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This course covers the following information:

DOT Hours of Service: An Overview of the Regulations

  • The problems that can result from driver fatigue.
  • The concepts of "on-duty" and "off duty" time and why they are important.
  • The time limits placed on drivers by the "Hours of Service" regulation.

DOT Hours of Service: Keeping Track of Your Time

  • Why it is important for drivers to track and document their hours.
  • The types of information that a driver must document in their daily logbook.
  • What a "graph grid" is and how it is used to document a driver's hours.

DOT Hours of Service: 14-Hour Duty and 11-Hour Driving Limits

  • How to follow the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's "14-hour duty window" and "11-hour driving limit" rules.
  • The types of activities that are considered "on-duty" time, according to the "Hours of Service" regulations.
  • The benefits of rest breaks and when they are required by the DOT "Hours of Service" regulations.

DOT Hours of Service: 60-Hour/7-Day and 70-Hour/8-Day Limits

  • The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's "60-Hour/7-Day" and "70-Hour/8-Day Limits".
  • How to calculate your hours in order to properly handle duty limits.
  • What you need to do to reset your "weekly clock" when you "run out" of time so that you will have a full 60 or 70 hours of "on-duty" time available to you again.

DOT Hours of Service: Using the Sleeper Berth Provision

  • How driving a truck equipped with a sleeper berth can be an advantage when managing your "Hours of Service".
  • How the Sleeper Berth Provision affects how you can calculate both your "on-duty" and "off-duty" hours.