Keep your team legal and audit-ready. LFS delivers a practical HOS & ELD course that turns 49 CFR Part 395 into clear rules your supervisors and drivers can follow. We cover daily/weekly limits, the 30-minute break, split sleeper options, short-haul, adverse-conditions flexibility, and how to configure/document ELD workflows correctly. Certificates issued to every attendee. 

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Who this is for
Safety managers, dispatch leads, HR, and driver trainers at property-carrying carriers (interstate and Texas intrastate) who need fewer violations and cleaner audits.

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Training formats

• In-person (Houston • Dallas • Fort Worth)

• Live webinar (interactive)

• Private onsite (customized to your ELD + policies)

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What we teach (the essentials you’ll actually use)

Daily limits & driving window (property-carrying)

• Max 11 hours driving after 10 consecutive hours off-duty.

• No driving after the 14th consecutive hour on duty (off-duty doesn’t pause the 14). 

30-minute break

• Required after 8 cumulative hours of driving, and it can be on-duty not driving, off-duty, or sleeper, as long as it’s 30 consecutive minutes (you can combine statuses, consecutively). 

Weekly limits & restart

• May not drive after 60/70 hours on duty in 7/8 consecutive days.

• You can restart the 7/8-day period with 34+ consecutive hours off-duty. 

Sleeper-berth splits

• Use 7/3 or 8/2 (total 10 hours). When paired, neither period counts against the 14-hour window. 

Short-haul exception (CDL), §395.1(e)(1)

• Within 150 air-miles, return to the same work reporting location and be released within 14 hours → exempt from RODS §§395.8/395.11 (and thus ELD) on those days. 

Adverse driving conditions

• Up to 2 additional hours of driving time when truly unforeseen conditions are met (document properly). 

ELD fundamentals & who’s exempt

• ELDs synchronize with the engine to automatically record driving time and make HOS easier to track. 

• Not required to use ELDs: short-haul (timecard) drivers; drivers using RODS ≤8 days in any 30-day period; driveaway-towaway; pre-2000 engine vehicles (still bound by HOS when RODS are required). 

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Deliverables you can keep on file

• Certificate of completion (named per attendee)

• HOS policy template (with 30-minute break & sleeper-berth language)

• ELD configuration checklist (driver edits, notes, annotations, malfunctions)

• Roadside quick card (what to present, how to transfer, common errors)

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Outcomes you can expect

• Fewer HOS violations (30-minute break, 14-hour, log form-and-manner)

• Cleaner audits and less enforcement friction

• Better insurer posture and coaching consistency

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