Florida HOS

I am kinda curious to. And nice to see some one else from Jacksonville, FL!

 

Florida HOS is the same as the rest of the country as HOS is federal regulated, not state regulated, and the post above is inaccurate.

60 and 70 hour rules;

A driver may not drive if their carrier operates 6 days a week and they have logged 60 hours in a rolling 7 day period.

A driver may not drive if their carrier operates 7 days a week and they have logged 70 hours in a rolling 8 day period.

A 34 consecutive hour break will reset the 60 and 70 hr clock.

14 hour rule;

A driver may not drive if they logged a on duty status for 14 hours. Do note that the 14 hr clock doesnt stop until you complete the first part of sleeper provision or a 10 hr break. Many newer drivers violate this rule.

11 hr clock;

A driver may not drive for more than 11 hours without completing a 10 hr break.

 

Is the Fla. carrier bound by the Feds if he don't leave the state?

 

No he's not. We have the same thing in Canada but as long as a carrier hasn't crossed a border for a period of 2 years he's considered an INTRA carrier only and up here in Alberta you can work 15 hours a day 7 days a week.


Here's what I found on Florida regs and the link for all other states is at the bottom of this message:

Florida -[FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana]Florida has adopted intrastate tolerance guidelines for intrastate drivers. A driver is allowed to drive any part of the first [/FONT][/FONT]15 [FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana]on-duty hours in any [/FONT][/FONT]24[FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana]-hour period. [/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana]He or she may not operate a commercial motor vehicle again until he or she has had [/FONT][/FONT]8 [FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana]hours of rest. A driver may not be on-duty more than [/FONT][/FONT]72 [FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana]hours in any period of [/FONT][/FONT]7 [FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana]consecutive days, but carriers operating every day of the week may permit drivers to remain on-duty for a total of not more than [/FONT][/FONT]84 [FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana]hours in any period of [/FONT][/FONT]8 [FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana]consecutive days.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana] Drivers may reset their weekly aggregate on-duty totals by taking at least [/FONT][/FONT]24 [FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana]hours off-duty. An intrastate driver operating within a [/FONT][/FONT]200 [FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana]air-mile radius of the vehicle’s home base does not need to keep logs but the motor carrier is responsible for keeping records of the driver’s on-duty time for the required six months.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana] Drivers of commercial motor vehicles less than 26,000 pounds do not need to comply with HOS regulations. [/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana]For more information, please contact the Florida Department of Transportation at (850) 488-7920. [/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana]Note: Florida is forfeiting a portion of its Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) funding because of its logging exception and its weekly on-duty aggregate totals, both of which are in excess of the maximum federal variances allowed in 49 CFR 350.341 (d) and (e).[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana][FONT=Verdana,Verdana] Federal tolerance guidelines allow a limit of a 150 air-mile radius logging exception for intrastate drivers and maximum weekly on-duty totals of 70 hours in 7 days or 80 hours in 8 days.
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No, as others have said. Doing so would violate the 9th and 10th amendments of the constitution. If your starting and ending point is within 150 air miles of your home terminal, then you are exempt from federal HOS. You dont need to keep a log book, unless the stste requires you too. I drove a city bus in Orlando for 2 years, and never kept a log.

 

It actually restricts the driver to a radius of 150 miles around the start point.

 

Actually my numbers were a little off;

It's a 100 air mile radius, and it does restrict starting and ending locations. You can gander at 395.1 (e).