['Enforcement - DOT', 'CMV driving', 'Hours of Service']
['Speed limits', "Driver's record of duty status"]
10/11/2024
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The FMCSA will verify this when auditing a carrier’s logs. The record of duty status must reflect compliance with posted speed limits.
Motor carriers are required to schedule trips such that the driver is not required to speed. The regulation says that no run between points shall be scheduled for completion within a given period of time UNLESS the period of time is sufficient to permit the trip to be completed without exceeding the speed limits. This must be true in all jurisdictions through which the vehicle is operated.
DOT issued guidelines on what would be considered acceptable mileages in relation to the speed limits. Under the 55 mile per hour speed limit, trips between 450 to 500 miles completed within 10 hours are questionable and will have to be documented upon request of a DOT official. Trips of over 500 miles are assumed by the DOT to be incapable of being completed without violations of the 55 mph speed limit.
In those instances where the total distance traveled falls under a 65 mph speed limit, trips between 550 to 600 miles completed within 10 hours are questionable and the motor carrier may be requested to document that the operation is completed within the appropriate speed limits. Any trips of 600 miles or more are assumed to be incapable of being completed without violations. Refer to 392.6.
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