Hours of Service

All commercial drivers of private or common carriers and all commercial drivers driving interstate operation are required to comply with strict laws and regulations governing maximum driving and on-duty time

.After eight consecutive hours off-duty

Do not drive:

• More than 10 hours.

• For any period after having been on-duty 15 hours. (Drivers using sleeper berth equipment may satisfy the required eight consecutive hours off-duty by resting in a sleeper berth in two separate periods totaling eight hours.)

No driver can be on duty:

• More than 60 hours in any seven consecutive days.

• More than 70 hours in any eight consecutive days for carriers operating vehicles every day of the week.

It is your responsibility to record every 24-hour period of duty status in a driver’s logbook in duplicate. Retain a copy of each record of duty status for the previous seven consecutive days. This record is required to be in your possession and available for inspection while on duty. Logs are subject to inspection by law enforcement officials.

Questions on hours of service should be referred to the regulating agency at the federal or state level.

(The Administrative Code for private carriers covers the exceptions to these limitations).