Rule, 60-hour

Driving after being on duty more than 60 hours in seven (7) consecutive days or 70 hours in eight (8) consecutive days. (60 Hour Rule -395.3(b)(1) or 70 Hour Rule - 395.3(b)(2)) Declare driver out-of-service until such time as eligibility to drive is re-established. 

This is the biggest enemy of a successful startup. Shift managers and shift engineers will allow the non-shift personnel to leave at night. The consecutive working hour rule must be rigorously enforced. Recommend that no more than 16 consecutive hours out of 24 and no more than 80 hours in a seven day week. 

DETR (1997) Driver s Hours Rules for Road Passenger Vehicles PSV 375, London HMSO. 

Calculating compliance with the 14-hour rule around the noneight hour sleeper break is more complicated. Add together the on-duty time immediately before and after the non-eight hour sleeper break. Remember, all time from the time the driver ended the previous eight-hour break to the start of the non-eight hour sleeper break counts as on-duty time beforethe non-eight hour sleeper break . All time from the end of the... 

To check compliance with the 14-hour rule Add together the on-duty time on both sides of the first break, going back to the previous qualifying break and forward to the next qualifying... 

To determine if the driver was in compliance with the 14-hour rule, add all on-duty time before and after the second break, going back to the last qualifying break and forward to the next qualifying break. Also, because the break is not 8 or more hours in the sleeper berth, the break time also counts toward the 14-hour calculation. Five plus six, plus two (break time) equals 13. The driver is in compliance. 

Driver-salesperson The 60/70 hours rule shall not apply with respect to any driver-salesman whose total driving time does not exceed 40 hours in any 7 consecutive days. A driver-salesman is defined as a driver who sells goods and services and operates within 100 miles of his/her work reporting location and spends 50 percent or less of his/her time driving. ( 395.1 (c))... 

Retail store deliveries Drivers engaged solely in making local deliveries from retail stores or retail catalogue businesses to customers are exempt from the 11-, 14-, and 60/ 70-hour rules between December 10th and 25th each year. For the purposes of this exemption, local is defined as within 100 miles of the driver s work reporting location. ( 395.1 (f))... 

For any period after having been on duty 15 hours following 8 consecutive hours off duty. Note The 15-hour rule for passenger-carr3ang drivers is NOT a consecutive hour rule. Once the driver has accumulated 15 hours of on-duty time (driving and on duty time), the driver must stop driving. 

The 10/11-, 14/15-, and 60/70-hour rules The operative word in both 395.3 and 395.5 is drive. Your drivers cannot drive after having accumulated 14 or 15 hours of on-duty time depending on the type of your particular operation. 

In addition to the 10- and 15-hour rules, passenger-carrying drivers are also subject to the same 60 hour/7-day or 70 hour/ 8-day rule. 

NOTE If the driver is required to comply with federal motor carrier safety regulations 382.303 post-accident testing for alcohol and controlled substance testing, advise the driver when the accident is reported. Alcohol testing must be completed according to the DOT S 2-hour and 8-hour rules. Controlled substance testing must be completed within 32 hours following the accident. 

A1R 11-hour rule violation (property) Hours 7 Y... 

For drivers of property-carrying commercial motor vehicles who drive within a 150-air-mile radius and who are not required to hold a commercial driver s license (CDL), there is an exception to the logging and I 14-hour rules. The exception allows these drivers to keep time records instead of records of duty status (logs) and extend the Id-hom period by two hours (up to 16) twice per week, under certain conditions. 

A driver who operates a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle for which a CDL is not required vmder Part 383 is exempt from the log requirements in 395.8 and the 14-hour rule in 395.3(a)(2) if ... 

For drivers of property-carr5dng commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) who drive locally, there is an exception to the 14-hour rule (which requires that drivers of property-carrying CMVs stop driving upon reaching the 14th consecutive hour after first coming on duty). The so-called short-haul exception allows these drivers to extend the 14-hour period by two hours once per week, under certain conditions. 

Check for violations of the 10-hour rule. Is driver in violation at the time of inspection ... 

Check for violations of the 60/70 hour rule. Is the driver in violation at the time of inspection Ask the driver if they work anywhere else than for the carrier they are currently driving for. Other compensated work must be considered as on-duty and shoidd be taken into consideration when evaluating driver overall status. 

Check for violations of the 10,15, 60/70 hour rules prior to the driver s last 8 hours off duty. 

The specification requirements for electrode binder pitch, eg, high C/H ratio, high coking value, and high P-resin content, effectively ruled out pitches from gasworks or low temperature tars. The cmde tar is distilled to a medium-soft pitch residue and then hardened by heating for several hours at 385—400°C. This treatment increases the toluene-insoluble content and produces only a slight increase in the quinoline-insoluble (Ql) material, the latter by the formation of mesophase. 

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