FMCSA & Compliance
HOS (Hours of Service)
Hours of Service are the FMCSA rules limiting how long a CDL driver may drive and stay on duty, in order to reduce fatigue-related crashes. Property-carrying drivers may generally drive eleven hours after ten consecutive hours off duty, inside a fourteen-hour window, and are capped weekly at sixty or seventy hours.
Hours of Service (HOS) rules limit CDL driver duty and driving time to reduce fatigue-related crashes. Property-carrying drivers are generally limited to 11 hours of driving after 10 consecutive hours off-duty, within a 14-hour on-duty window, and 60/70 hours across 7/8 days. HOS violations are a top-cited item in FMCSA roadside inspections and CSA scoring.
Why it matters for recruiting and operations
HOS limits directly shape how far a driver can run in a day, which affects route design, dispatch planning, and realistic pay expectations recruiters set with candidates. Carriers with a pattern of HOS violations also see it reflected in CSA scores, which can affect insurance costs and, in turn, the pay and equipment a carrier can offer to attract drivers.
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