Source: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
​The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published the “final” rule on the hours-of-service regulations. The new rules addresses greater flexibility for drivers with respect to the thirty minute rest breaks, sleeper berth time and how that time can be allocated; expanded the maximum window for adverse driving conditions by two hours; and lengthens the short haul exception by two hours from twelve to fourteen hours and the distance limit that a driver may operate from 100 air miles to 150 air miles.
- The Rule is effective 120 days after publication in the Federal Register.
- Hours of Service Drivers Final Rule: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/hours-service/hours-service-drivers-final-rule