• Must include two periods from 1am to 5am.
• May only be used once per week, 168 hours, measured from the beginning of the previous restart.
• Only one restart per week.

The second change is related to rest breaks.  It includes the following:

• May drive only if 8 hours or less have passed since end of driver’s last off duty sleeper berth period of at least 30 minutes.
• The 30 minute break must be consecutive and has to be taken off duty or in the sleeper.
• Physically unloading or loading does not count towards break time.

Driving (or allowing a driver to drive) more than 3 hours beyond the driving time limit may be considered an “egregious” violation and subject to maximum civil penalties, up to $2,700 for the individual and or the carrier up to $ 11,000 per occurrence.

Please be sure you check with your terminal manager for a handout of the new regulations.  If you have any questions and need further clarification feel free to call the help desk at 615-800-7899 or follow this link for additional information from the DOT on the new hours of service regulations.

Below you will find a video produced by Qualcomm Omnitracs that is intended to help update your knowledge of the changing regulations.

To watch this video and more have a look at our YouTube channel

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