Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations

81 (1) A motor carrier shall require every driver to fill out and every driver shall fill out a daily log each day that accounts for all of the driver’s on-duty time and off-duty time for that day.

(2) This section does not apply if

• (a) the driver operates or is instructed by the motor carrier to operate a commercial vehicle within a radius of 160 km of the home terminal;

• (b) the driver returns to the home terminal each day to begin a minimum of 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time;

• (c) the motor carrier maintains accurate and legible records showing, for each day, the driver’s duty status and elected cycle, the hour at which each duty status begins and ends and the total number of hours spent in each status and keeps those records for a minimum period of 6 months after the day on which they were recorded; and

• (d) the driver is not driving under a permit issued under these Regulations.