# Hours of Service of Drivers
> **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2020-06-01 · Effective 2020-09-29 · 85 FR 33396
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-11469
- **Category:** motor-carrier
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 33396
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 385
- **Publication date:** 2020-06-01
- **Effective date:** 2020-09-29
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0248
## Abstract

FMCSA revises the hours of service (HOS) regulations to provide greater flexibility for drivers subject to those rules without adversely affecting safety. The Agency expands the short-haul exception to 150 air-miles and allows a 14-hour work shift to take place as part of the exception; expands the driving window during adverse driving conditions by up to an additional 2 hours; requires a 30-minute break after 8 hours of driving time (instead of on-duty time) and allows an on-duty/not driving period to qualify as the required break; and modifies the sleeper berth exception to allow a driver to meet the 10- hour minimum off-duty requirement by spending at least 7, rather than at least 8 hours of that period in the berth and a minimum off-duty period of at least 2 hours spent inside or outside of the berth, provided the two periods total at least 10 hours, and that neither qualifying period counts against the 14-hour driving window.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/06/01/2020-11469/hours-of-service-of-drivers)
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