Intrastate truck driver hours-of-service rules by state — where they differ from federal
The hours-of-service rules for commercial drivers operating solely within one state, per state: maximum driving hours per shift, the on-duty window, the weekly/cycle cap, the short-haul air-mile radius, and whether the state simply adopts the federal rules unchanged (which is itself an answer worth stating). Federal 49 CFR 395 does not apply intrastate; states set their own, and they genuinely differ — Florida allows 12 driving hours in a 16-hour window against the federal 11-in-14 (Fla. Stat. 316.302), California allows 12 hours and an 80-in-8 cycle (13 CCR 1212). Answers 'how many hours can I drive if I never leave Texas', 'does the 14-hour rule apply intrastate in Florida', and the questions small intrastate carriers and their drivers ask without a compliance department to ask instead. No neutral cross-state compilation exists; the search results and page-one content contradict each other about Texas.
The data
| State | Max driving hours | On-duty window | Weekly/cycle limit | Statute or rule | Adopts federal rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal | a total of 11 hours | after a period of 14 consecutive hours after coming on-duty following 10 consecutive hours off-duty | 60 hours in any period of 7 consecutive days if the employing motor carrier does not operate commercial motor vehicles every day of the week; or ( 2 ) Having been on duty 70 hours in any period of 8 consecutive days | 49 CFR 395.3 | |
| Florida | 12 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty | after the end of the 16th hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty | 70 hours in any period of 7 consecutive days or more than 80 hours in any period of 8 consecutive days | F.S. 316.302 | no — intrastate drivers need not comply with 49 C.F.R. ss. 391.11(b)(1) and 395.3; Florida sets its own limits |
| Virginia | 19VAC30-20-80 | yes — incorporates the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (49 CFR Parts 390 through 397, including hours of service) by reference for both interstate and intrastate commerce, with certain exceptions |
Where this came from
Every record above links the page it was taken from and quotes the sentence that states it. These are the 3 sources this dataset was assembled from.
- ecfr.govhttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395/subpart-A/section-395.3
- leg.state.fl.ushttp://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0300-0399/0316/Sections/0316.302.html
- law.lis.virginia.govhttps://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title19/agency30/chapter20/section80/
Machine-readable
- data.jsonThe whole dataset — every record with its source URL and source quote.
- Open Knowledge Format bundleOne JSON object per line — every record's frontmatter and quoted span exactly as it is held here, in one fetch.
- How this is made and checkedWhat "verified against source" does and does not mean.