What are examples of adverse driving conditions?

What are examples of adverse driving conditions?

FMCSA Definition The FMCSA defines adverse driving conditions as: “snow, sleet, fog, other adverse weather conditions, a highway covered with snow or ice, or unusual road and traffic conditions, none of which were apparent on the basis of information known to the person dispatching the run at the time it was begun.”

What is exceptionally adverse weather?

“Exceptionally adverse weather conditions” are a Relevant Event under JCT contracts which may entitle the Contractor to an extension of time. The Employer will not get their liquidated damages for delay but, equally, the Contractor has no entitlement to loss and expense.

When can you use adverse driving conditions exception?

The Adverse Driving Conditions Exception can only be used for unexpected delays and not for routine traffic jams, predicted weather or vehicle breakdowns. The FMCSA provides an HOS Fact Sheet summarizing all the changes and updates.

What is the difference between the adverse driving conditions exception and the 16 hour exception?

The 16 hour exemption rule will give the driver 2 extra “Working day” hours while the “Adverse driving condition” will give the driver 2 extra “Driving limit” hours.

What is the 16 hour rule?

The 16-hour rule is a special exemption that allows certain drivers to remain on-duty for 16 hours instead of 14, but without extending the allowed 11 hours per day of driving. Under the 16-hour rule, the driver can remain on-duty for an extra two hours but must be relieved from duty immediately after the 16th hour.

Can you extend the 14 hour rule?

According to the 14-hour rule, a property-carrying driver may not drive beyond the 14th consecutive hour after coming on duty. For both property-carrying and passenger-carrying vehicles, off-duty time does not extend the 14-hour period.

Can you split your 10 hour break?

The split sleeper berth rule allows a truck driver to extend a shift by splitting the required 10 consecutive hours of off-duty time into two shifts. This means that drivers can adjust their schedules for longer hauls or warehouse hours by “dropping in” a rest break to comply with driving hour limitations.

What is the 100 air-mile rule?

Drivers must be done working within 12 consecutive hours. Drivers must remain within a 100 air-mile radius.

Can I drive after 8 hours sleep?

May drive a maximum of 10 hours after 8 consecutive hours off duty.

Is Bobtailing illegal?

There’s nothing illegal about the practice, and trucking wouldn’t be possible without bobtailing. A tractor without a trailer has most of its weight on its front wheels and very little on its rear wheels.

What is a 8 and 2 split?

With the 8/2 split, Seidl said a driver could drive for 6 hours and then take a 2-hour off-duty break and then drive for another 5 hours. At this point, the driver takes an 8-hour break in the sleeper berth. This time, taken in the sleeper, effectively stops the 14-hour clock.

What happens if you go over dot hours?

If a driver is caught over their HOS, they may be placed out of service until the driver has spent enough time off duty in order to be back in compliance. Depending on the severity, the driver could also be assessed fines by both state and local law enforcement officials.

What happens if you unplug your eld?

When unplugged, nothing is recorded and some Drivers are thinking this may buy them some extra drive time. Most don’t realize that reports are generated showing date, time, and location of the last recording. Error logs are created and malfunction data is transmitted and displayed in an eRod inspection report.

What is the 60 hour 7 day rule?

The rule basically means that a commercial truck driver can only be on duty for 60 hours within any 7-day period, after which he cannot drive until his hours are below 60 (either with a 34-hour reset or by waiting for hours to “drop off”).

What is a passenger rule violation?

The passenger rule says that you can be riding in a moving CMV in the passengers seat off duty for up to two hours immediately before or after at least 8 hours line 2. If you didn’t have any off duty in a moving CMV (including before you went to line 2) then you didn’t violate the rule.

What are the most common hours of service violations?

Here are the most common HOS driver violations from roadside inspections, and how to fix them:

1. Stopping Form & Manner Violations.
2. Stopping Not Current Violations.
3. Stopping Driving Beyond Time Violations.
4. False Records Violations.
5. No Record of Duty Status and Failing to Retain Previous 7 Days’ Logs.

What is the difference between off duty and sleeper berth?

Sleeper berth means the driver is resting (not necessarily sleeping) in the sleeper-berth compartment of the unit. Off-duty time is when the driver is relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work.

Can DOT search your sleeper?

Checking for sleeper restraints, and bedclothes don’t require a search. You can see those things standing on the step of the truck and even if they want to get in to check them that’s all they can check. They can’t go looking through your personal belongings or cabinets etc….. which is a search.

Can you cheat on eld?

While it would likely be difficult to cheat on driving time with electronic logs, the computer does not know whether a driver is off duty, in the sleeper, on duty or not driving. A lot of loading, unloading, fueling, inspections and other activities are often entered as “sleeper” or “off duty.”

Does 8 hrs in the sleeper berth reset your 14?

A driver may also use the sleeper berth to extend the 14-hour limit. Any period in the sleeper berth of at least 8 consecutive hours does not count as part of the 14 hours, and, therefore, allows a driver to extend the time during which a driver could use their maximum 11 hours of driving.

Can you go off duty while being loaded?

You can not log off duty unless you are away from the truck doing nothing work related. If they don’t want to be on duty they can only legally log sleeper while waiting to be loaded/unloaded but they can only log sleeper after the mandatory minimum amount of time has been logged for the loading/unloading.

What is a 7 3 split?

Essentially for a 7/3 split, a driver has to stay in the sleeper berth for seven hours, and then spend another three hours relaxing somehow, or even going back into the berth.

How many hours do you need off to reset?

The U.S. hours-of-service regulation allows a driver to “restart” their 60-hour in any 7 consecutive days, or 70-hour any 8 consecutive days clock calculations by taking 34 or more consecutive hours off duty (or in the sleeper berth) or some combination of both.