HOS Handbook: The Complete Guide for CMV Drivers - 2nd Edition

Overview

• Updated to reflect September 2020 final rule changes
• Handbook offers easy-to-understand explanations of the hours-of-service regulations for passenger- and property-carrying vehicle drivers
• Helps drivers operate in compliance with HOS regulations for improved CSA scores
• Anti-coercion rule explained, along with how to file a complaint
• Includes supporting documents requirements
• Includes a 17-page section on the use of ELDs and logging applications
• Includes information on ELD exemptions, including the 8-day rental exemption
• Offers critical information on the following hours-of-service topics:
  • How to construct paper logs and logging examples
  • Personal conveyance 
  • Roadside inspections
  • Industry- and location-specific exceptions, such as the agricultural operations and short haul exemptions
• Features hours-of-service FAQs
• Spiralbound, 7" x 5", 308 pages

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Table of Contents

The HOS Handbook: The Complete Guide for CMV Drivers, 2nd Edition Table of Contents

• Introduction
  • Does This Handbook Apply to You?
  • The Bus and Truck Icons
• HOS at a Glance
  • Property-Carrying Vehicles
  • Passenger-Carrying Vehicles
  • Are You Exempt from HOS?
  • Is There an Exception?
• HOS Overview
  • Who Has to Comply?
  • A Pickup Truck Can Be a CMV?!?
  • What About the Type of Cargo?
  • 9-to-15 Passenger Vans
  • Who Is a "Driver"?
  • Property or Passenger?
  • Exemptions
  • On Duty or Off Duty?
  • Personal Conveyance
  • Coercion
  • State HOS Rules
• The HOS Rules: Property-Carrying Vehicles
  • 10 Hours of Rest
  • 11 Hours of Driving
  • 14-Hour Window
  • Rest Breaks
  • 60/70-Hour Limit
  • "Restart" Provisions
  • Sleeper-Berth Options
  • Team Driving
  • Exceptions
  • 14/15-Day Rule
• The HOS Rules: Passenger-Carrying Vehicles
  • 8 Hours of Rest
  • 10 Hours of Driving
  • 15 Hours on Duty
  • 60/70-Hour Limit
  • Sleeper-Berth Option
  • Exceptions
  • 14/15-Day Rule
• Paper Logs
  • What MUST Be on the Log?
  • What Does NOT Have to Be on the Log?
  • Which Items May Be Optional?
  • The Graph Grid
  • Format
  • Time Standards
  • Remarks
  • Shipping Document Numbers
  • Scanning Your Paper Logs
  • Completing a Paper Log
  • Step-by-Step Log Completion
  • Top 15 Tips for Compliant (and Understandable) Logs
  • Keeping Your Log Current
  • Rounding and "Flagging"
  • Multiple Short Stops
  • The Recap & Monthly Summary
  • 5-Line Oilfield Logs
  • Days Off and Vacation
  • Intermittent Drivers
  • Working for Multiple Employers
  • Time Records for 100/150 Air-Mile Drivers
  • Carrying Your Logs
  • Turning in Your Logs
  • Correcting Your Logs
  • Supporting Documents Prior to December 18, 2017
  • Supporting Documents on and After December 18, 2017
• Electronic Logs
  • Three Types
  • What's the Difference Between These Devices?
  • ELD Deadlines
  • Who Has to Use ELDS?
  • No Tampering!
  • Using an AOBRD
  • Using an ELD
  • Using Other Digital Logs
• CSA & HOS
  • Monitoring & Scoring
  • Interventions
  • How Do You Keep Your Scores Low?
• Roadside Inspections
  • Is Your Log Private?
  • Preparing for an Inspection
  • Your Responsibilities
  • Inspection Levels
  • Being Selected for Inspection
  • The Driver Inspection Process
  • Logs and Speeding
  • But It's Not Signed!
  • Being Placed Out of Service
  • Documentation
  • Making It Current
  • What If They Take My Paper Log?
  • Inspection Results
  • Disputing an Inspection
  • What Are the Penalties for Violations?
  • Who Is Responsible for HOS Violations?
• FAQS
  • General
  • On Duty/Off Duty
  • Short-Haul Exceptions
  • 60/70-Hour Rule
  • Sleeper Berth
  • Logs
  • Electronic Logs
  • 34-Hour Restart
  • Mandatory 30-Minute Rest Break
• Logging Scenarios
  • What's Wrong With This Log?
• Industry- and Location-Specific Rules
  • 100/150 Air-Mile Radius Drivers
  • Oilfield Drivers
  • Construction
  • Ready-Mixed Concrete; Asphalt and Related Materials
  • Pipeline Welding Trucks
  • Utility Service Vehicles
  • Agricultural Operations
  • Driver-Salespersons
  • Motion Picture Drivers
  • Alaska: Property-Carrying
  • Alaska: Passenger-Carrying
  • Hawaii
  • Retail Deliveries
  • Groundwater Well Drilling
  • Railroad Signal Employees
  • Hi-Rail Vehicles
  • Drivers Entering Canada
• Glossary

Updates

Appendix A to Part 395, “Functional Specifications for All Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs)”

View Sample

Click on the links below to view sample pages from J. J. Keller's HOS Handbook: The Complete Guide for CMV Drivers, 2nd Edition.

• ELDs
• FAQs
• On Duty or Off Duty?