, which categorizes as “egregious” any violation of the driving-time limit by 3 or more
hours (thus invoking maximum penalties). These operations must comply with the hours of service
limitations specified in 49 CFR 395.5
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Commercial Drivers License (CDL) New Hours of Service Rules (2012 / 2013)
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PROVISION
CURRENT RULE
FINAL RULE – COMPLIANCE DATE JULY 1, 2013
Limitations on
minimum
"34-hour restarts"
None
(1) Must include two periods between 1 a.m.- 5         
   a.m. home terminal time.
(2) May only be used once per week.
Rest breaks
None except as limited by
other rule provisions
May drive only if 8 hours or less have passed            
since end of driver's last off-duty period of at              
least 30 minutes. [HM 397.5 mandatory "in                 
attendance" time may be included in break if no        
other duties performed]
PROVISION
CURRENT RULE
FINAL RULE – COMPLIANCE DATE FEBRUARY 27,
2012
On-duty time
Includes any time in CMV
except sleeper-berth.
Does not include any time resting in a parked           
CMV. In a moving property-carrying CMV, does not    
include up to 2 hours in passenger seat                     
immediately before or after 8 consecutive hours in   
sleeper-berth. Also applies to passenger-carrying   
drivers.
Penalties
"Egregious" hours of service
violations not specifically
defined.
Driving (or allowing a driver to drive) 3 or more          
hours beyond the driving-time limit may 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."
Source: Hours-of-Service (HOS) Final Rule (December 2011) (PDF Version)
CURRENT HOURS OF SERVICE (HOS) RULES