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If your carrier runs trucks every day of the week, what is your on-duty limit?
70 hours in 8 days.
- 60 hours in 7 days
- 80 hours in 8 days
- 70 hours in 8 days ✔
Why: Drivers may not drive after 60 on-duty hours in 7 days, or 70 hours in 8 days if the carrier operates every day. These are rolling totals, not calendar weeks.
Huh, didn't know that: The same 60/70 limits apply to passenger-carrying drivers.
What's a trucker's favorite part of the week? The restart button.
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Answer: 70 hours in 8 days. Drivers may not drive after 60 on-duty hours in 7 days, or 70 hours in 8 days if the carrier operates every day. These are rolling totals, not calendar weeks.
- 49 CFR 395.3 Maximum driving time for property-carrying vehicles (eCFR) www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-395.3
on duty 70 hours in any period of 8 consecutive days if the employing motor carrier operates commercial motor vehicles every day
Checked 2026-10-10.
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