The Motive Driver App supports U.S. property-carrying drivers in accurately tracking and managing their Hours of Service (HOS). Proper HOS management is critical for safety, regulatory compliance, and avoiding violations during daily operations.
Overview
The Motive Driver App applies FMCSA HOS rules automatically to help drivers stay compliant with U.S. property cycle regulations. It tracks shift limits, driving limits, cycle hours, rest requirements, and applicable exceptions in real time, reducing manual calculations and compliance errors.
The app supports both 60-hour/7-day and 70-hour/8-day cycles, along with restart options, sleeper berth rules, and special exceptions.
Rules
- Shift starts after any period of 10+ hours off-duty/sleeper/waiting
- The driver must not drive after 14 hours from the start of the shift
- The driver must not drive more than 11 hours per 14-hour shift
- The driver must not drive after 8 hours of driving time since the last off-duty/sleeper/waiting/on-duty-not-driving of 30+ minutes
- The cycle starts 7/8 days before the end of the current day
- The driver must not drive after 60/70 hours on-duty/driving since the cycle started
- 34-hour restarts allowed at any time
- 24-hour restart exception allows any 24+ hour off-duty/sleeper to start a new cycle
- An 8-hour break exception exempts the driver from taking 30+ minutes of breaks
- 16 hours short-haul exception allows a 16-hour shift once per week or after a 34-hour restart
- Adverse Driving Condition allows 2 extra hours in a shift and an 11-hour drive clock to extend to a 13-hour clock
Split Sleeper berth
- The Split sleeper berth provision allows drivers to split their required 10-hour off-duty period into two qualifying periods (e.g., 3/7 split sleeper berth, 8/2, and 7.5/2.5 sleeper berth split break), provided one off-duty period (whether in or out of the sleeper berth) is at least 2 hours long. The second off-duty period is at least 7 consecutive hours spent in the sleeper berth.
- Just so you know – the 2 periods must sum up to 10 hours total (know more about the 10-hour sleeper berth rule).
- When used together, neither period counts against the maximum 14-hour shift window.
Cycle Resets
- Drivers may take 34 or more consecutive hours off-duty to reset their cycle at any time.
- Any 24 or more consecutive hours off-duty or sleeper berth may start a new cycle under the 24-hour restart exception.
Exceptions
Allows a 16-hour shift once per week or following a 34-hour restart when eligible.
- Allows up to 2 additional on-duty hours
- Extends the 11-hour driving limit to 13 hours for the affected shift
- 24-hour restarts allowed
- No 8-hour break required (when eligible)
- Short-haul exception allowed
Violations Monitored
The Motive Driver App monitors and flags the following violations:
- 14-hour shift violation
- 11-hour driving violation
- 30-minute break violation
- 60-hour cycle violation
- 70-hour cycle violation
- Adverse driving (13-hour driving) violation
- 16-hour short-haul exception violation
FAQs
How does Motive support Drivers logging multiple short qualifying periods under the US property cycle rule?
The Motive Driver App chooses combinations that are more advantageous for Drivers and minimizes violations on driver logs. Here are examples illustrating how Motive handles multiple possible shorter qualifying periods under the US property cycle rule:
- 3-2-7 -> 3+7
- 4-3-7 -> 3+7
- 2-3-8 -> 3+8
- 5-4-7 -> 4+7
- 3-4-2-7 -> 4+7
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