Draw the short-haul boundary around the reporting location
Learn all the conditions before measuring a route.
Simpler records, not extra driving hours
The 150-air-mile short-haul exception in §395.1(e)(1) lets qualifying drivers use carrier time records instead of ordinary RODS. It also excepts qualifying drivers from the thirty-minute driving-break requirement. It does not remove the eleven-hour driving or cycle limits.
- Stay within 150 air miles of the normal work reporting location.
- Return there and be released from work within fourteen consecutive hours.
- For property-carrying work, have at least ten consecutive off-duty hours between duty periods.
- Have the carrier maintain the required time records.
Check the radius, return, and release conditions together. Road mileage alone is not enough.
Air miles measure a straight-line radius
An air mile is a nautical mile. A 150-air-mile radius is about 172.6 ordinary statute miles from base, measured in a straight line. It is not total road mileage.
Release means the work has ended
Arriving at base before fourteen hours is not enough if required work continues beyond that time. Both return and release must meet the rule.
Keep the time records
For six months, the carrier keeps report time, release time, and total on-duty hours. It also keeps the required prior-duty information for new or intermittent drivers.