My boss told me that I'm allowed one 16 hour day per week as long as I'm returning to the same place that I leave from. Now that I'm local/regional, can somebody tell me how this works? Ex. How many hours can I drive out of the 16? I've never heard of this before.

 

This is the rule that he was referring, freebirdrfd.


(o) Property-carrying driver . A property-carrying driver is exempt from the requirements of § 395.3(a)(2) if:
(1) The driver has returned to the driver's normal work reporting location and the carrier released the driver from duty at that location for the previous five duty tours the driver has worked;
(2) The driver has returned to the normal work reporting location and the carrier releases the driver from duty within 16 hours after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty; and

(3) The driver has not taken this exemption within the previous 6 consecutive days, except when the driver has begun a new 7- or 8-consecutive day period with the beginning of any off-duty period of 34 or more consecutive hours as allowed by § 395.3(c).

 

Thanks G, But I still don't know how many of those hours can be on line 3.

 

You may still only drive 11 hours. I use this sometimes once every 7 days.

 

SO I guess I'll have to lose 30 minutes to an hour driving time somewhere. Thanks guys.

 

You might stop by a weigh station and ask one of the dot officers for some clarification. Of course sometimes they are as confused as we are about some of these rules.

 

Thank you

 

Sometimes? Every law we follow is open to interpretation. Some of those interpretations are open to debate if you ask me.