DOT Rules
RESET
Tricky Business
Spills!
100
A driver may only drive this many hours before taking a 10 hour break.
What is 11 hours?
100
I've had a great week! But uh-oh -- my ELD is saying I'm low on hours -- I must be getting close to having worked:
What is 70 hours in 8 days?
100
When traveling in Louisiana, I can only haul a maximum of this quantity of 22 Baume HCl per load:
What is 4,850 gallons?
100
This person is notified of every spill at Reagent.
Who is Jason Stanley (JP)?
200
A driver does this after 8 cumulative hours of driving.
What is take a 30 minute break?
200
A driver can take a break this long and completely re-start his DOT hours.
What is a 34-hour reset?
200
My customer is 213 miles away -- I use this formula to figure out how long the trip will take.
What is 1 hour for every 50 miles?
300
This can be completed in two parts -- 7/3 or 8/2.
What is a split break?
300
In order to complete a reset, drivers must be in one of these two statuses.
What is Off-Duty or Sleeper-Berth?
300
I have two deliveries tomorrow - I have figured up the mileage and determined that both loads require both drivers to leave at the same time - this is a deciding factor that puts one above the other.
What is drive distance?
(ex. two loads that leave their point of origin at the same time, like 3 a.m., but one load is 50 miles away and one is 100 miles away, the load that is 100 miles will be #1, the 50 mile load #2)
400
These are the hours that are counted to calculate a driver's 70 hours per 8 day cycle.
On-duty time and Drive time are both added up to determine how many hours of service a driver has used and remain to be used during an 8 day cycle.
400
This special exception allows drivers to extend their day - but only once per 7-day period and provided a driver has begun and ended their last 5 consecutive workdays at the same location and completes 10 hours off-duty before starting the shift and does not extend driving past 11 hours.
What is a 16 hour exemption?
500
Only when a driver is nearly out of hours, does not pick up hours, and does not have scheduled days off in time to reset their hours, should they do this.
When should a driver take a reset?
500
Only these employees should instruct drivers on how to utilize their E-Logs.
Who are driver managers (terminal manager)?