Property-carrying driver: 16-hour short-haul exception
For Property-carrying driver: 16-hour short-haul exception, cfr citation is 49 CFR 395.1(o); who qualifies is A property-carrying driver; what it exempts from is exempt from the requirements of § 395.3(a)(2); radius or condition is (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; baseline limit (for context) is § 395.3(a)(2): a driver may not drive after a period of 14 consecutive hours after coming on-duty, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-08-30.
- Exemption
- Property-carrying driver: 16-hour short-haul exception our reading
- CFR citation
- 49 CFR 395.1(o) our reading
- Who qualifies
- A property-carrying driver verified
- What it exempts from
- exempt from the requirements of § 395.3(a)(2) verified
- Radius or condition
- (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 verified
- Baseline limit (for context)
- § 395.3(a)(2): a driver may not drive after a period of 14 consecutive hours after coming on-duty. our reading
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What the source says
(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) .
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-28
Source
- ecfr.govhttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395/subpart-A/section-395.1