You can use the 16 hr rule once per week (34 hr restart) for any reason. You may drive after your 14th hour but you cannot go over 11 hr of driving. Even if you go 15 min over 14 hours, it counts as the 16 hour rule.
The 16 hour rule can only be used once in a 7 day period. So if you use it on Wednesday this week you can't use it till Wednesday of next week or later. The 16 hour rule DOESN'T reset after 34 off.
Per cliff my regional safety director. You can't be forced to use the 16 hour rule period. If they try and force you, you simply say I'm to fatigue to safely drive any farther.okay great thanks but it is still up to the driver if he wants to use that correctI mean if he's tired he doesn't have to use it it's not up to the company
The 16 hour rule can only be used once in a 7 day period. So if you use it on Wednesday this week you can't use it till Wednesday of next week or later. The 16 hour rule DOESN'T reset after 34 off.
The 16 hour rule can only be used once in a 7 day period. So if you use it on Wednesday this week you can't use it till Wednesday of next week or later. The 16 hour rule DOESN'T reset after 34 off.
okay great thanks but it is still up to the driver if he wants to use that correctI mean if he's tired he doesn't have to use it it's not up to the company
At Conway, you will do as you are told. Failure can result in termination.
You will at least get an incident report or if you claim sick, you will earn attendance points,
(am sure there have been exceptions)
16-Hour Short-Haul Exception §395.1(o)OK bear with me anybody who knows the rule please explain in detail had a situation the other night wanna see if they s applies.
Yeah, that's pretty much what I posted on here over a year ago. Old news.16-Hour Short-Haul Exception §395.1(o)
For drivers of property-carrying 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.
A driver can drive a CMV after the 14th hour after coming on duty, but not after the 16th hour, IF he or she:
Was released from duty at the normal work reporting location for the previous 5 duty tours, andReturns to the normal work reporting location and is released from duty within 16 hours, andHas not used this exception in the previous 6 consecutive days, except following a 34-hour restart.
Drivers claiming this exception remain subject to the 11-hour driving limit, but they essentially have an extra two hours in which to complete that driving.
Note that a 34-hour restart will allow a driver to use this exception more than once every 6 days, but a restart will not affect the requirement that the driver must have returned to the normal work reporting location for the previous 5 duty tours.
Short-haul drivers who normally use the 100-air-mile exception and do not complete a standard grid log will have to complete a log on days when they use the short-haul exception, because they are working beyond the 12-hour limit (see the 100-air-mile-radius driver topic for more information).
For information on the non-CDL short-haul driver exception, for those who stay within a 150 air-mile radius, refer to the Non-CDL-Driver Short-Haul Exception topic.
Note: There is no definition of "short haul" or "normal work reporting location." These terms are generally understood to refer to drivers who start from and return to the same location on a daily basis.
if you are being paid to put away your equipment in the yard or wherever and go past 14 hours, it counts.Yeah, sometimes you get guys that think you can use 16 hr rule and the adverse driving exception together but that is a big no no! It's one or the other. Also, I believe that as long as you punch the gate, you can drive in the yard to put your set away after your 14 and not use your 16 because you are on the on duty not driving line.
Do you log it as driving time? Everyone I know logs it as on duty not driving. It may be different once we have ELD's, but for now, if you aren't on driving time it doesn't count as using your 16.if you are being paid to put away your equipment in the yard or wherever and go past 14 hours, it counts.
I see line haul guys using this still so I thought I would refresh this. Line haul can not use 16 hr rule. It is for local only (150 air miles)Yeah, that's pretty much what I posted on here over a year ago. Old news.