Transportation 50

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ("FMCSA") has issued regulatory guidance regarding drivers record of duty status under the hours of service regulations.  Under the hours of service regulations, drivers are required to prepare records of duty status in duplicate.  Motor carrier regulations already allow those records to be maintained electronically.  Some motor carriers require their drivers to complete logs manually and then the motor carrier scans those logs and retain the electronic copies.  In that circumstance, the FMCSA no longer requires the driver to prepare records of duty status in duplicate.  Instead, the driver can now prepare one copy of the logs, scan and send it to the carrier, and retain the original for seven days as required by regulation.