# 150 air-mile radius driver (short-haul) — Federal hours-of-service exemptions by commercial driver operation type

For 150 air-mile radius driver (short-haul), cfr citation is 49 CFR 395.1(e)(1); who qualifies is 150 air-mile radius driver; what it exempts from is exempt from the requirements of §§ 395.8 and 395.11; radius or condition is The driver operates within a 150 air-mile radius (172.6 statute miles) of the normal work reporting location; (ii) The driver, except a driver-salesperson, returns to the work reporting location and is released from work within 14 consecutive hours;; baseline limit (for context) is § 395.3(a)(3)(ii): drivers qualifying for the short-haul exceptions in § 395.1(e)(1) or (2) are not subject to the 30-minute interruption after 8 hours of driving, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-08-30.

- **Exemption:** 150 air-mile radius driver (short-haul) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **CFR citation:** 49 CFR 395.1(e)(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Who qualifies:** 150 air-mile radius driver _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it exempts from:** exempt from the requirements of §§ 395.8 and 395.11 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Radius or condition:** The driver operates within a 150 air-mile radius (172.6 statute miles) of the normal work reporting location; (ii) The driver, except a driver-salesperson, returns to the work reporting location and is released from work within 14 consecutive hours; _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Baseline limit (for context):** § 395.3(a)(3)(ii): drivers qualifying for the short-haul exceptions in § 395.1(e)(1) or (2) are not subject to the 30-minute interruption after 8 hours of driving. _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (1) 150 air-mile radius driver. A driver is exempt from the requirements of §§ 395.8 and 395.11 if: (i) The driver operates within a 150 air-mile radius (172.6 statute miles) of the normal work reporting location; (ii) The driver, except a driver-salesperson, returns to the work reporting location and is released from work within 14 consecutive hours;

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395/subpart-A/section-395.1

Last verified: 2026-08-30. Review by: 2027-08-28.
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