Safe and Smart New Driver Training Program: Hours of Service: Short-Haul Rules

This course is designed to help CMV drivers learn how to comply with the short-haul hours-of-service rules.

The hours-of-service regulations apply to commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) involved in interstate commerce and cover two areas:

• Hours of service. The number of hours which drivers can drive and/or work in a given period of time. These are hours drivers must account for.

• Drivers’ time records. What drivers use to keep track of their hours of service.

After completing this course, learners will be able to:

• Identify when the short-haul rules apply
• Explain how to correctly apply the short-haul rules
• Describe recordkeeping requirements for the short-haul rules

Short-Haul Driver Rules

• Qualifications
• Two Long Days
• Additional Benefits
• Time Records
• 100 Air-Mile Radius Exemption

Approximately 20 minutes

A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to receive a certificate of completion. Users are able to repeat the course twice if the pass mark is not achieved.

Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available to download and print.