What is the average speed a driver can log with todays highway speed limits?
Drivers are required to conform to the posted speed limits prescribed by the jurisdictions in or through which they travel. Where the total trip is on highways with a speed limit of 65 mph, trips of 550-600 miles completed in 10 hours are considered questionable and the motor carrier may be asked to document that such trips can be made. Trips of 600 miles or more will be assumed to be incapable of being completed without violations of the speed limits and may be required to be documented. In areas where a 55 mph speed limit is in effect, trips of 450-500 are open to question; and runs of 500 miles or more are considered incapable of being made in compliance with the speed limit and hours of service limitation. (Interpretive Guidelines: 392.
Drivers are required to conform to the posted speed limits prescribed by the jurisdictions in or through which they travel. Where the total trip is on highways with a speed limit of 65 mph, trips of 550-600 miles completed in 10 hours are considered questionable and the motor carrier may be asked to document that such trips can be made. Trips of 600 miles or more will be assumed to be incapable of being completed without violations of the speed limits and may be required to be documented. In areas where a 55 mph speed limit is in effect, trips of 450-500 are open to question; and runs of 500 miles or more are considered incapable of being made in compliance with the speed limit and hours of service limitation.
