in united states, hours of service (hos) of commercial drivers regulated federal motor carrier safety administration (fmcsa). commercial motor vehicle (cmv) drivers limited 11 cumulative hours driving in 14-hour period, following rest period of no less 10 consecutive hours. drivers employed carriers in daily operation may not work more 70 hours within period of 8 consecutive days.
drivers must maintain daily 24-hour logbook record of duty status documenting work , rest periods. record of duty status must kept current last change of duty status , records of previous 7 days retained driver in truck , presented law enforcement officials on demand.
electronic on-board recorders (eobr) can automatically record, among other things, time vehicle in motion or stopped. fmcsa considering making eobrs mandatory motor carriers.
new hos (hours of service) regulations came effect on 1 july 2013. these require break of 30 minutes taken before 8 hours of duty reached. there additional hos regulations california.
a shortage of truck drivers has been reported in united states. retention rates low.
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