This course is designed to help drivers avoid operating a commercial motor vehicle when fatigued and comply with the hours-of-service limits.

After completing this Hours of Service Limits course, driver’s will be able to:

• Recognize how fatigue requires drivers to stop driving even if they have hours left to legally operate
• Identify off-duty activities that qualify as a 10-hour break
• Describe how the 14-hour limit is calculated
• Identify which duty status the 11-hour limit tracks
• Determine when to use the 60- or 70-hour limit
• Identify an exception which resets the 60- or 70-hour limit
• Explain how to satisfy the 30-minute break required under the interruption of driving provision
• Differentiate between cumulative and consecutive limits

This online Hours of Service: Limits course covers the following topics:

• Ill or Fatigued Operator
• 10-Hour Clock (Off-Duty)
• 14-Hour (On-Duty) Limit
• 11-Hour (Driving) Limit
• 60- and 70-Hour (On-Duty) Limit
• Interruption of Driving
• 34-Hour Restart

Approximately 20 minutes

Testing conducted throughout this online course is designed to reinforce the information presented. A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to pass this course. The course is able to be taken three times in efforts to achieve the pass mark. Printable resources are available in the form of a comprehensive student manual. The manual is a valuable resource for future use and knowledge retention.

Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available for download and printing.