Both countries
What does GO WITH CONDITIONS mean?
The run is legal as planned if the driver does one thing: takes the US 30-minute break where the result says. That is the only condition BorderHOS gives. Anything that needs a longer rest is a NO-GO with the earliest legal departure.
What drivers say
“Conditions means it's probably fine.”
What the rules say
It means the run is legal only if the condition is met. If the driver skips the break, the run breaks the US break rule.
How it works
Every result also lists the rules BorderHOS does not model, under "What this check does not cover". If one of them applies to the driver, check the hours by hand or on the ELD before the run.
The rule
The interruption must be 30 consecutive minutes of off-duty, sleeper berth or on-duty not driving time, in any combination.
No driving once more than 8 hours of driving have passed without a 30-minute interruption.
Rule values checked against the regulations and verified by CVORReady Inc.
A worked example
A southbound run that is legal with one break.
- Direction
- Canada to US
- Hours read at
- 13:30 EDT on Mon Oct 5
- Came on duty at
- 06:00, after 10 h off
- This shift so far
- 7 h 30 m driving, 7 h 30 m on duty, 7 h 30 m driving since the last break
- Canadian cycle
- Cycle 1 (70 hours in 7 days)
- US cycle
- 70 hours in 8 days
- On-duty hours
- 30 h in the last 7 days, 30 h in the last 8 days
- 24 hours off in a row in the last 14 days
- Yes
- The run
- Leaves at 13:30, drives 30 m to the border, then 2 h after it
This is the answer the free check gives for these hours.
Legal with one condition: take a 30-minute break before crossing.
At the border, under US rules
| Driving left | 3 h |
|---|---|
| 14-hour window left | 6 h |
| 70-hour cycle left | 39 h 30 m |
| Driving before the 30-minute break | 0 m |
Where the hours came from
Hours entered by hand.
BorderHOS is a planning aid. It does not replace your ELD, the driver's judgment, or the regulations. Results depend on the hours used.
How this was worked out
- Hours read at 13:30 on Mon Oct 5: 7 h 30 m driving and 7 h 30 m on duty this shift. Hours count under both countries' rules; only the rules change at the border.
- Departs 13:30, drives 30 m in Canada, crosses at 14:00, then 2 h in the US.
- At the border under US rules: 3 h of driving left, 6 h of the 14-hour window left, 39 h 30 m of the 70-hour cycle left.
- The US 30-minute break falls due at 14:00. With the break the run is legal.
What this check does not cover
- Sleeper-berth splits are not modeled.
- Canadian deferral of daily off-duty time is not modeled.
- Adverse driving conditions are not modeled.
- Team drivers, north of 60, oil-well permits and short-haul exemptions are not modeled.
- Border wait is not added. Time waiting in line counts as on duty.
- The date of the driver's last 24 hours off was not given. It is assumed to fall within the last 14 days for the whole run.
Engine 1.0.1. Rule values 1.1.0, verified by CVORReady Inc.
What fixes it
- Take the break at the point the result names, and the run is legal.
Related
- There's no half-hour break in Canada, so why does my driver need one in the States?
US 30-minute break
- Do my driver's hours reset when they cross the border?
Hours carry across the border