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Hours of service
Also: HOS
Hours-of-service rules set how many hours a commercial driver may drive and be on duty, and the rest they must take, to reduce fatigue-related crashes. For property-carrying drivers the core limits include an 11-hour driving limit within a 14-hour on-duty window after 10 consecutive hours off. Different limits apply to passenger-carrying drivers.
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