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On duty 8 hours.
Only drove 6.
Do you still need the 30-minute break?

#HOS #ELD #TruckDrivers #Trucking

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Good discussion on this one.

Yard Move may be used on private property under 49 CFR 395.8 and ELD guidance.

Once a public roadway is involved, the movement must be logged as Driving.

Details matter.

#HOS #ELD #Trucking #TruckDrivers

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Yard Move is allowed on private property.

49 CFR 395.8 + ELD guidance.

Public road = different rule.

#HOS #ELD #YardMove

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Inside a fenced yard.

ELD switches to Driving.
You change it to Yard Move.
Compliant?

#HOS #ELD #Trucking

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The 30-minute break satisfies 49 CFR 395.3(a)(3)(ii).

It does NOT pause the 14-hour duty window under 395.3(a)(2).

Two separate rules.
Two separate limits.
#HOS #ELD #Detention #HoursOfService

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6 hours in detention.
You log your 30-minute break.
Did that protect your 14-hour window?

Answer tonight.

#HOS #ELD #Detention #HoursOfService #TruckDrivers

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Split ≠ automatic 14 pause.
Adverse may extend drive/on-duty by 2 hours.
60-hour limit under 49 CFR 395.3(b) does not extend.
At 58.5 hours — that stops you first.
#HOSCompliance

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Split sleeper.
Adverse weather.
58.5 on a 60-hour week.
No standalone 30.
What legally stops you first?
#HOSCompliance

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Detention ≠ paused 14.

49 CFR 395.3(a)(2)

When 14 expires, driving stops.

#HOS #ELD

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Operational scenario:

Driver checks in at 8:00 AM.
Still staged outside the facility at 3:00 PM.
Drive time available.
14-hour window nearly exhausted.
This is where detention becomes a compliance issue, not just a pay issue.
We’ll examine the rule implications tonight.
#hos

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Adverse can extend up to 2 hours.

Only if unforeseeable.

Forecasted storm? No.

49 CFR 395.1(b)

#HOS

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Blizzard.
35 miles left.
14 almost gone.
Can adverse save you?
#HOS #AdverseDriving #ELD

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8-hour cumulative rule controls.

49 CFR 395.3(a)(3).

Split sleeper doesn’t override it.

#HOS #SplitSleeper #ELD

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Parking full doesn’t override the 14.

49 CFR 395.3 prohibits further driving once expired.

PC doesn’t extend it.

#HOS #ELD #FMCSA

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14-hour clock just expired.
Truck stop full.
Next one is 5 miles away.
What do you do?
#HOS #ELD #PersonalConveyance #FMCSA

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False.

PC does not extend the 14-hour rule.

49 CFR 395.3 prohibits further driving once the window expires unless a specific exception applies.

#HOS #ELD #PersonalConveyance #FMCSA

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True or False:

14-hour clock expires.
Can you switch to Personal Conveyance and keep moving?
Answer below.

#HOS #ELD #PersonalConveyance #FMCSA

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Everyone has an opinion about HOS. The 14-hour pause is only part of the conversation.

If you could change ONE Hours-of-Service rule today, what would you change — and why?

Comment your role when you reply (Driver, Fleet, Safety, Regulator)👇

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Drivers worry about longer days. Fleets worry about compliance. Safety teams worry about fatigue. Regulators want data. What do YOU see?
#FMCSA #HOS #TruckingNews #DriverSafety #14HourRule #TruckingIndustry

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“25 minutes off — close enough!”
Nope. DOT says 30 minutes before eight hours of driving.

#HOSCompliance #SafetyFirst #DOTAudit