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An intrastate driver of a vehicle transporting hazardous substances or hazardous waste, as defined in 49 CFR 171.8, must comply with the federal driver hours-of-service regulations contained in Part 395.
The following property-carrying vehicles are subject to California’s intrastate hours-of-service requirements.
- Motortrucks of three or more axles which > 10,000 lbs. gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR);
- Truck tractors;
- Any other two axle motortruck not specified above that is regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, Department of Motor Vehicles, or the United States Secretary of the Department of Transportation. This would include a vehicle or combination of vehicles ≥10,001 lbs. GVWR or gross vehicle weight (GVW);
- Trailers and semitrailers, pole or pipe dollies, auxiliary dollies, and logging dollies used in combination with vehicles listed above;
- Any combination of a motortruck and any vehicle or vehicles set forth above that exceeds 40 ft. long when coupled together;
- Any vehicle or any combination of vehicles transporting hazardous materials;
- Manufactured homes that, when moved on the highway are required to be moved under a specified permit;
- Any commercial motor vehicle with a GVWR ≥ of 26,001 lbs.; and
- Any commercial motor vehicle of any GVWR towing any trailer, semitrailer, pole or pipe dolly, auxiliary dolly or logging dolly with a GVWR > 10,000 lbs.
A driver employed by a local publicly owned electrical utility or an electrical, gas, telephone, or water corporation as defined in the Public Utilities Code, or a public water district as defined in the Water Code is exempt from all hours-of-service regulations while operating a utility service vehicle.
There are also exceptions to the hours-of-service requirements for drivers transporting certain farm products, firefighters involved in emergency operations, and law enforcement.
| Driving Time |
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| On-Duty Time | 16 consecutive hrs. |
| Off-Duty Time | 10 consecutive hrs. |
| Weekly Limits | 80-hrs/8-days (Any period of eight consecutive days may end with the beginning of any off-duty period of 34 or more consecutive hours.) |
| Air-Mile Radius Exemption | Logs are not required of drivers who:
Drivers who meet these requirements must record the time they report to and are released from duty each day and the total number of hours on duty each day. These records must be maintained by the motor carrier for six months. |
Electronic logging device (ELD)
Effective January 1, 2024, California requires use of electronic logging devices (ELDs) for intrastate motor carriers and drivers who previously used paper logs to record their hours of service.