[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR395.3]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 395_HOURS OF SERVICE OF DRIVERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  395.3  Maximum driving time for property-carrying vehicles.

    Subject to the exceptions and exemptions in Sec.  395.1:
    (a) No motor carrier shall permit or require any driver used by it 
to drive a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle, nor shall any 
such driver drive a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle:
    (1) More than 11 cumulative hours following 10 consecutive hours off 
duty; or
    (2) For any period after the end of the 14th hour after coming on 
duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty, except when a property-
carrying driver complies with the provisions of Sec.  395.1(o) or Sec.  
395.1(e)(2).
    (b) No motor carrier shall permit or require a driver of a property-
carrying commercial motor vehicle to drive, nor shall any driver drive a 
property-carrying commercial motor vehicle, regardless of the number of 
motor carriers using the driver's services, for any period after--
    (1) Having been on 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 
if the employing motor carrier operates commercial motor vehicles every 
day of the week.
    (c)(1) Any period of 7 consecutive days may end with the beginning 
of any off-duty period of 34 or more consecutive hours; or
    (2) Any period of 8 consecutive days may end with the beginning of 
any off-

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duty period of 34 or more consecutive hours.

[70 FR 50073, Aug. 25, 2005]