Hours of service - Indiana

Indiana has adopted Part 395 of the Federal Regulations.

Part 395 applies to for-hire carriers operating motor vehicles exclusively in intrastate commerce that have a gross vehicle weight, gross vehicle weight rating, gross combination weight, or gross combination weight rating of 10,001 pounds or more.

Part 395 applies to private carriers operating motor vehicles exclusively in intrastate commerce that have a gross vehicle weight, gross vehicle weight rating, gross combination weight, or gross combination weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more.

Part 395 applies to any size vehicle (for-hire or private) transporting a placardable amount of hazardous materials.

Exception —Part 395 does not apply to a truck registered and used as a farm truck under IC 9-18, vehicles operated in intrastate construction or construction related service, and vehicles used in the restoration of public utility services interrupted by an emergency.

Exception — The operator of a “covered farm vehicle” as defined in Sec. 390.5 is exempt from the hours-of-service requirements in Part 395. This exception does not apply if transporting a placardable amount of hazardous materials.

Exception — Part 395 does not apply to drivers transporting agricultural commodities from the source of the agricultural commodities to a location within a 150 air-mile radius from the source, or farm supplies for agricultural purposes from a wholesale or retail distribution point of the farm supplies to a farm or other location where the farm supplies are intended to be used within a 150 air-mile radius from the distribution point, or farm supplies for agricultural purposes from a wholesale distribution point of the farm supplies to a retail distribution point of the farm supplies within a 150 air-mile radius from the wholesale distribution point when such transportation occurs during planting and harvesting seasons. This exception, as it applies to the transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies, is restricted to single vehicles and cargo tank motor vehicles with a capacity of not more than 5,400 gallons. Indiana’s planting and harvesting season is January 1 through December 31 of each year.

Indiana has adopted the electronic logging device (ELD) requirements in Part 395 for intrastate motor carriers and drivers.