february 2007 commercial vehicle drivers hours of service module 16: north of 60

February 2007

Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service

Module 16: North of 60


Module 16 - 2

Drivers face harsh driving conditions and long stretches between communities north of latitude 60°N so Regulations include a modified set of rules for these drivers

What are the requirements when traveling north of 60?

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Module 16 - 3

What will I learn in this module?

Driving, on-duty and work shift limits Off-duty requirements Sleeper berth rules for single

driver and team drivers Cycle limits, cycle resets

and cycle switching© Microsoft®


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What are the driving limits when traveling north of latitude 60°N? Driving time limit increased by 2 hours Driver must stop driving after 15 hours

driving

Driving Limit

13 hours + 2 hours

= 15 hours

STOP DRIVING AFTER

15 HOURS DRIVING


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What are the on-duty limits when traveling north of latitude 60°N? On-duty time limit increased by 4 hours Driver must stop driving after 18 hours

on-duty

On-Duty Limit

14 hours + 4 hours

= 18 hours

STOP DRIVING AFTER

18 HOURS ON-DUTY


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What are the work shift limits when traveling north of latitude 60°N?

Work shift limit increased by 4 hours Driver must stop driving after 20 hours on

a work shift

STOP DRIVING AFTER

20 HOURS ON WORK

SHIFT

Work Shift Limit

16 hours + 4 hours

= 20 hours


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When do the limits apply?

Driver is eligible to apply new limits as soon as a driver crosses the latitude 60°North

Driver does not have to record this change in limits on daily log

When driver is north of latitude 60°, driver applies north of 60° limits

When the driver is south of latitude 60°, driver applies south of 60° limits


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What are the off-duty requirements when traveling north of latitude 60°N? Off-duty time decreased by 2 hours Driver must take 8 consecutive hours off-

duty (core rest period)

Daily Off-Duty Requirement

10 hours – 2 hours= 8 hours


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What are the off-duty requirements when traveling north of latitude 60°N?

Core Rest Period

8 consecutive off-duty hours

Work Shift

Core Rest Period

8 consecutive off-duty hours


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What are the sleeper berth rules for a single driver when traveling north of latitude 60°N? Eligible Sleeper Berth Periods Sleeper berth period >= 2 hours This sleeper berth period + another sleeper

berth period >= 8 hours Driving time accumulated before and after the

sleeper berth period <= 15 hours No driving after 18 hours on-duty accumulated

before and after the sleeper berth period


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What are the sleeper berth rules for a single driver when traveling north of latitude 60°N?

Work Shift Limits When Using Sleeper Berth Stop driving after 15 hours of driving time

(before and after each eligible sleeper berth period)

Stop driving after 18 hours of on-duty time (before and after each eligible sleeper berth period)


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What are the sleeper berth rules for a single driver when traveling north of latitude 60°N?

STOP DRIVING AFTER

15 HOURS DRIVING

STOP DRIVING AFTER

18 HOURS ON-DUTY


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What are the sleeper berth rules for team drivers when traveling north of latitude 60°N?Eligible Sleeper Berth Periods Sleeper berth period >= 4 hours This sleeper berth period + another sleeper

berth period >= 8 hours Driving time accumulated before and after the

sleeper berth period <= 15 hours No driving after 18 hours on-duty accumulated

before and after the sleeper berth period


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What are the sleeper berth rules for team drivers when traveling north of latitude 60°N?

Work Shift Limits When Using Sleeper Berth Stop driving after 15 hours of driving time

(before and after each eligible sleeper berth period)

Stop driving after 18 hours of on-duty time (before and after each eligible sleeper berth period)


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What are the sleeper berth rules for team drivers when traveling north of latitude 60°N?

STOP DRIVING AFTER

15 HOURS DRIVING

STOP DRIVING AFTER

18 HOURS ON-DUTY


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How does a driver to switch to a regular work shift (no sleeper berth)? 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time

REST FOR 8 CONSECUTIVE

HOURS


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What are the cycle limits when traveling north of latitude 60°N?

Cycle 1 – limits on-duty time over a period of 7 days

Cycle 2 – limit of on-duty time over a period of 14 days

Reach cycle limit - driver must stop driving


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What are the cycle resets when traveling north of latitude 60°N? Driver can take extended period of off-duty

time (cycle reset) After reset period – accumulated on-duty

hours set back to zero, driver starts new cycle and resumes driving

Driver does not have to take cycle reset – driver can reduce hours so as not to exceed cycle limits


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Cycle 1

No driving after 80 hours on-duty time during any period of 7 consecutive days

Driver must take at least 36 consecutive hours off-duty time to reset cycle

STOP DRIVING AFTER

80 HOURS ON-DUTY IN

7 DAYS


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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Off-Duty Off-Duty

10 hours on-duty

16 hours on-duty

18 hours on-duty

18 hours on-duty

18 hours on-duty 24 hours

off-duty

24 hours off-duty

10 hours on-duty

Cycle 1 Example

STOP DRIVIN

G

STOP DRIVIN

G


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Off-Duty Off-Duty 11 hours on-duty

12 hours on-duty

14 hours on-duty

11 hours on-duty

11 hours on-duty

10 hours on-duty

10 hours on-duty

10 hours on-duty

13 hours on-duty

15 hours on-duty 24 hours

off-duty

12 hoursoff-duty

Start a new cycle – resume driving

Cycle 1 Example

STOP DRIVIN

G

STOP DRIVIN

G


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Sliding Window

Day # Total On-Duty for Day Total On-Duty for 7 Days

1 11

2 12

3 14

4 11

5 11

6 10

7 10 79

8 10 78

9 13 79

10 15 80


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Cycle 2

No driving after 120 hours on-duty time in any period of 14 consecutive days

Driver can’t exceed 80 hours of on-duty time without taking at least 24 consecutive hours off-duty time

Driver must take at least 72 consecutive hours off-duty time to reset cycle

STOP DRIVING AFTER

120 HOURS ON-DUTY IN

14 DAYS


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Off-Duty Off-Duty Off-Duty

12 hours

on-duty

18 hours

on-duty

18 hours

on-duty

18 hours

on-duty

14 hours

on-duty

24 hours off-duty

10 hourson-duty

10 hours

on-duty

12 hours

on-duty

8 hourson-duty

12 hours

on-duty

Cycle 2 Example

STOP DRIVIN

G

STOP DRIVING

STOP DRIVIN

G

STOP DRIVIN

G

STOP DRIVIN

G

STOP DRIVIN

G


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Off-Duty Off-Duty Off-Duty

14 hours

on-duty

16 hours

on-duty

8 hours on-duty

7 hours on-duty

7 hours on-duty

10 hours

on-duty

18 hours

on-duty

24 hours off-duty

9 hours on-duty

7 hours on-duty

9 hours off-duty

4 hours on-duty

4 hours on-duty

4 hours on-duty

10 hours

on-duty

11 hours

on-duty

7 hours on-duty

15 hours

on-duty

24 hoursoff-duty

18 hourson-duty

4 hours on-duty

18 hours

on-duty

24 hoursoff-duty

24 hoursoff-duty

24 hoursoff-duty

Start a new

cycle – resume driving

Cycle 2 Example

STOP DRIVING

STOP DRIVING

STOP DRIVING

STOP DRIVING

STOP DRIVING


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Sliding WindowDay # Total On-Duty for Day Total On-Duty for 14 Days

1 14

2 16

3 8

4 7

5 7

6 10

7 18

8 0

9 9

10 7

11 9

12 4

13 4

14 4 117

15 10 113

16 11 108

17 7 107

18 15 115

19 0 108

20 18 116

21 4 102

22 18 120


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What is “mandatory 24 hours off-duty”? No driving after 14 consecutive days

(regardless of number of on-duty hours in cycle)

After 14 consecutive days on-duty, driver must take at least 24 consecutive hours off-duty time before driver resumes driving

STOP DRIVING AFTER 14 DAYSON-DUTY


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24 hours off-duty

On-duty

On-duty

On-duty

On-duty

On-duty

On-duty

On-duty

On-duty

On-duty

On-duty

On-duty

On-duty

On-duty

On-duty 24 hours

off-duty

On-duty

On-duty

On-duty

On-duty

On-duty

Day Off Example

STOP DRIVIN

G

STOP DRIVIN

G


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How do drivers switch cycles?

Switch from Cycle 1 to Cycle 2 – 36 consecutive hours off-duty time

Switch from Cycle 2 to Cycle 1 – 72 consecutive hours off-duty time


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Summary of North of 60 LimitsDaily Off-Duty Requirement At least 8 hours off-duty

Work Shift LimitsNo Sleeper Berth Used: No driving after 15 hours driving No driving after 18 hours on-duty No driving after 20 hours elapsed time (includes all time in work shift)

Single Driver Using Sleeper Berth: No driving after 15 hours driving on either side of each eligible sleeper berth period No driving after 18 hours on-duty on either side of each eligible sleeper berth period

(excluding time in sleeper berth) (Eligible sleeper berth period ≥ 2 hours; total for 2 eligible sleeper berth periods ≥ 8 hours)

Team Drivers Using Sleeper Berth: No driving after 15 hours driving on either side of each eligible sleeper berth period No driving after 18 hours on-duty on either side of each eligible sleeper berth period

(excluding time in sleeper berth) (Eligible sleeper berth period ≥ 4 hours; total for 2 eligible sleeper berth periods ≥ 8 hours)


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Summary of North of 60 Limits

Cycle Limits (cycle specified by carrier)Cycle 1: No driving after 80 hours on-duty in any 7 consecutive days At least 36 consecutive hours off-duty (to reset cycle)Cycle 2: No driving after 120 hours on-duty in any 14 consecutive days No driving after 70 hours on-duty at any time in the cycle without

taking 24 consecutive hours off-duty At least 72 consecutive hours off-duty (to reset cycle)Day Off: No driving after 14 consecutive days (regardless of the number of

on-duty hours) without taking at least 24 consecutive hours off-duty

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