# Short-haul driver of a vehicle not requiring a CDL — Federal hours-of-service exemptions by commercial driver operation type

For Short-haul driver of a vehicle not requiring a CDL, cfr citation is 49 CFR 395.1(e)(2); who qualifies is The driver operates a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle for which a commercial driver's license is not required under part 383 of this subchapter; what it exempts from is a driver is exempt from the requirements of §§ 395.3(a)(2) , 395.8 , and 395.11; radius or condition is The driver operates within a 150 air-mile radius of the location where the driver reports to and is released from work, i.e., the normal work reporting location; (iii) The driver returns to the normal work reporting location at the end of each duty tour; (iv) The driver does not drive: (A) After the 14th hour after coming on duty on 5 days of any period of 7 consecutive days; and (B) After the 16th hour after coming on duty on 2 days of any period of 7 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:** Short-haul driver of a vehicle not requiring a CDL _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **CFR citation:** 49 CFR 395.1(e)(2) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Who qualifies:** The driver operates a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle for which a commercial driver's license is not required under part 383 of this subchapter _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it exempts from:** a driver is exempt from the requirements of §§ 395.3(a)(2) , 395.8 , and 395.11 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Radius or condition:** The driver operates within a 150 air-mile radius of the location where the driver reports to and is released from work, i.e., the normal work reporting location; (iii) The driver returns to the normal work reporting location at the end of each duty tour; (iv) The driver does not drive: (A) After the 14th hour after coming on duty on 5 days of any period of 7 consecutive days; and (B) After the 16th hour after coming on duty on 2 days of any period of 7 consecutive days; _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **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, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (2) Operators of property-carrying commercial motor vehicles not requiring a commercial driver's license. Except as provided in this paragraph, a driver is exempt from the requirements of §§ 395.3(a)(2) , 395.8 , and 395.11 and ineligible to use the provisions of § 395.1(e)(1) , (g) , and (o) if: (i) The driver operates a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle for which a commercial driver's license is not required under part 383 of this subchapter ; (ii) The driver operates within a 150 air-mile radius of the location where the driver reports to and is released from work, i.e., the normal work reporting location; (iii) The driver returns to the normal work reporting location at the end of each duty tour; (iv) The driver does not drive: (A) After the 14th hour after coming on duty on 5 days of any period of 7 consecutive days; and (B) After the 16th hour after coming on duty on 2 days of any period of 7 consecutive days;

## 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.
Part of [Federal hours-of-service exemptions by commercial driver operation type](https://referencesource.org/federal-hours-of-service-exemptions-by-operation-type/).