The Motive Driver App allows drivers to manage their hours of service (HOS) directly from their mobile device. Accurate HOS tracking is essential for safety, compliance, and smooth fleet operations.
Overview
The Motive Driver App helps drivers efficiently manage and track their HOS records, ensuring compliance and avoiding violations. With real-time clocks, automatic duty status updates, log editing, and DOT inspection readiness, the app simplifies HOS management and helps drivers stay organized.
Key features include:
- Real-time HOS tracking: Monitor drive, shift, and cycle hours instantly, ensuring you stay within legal limits and are aware of remaining time.
- Easy duty status changes: Update your status (e.g., driving, off duty, sleeper berth) with just a few taps, making it easy to stay compliant throughout the day.
- Log maintenance: View, edit, and certify logs directly from your device, keeping them accurate and up-to-date for inspections and audits.
- Inspection readiness: Easily present or transfer logs to DOT officials through the DOT Inspection Mode, ensuring a smooth and efficient inspection process.
- Cycle tracking: Automatically track both U.S. and Canadian cycle rules, helping you manage your available hours and rest periods for each jurisdiction.
Viewing HOS clocks
You can view your clocks in Driver App > Logs. These clocks show:
- Drive clock: Time left before a required break
- Shift clock: On-duty hours remaining in your shift
- Cycle clock: Hours remaining in your 7- or 8-day cycle
- Break/rest clock: Time until or remaining for the required break
The clocks update in real time. Color-coded warnings (e.g., yellow or red) appear as you approach or exceed limits.
Managing your HOS cycle
- Go to the Driver App and click Logs.
- Review the cycle rule listed above your daily logs (for example, US 60/7-day, 70/8-day, or Canadian cycles).
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The app tracks your driving and on-duty hours within the active cycle.
After completing the required reset (such as a 34-hour off-duty period), your hours reset for a new cycle.
Checking the remaining time in a shift reset
1. Open the Motive Driver App.
2. Look in the bottom right corner of the screen to view the time remaining in the shift reset.
3. When the shift reset is completed, the timer will look like below.
FAQs
Where can I find my HOS clocks?
They appear on the Logs screen and in the Driver Hub.
What happens if I forget to change my duty status?
The app auto-switches to Driving when vehicle motion is detected, but manual updates are needed for other activities.
How do I know when I’m close to a violation?
Color-coded HOS clocks (yellow or red) alert you as you approach your limits.
Can I edit my logs if I make a mistake?
Yes. You can edit or annotate logs before certifying them.
How do I prepare for a DOT inspection?
Switch to DOT Inspection Mode in the app to show or transfer your logs.
Which HOS cycle rules are supported?
The app supports major US and Canadian cycles, including 60/7-day, 70/8-day, and Canadian-specific regulations.
Can Driver Edit Logs and Log Form from Driver Dashboard ?
No, drivers are not able to edit Logs or Log forms from the Driver Dashboard. They can only View, Sign, and Download their logs from the dashboard.
To edit Logs or Log forms, drivers must use the Driver App, and they can only make changes for the past 14 days Logs.
Fleet Admins, however, can edit past logs and log forms directly from the Fleet Dashboard.
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