Video Overview
Hours of Service Training: Recording Your Hours
Runtime: 21:43
Intended Audience: Property-Carrying CMV Drivers
Overview:
Time is limited. No one can add a minute to an hour, day, or week. For professional drivers, time is further limited by the hours-of-service regulations. The purpose of the hours of service regulations is to keep tired drivers off the road. After many hours behind the wheel, fatigue sets in, and it can lead to bad decisions and deadly crashes. For the safety of all drivers, compliance with the hours of service regulations has been required of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers since the 1930s.
The Hours of Service Driver Training curriculum will help drivers and carriers to be compliant while maximizing the available hours through a full understanding of how the limits affect safety and productivity.
The FMCSA expects proof a driver stays in compliance with the limits and requires drivers to record when they exceed the limits. Recording hours is done electronically, manually, or by keeping a time record. Which one a driver will need to use depends on the type of operation, how often and how far they drive, and the equipment they use. Drivers need to know where they're going and how they're going to get there. That's where a trip plan comes in. The HOS record at the end of a productive day will match up almost perfectly with the plan. It's no "accident" because there's no rush and no surprises.
Hours of Service Training: Recording Your Hours is designed to teach drivers when each type of record can be used and how each is evaluated during a roadside inspection. It also helps drivers with planning their trips to avoid violations.
Objectives:
After completing this program, learners will be able to:
- Describe how to use trip planning to achieve successful time management
- Identify two important components of coercion
- Explain how supporting documents are used to validate recorded hours
- Explain when to keep track of their hours using an ELD, manual log, or time record
- Recognize how roadside inspection expectations differ between ELDs, manual logs, and time records
Outline
The J. J. Keller Hours of Service Training: Recording Your Hours program covers the following topics:
Introduction
- Introduction
- What You'll Learn
Trip Planning
- Good Plans Lead to Good Outcomes
- Plan Requirements
Coercion of Drivers Prohibited
- What is Coercion?
- Difference Between Tough Coaching and Coercion
- What a Driver Can Do About Coercion
Supporting Documents
- What Are Supporting Documents?
- Exemptions
Recording Duty Status
- Electronic Logging Device (ELD)
- Manual Logs
- Time Records
- Retention
Roadside Inspections Expectations
- HOS is Verified at Roadside Inspections
- Electronic Logging Device (ELD)
- Manual Logs
- Time Records
Conclusion
Regulations Covered: 49 CFR Part 395
Copyright Date: 2020