What is the current hours of service (HOS) rule?
The current HOS rule was adopted at the end of the 1930s, largely as a product of the trucking industry exemption from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requiring overtime pay. In 1962 it was amended by the now-defunct Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC). The current rule requires that commercial drivers: · operate a truck or bus in interstate commerce no more than 10 consecutive hours before taking a minimum 8 hours of off-duty rest time which may be split into two unequal periods in a truck sleeper berth; · be on-duty no more than 15 total hours in any 24-hour period, of which no more than 10 hours may be spent driving; and, · drive no more than 60 hours in any 7-day period or more than 70 hours in any 8-day period. The important feature of the current HOS rule is that it permits commercial truckers alternately to drive a maximum of 10 hours straight and to rest for a minimum of 8 hours until reaching 60 hours of driving in seven days or 70 hours of driving in eight days. This per
