Commuting from the last location where on-duty activity occurred to the driver’s permanent residence and back to that last on-duty location. Time spent traveling from a driver’s en route lodging (such as a motel or truck stop) to restaurants and entertainment facilities and back to the lodging. (a) Examples of appropriate uses of a CMV while off-duty for personal conveyance include, but are not limited to: Guidance: A driver may record time operating a CMV for personal conveyance (i.e., for personal use or reasons) as off-duty only when the driver is relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work. Question 26: Under what circumstances may a driver operate a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) as a personal conveyance? Removing the tools and supplies and reloading them after personal conveyance may create a burden for the carrier and driver, the FMCSA says.įMCSA’s proposed guidance would revise Question 26 to focus on the reason the driver is operating a CMV while off duty, without regard to whether the CMV is or is not laden.įMCSA proposes the following text for Question 26: The driver of a single-unit work truck cannot easily offload the vehicle. The current interpretation inadvertently left out single-unit work trucks that carry loads, as well as tools of trade and related materials, on the power unit. The agency explains that the current guidance was written for combination vehicles, where the driver could readily detach the trailer and bobtail with the power unit under the personal conveyance provision. The existing guidance also prohibits the operation of Laden CMVs, andĬMVs by drivers who have been placed out of service for HOS violations. Specifically, it applies when traveling, to and from the place of employment (e.g., the normal work reporting location), and short distances from a driver’s en route lodgings to restaurants in the vicinity of such lodgings. The current guidance, dating back to 1997, requires that the driver be relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work in order to be in an off-duty status. This provision is available to all CMV drivers required to record their hours of service who are permitted by their employer to use the vehicle for personal use. Under the personal conveyance provision, a driver may operate a commercial motor vehicle for personal use while off-duty. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is looking to amend its regulation on personal conveyance to level the playing field between single-unit vehicles and tractor trailers. You can read about DOT regulations in cases of ELD malfunction here.By Staff, Go By Truck News, December 21, 2017 You can read here about how Hours of Service work. However, this is not a silver bullet, since different people have different driving job and personal habits. With the new FMCSA Personal Conveyance they can move to the nearest safe location legally.ĭrivers can also use extension on their 14 hour hour workday to manage their delays on the road or pickup at delivery by using the 8/2 provision. DOT clock is telling them to stop, but the customer is kicking them out of the facility. That put a lot of stress on drivers because they were between a rock and a hard place. Often happens that a truck is still at a dock and the 14 hour clock is finished. That would mean that a driver won't be prisoner of HOS. ![]() The time driving under personal conveyance must allow the driver adequate time to obtain the required rest in accordance with minimum off-duty periods under 49 CFR 395.3(a)(1) (property-carrying vehicles) or 395.5(a) (passenger-carrying vehicles) before returning to on-duty driving, and the resting location must be the first such location reasonably available. Time spent traveling to a nearby, reasonable, safe location to obtain required rest after loading or unloading. Here are the exact words from the FMCSA website. However, on May 31st the news of new FMCSA Personal Conveyance rule stated that a driver can log off duty driving to the nearest safe heaven in the event of customer detention causing him to violate his 14 hour clock. ![]() FMCSA Personal Conveyance New Rule explainedĮLD mandate came into effect on Dec 18th and brought the biggest change in the trucking industry in more than 20 years.
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