Maven’s Mobile App Fully Adapts to FMCSA’s New HOS Rules
On September 29, 2020, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) put its new Hours of Service (HOS) rules into effect. The new rules, which give drivers increased flexibility and drive hours, apply changes to rules involving the short-haul exemption, the adverse driving conditions exception, the 30-minute break requirement, and the sleeper berth provision.
With ample time to download our latest app update before the new rules took effect, our drivers were able to rest easy, knowing that Maven’s mobile app automatically adapted to the new rules. Without any changes to the way the Maven app functions and looks, drivers could seamlessly adapt to the new rules with total compliance.
Adapting your technology to regulatory changes in the transportation industry can be frustrating. That’s where Maven comes in and handles all the complicated work on the back end to ensure that your devices automatically update to adapt to what are sometimes complicated and confusing changes.
Maven functions as the essential operating system of trucking – providing a user-friendly experience with maximum flexibility. Our forward-thinking compliance team works with the government and other regulatory organizations to ensure complete and total compliance within the industry.
The following table provides a synopsis of each previous regulation along with a synopsis of the new regulation and the anticipated impact of the changes:
Short-Haul
Exemption
|
Previous Regulation |
New Regulation |
Impact |
|
To utilize the short-haul exemption, drivers must stay
within 100 air-miles of their start/end location. On-duty time for the short-haul
exemption cannot exceed a 12-hour limit. |
To utilize the short-haul exemption, drivers must stay
within 150 air-miles of their start/end location. On-duty time for short-haul
exemption is a 14 hour limit. |
More drivers can use the short-haul exemption. This
change will allow drivers to have more on-duty time. |
Adverse
Driving Conditions
|
Previous Regulation |
New Regulation |
Impact |
|
A driver can drive a CMV for no more than 2 additional
hours beyond the maximum time allowed, but can not extend the maximum
“driving window.” |
Allows a driver to extend the maximum “driving window”
by up to 2 hours during adverse driving conditions. This change applies both
to drivers of property-carrying CMVs (14-hour “driving window”) and
passenger-carrying CMVs (15-hour “driving window”). |
Increases the use of the adverse driving condition
provision. Allows driving later in the workday, potentially shifting forward
the hours driven and VMT travelled. Allows drivers time to park and wait out
the adverse driving condition or drive slowly through it. |
30-Minute
Break Requirement
|
Previous Regulation |
New Regulation |
Impact |
|
If more than 8 consecutive hours have passed since the
last off-duty (or sleeper berth) period of at least half an hour, a driver
must take an off-duty break of at least 30 minutes before driving. |
Requires a 30-minute break only when a driver has reached
8 driving hours for the day since their last continuous 30 minute
interruption in driving If required, the break may be satisfied by any
non-driving period of 30 minutes, i.e. on-duty not driving, off-duty, or
sleeper berth time. 30 minutes must be consecutive but can be satisfied by
any combination of the above activities. |
Loosens break restrictions so that drivers can satisfy
their break requirement with any non-driving activity |
Sleeper
Birth Provision
|
Previous Regulation |
New Regulation |
Impact |
|
A driver can use the sleeper berth to get the
“equivalent of at least 10 consecutive hours off-duty.” The driver must spend
at least 8 consecutive hours (but less than 10 consecutive hours) in the
sleeper berth. This rest period does not count as part of the 14-hour limit. A second, separate rest period must be at least 2 (but
less than 10) consecutive hours long. This period may be spent in the sleeper
berth, off-duty, or sleeper berth and off-duty combined. It does count as
part of the maximum 14-hour driving window. |
Modifies the sleeper berth requirements to allow
drivers to take their required 10 hours off-duty in two periods, provided one
off-duty period (whether in or out of the sleeper berth) is at least 2 hours
long and the other involves at least 7 consecutive hours spent in the sleeper
berth. Neither period counts against the maximum 14-hour
driving window. Additionally, 8-hour sleeper-berth period by itself can no
longer be excluded from the 14-hour driving window. |
Allows one hour to be shifted from the longer rest
period to the shorter rest period. |
As your close partner, our team understands the importance of compliance. Compliance guarantees increased operational efficiency, improved safety, and increased profit margins – all of which are part of Maven’s mission for moving you into the future.
