If your dispatcher pressures you to keep driving after your 14 hours have expired, what is the correct response?

• A.Drive if the load is urgent
• B.Drive but log the time as off duty
• C.Do not drive beyond the limit; explain the rule, document the exchange, and stop in a safe place
• D.Drive only on rural roads

Why

Hours-of-service limits are legal limits, not targets that urgency can override, and a carrier may not require or permit driving past them. The driver who moves the truck bears the violation and the crash risk.

Manual topic: Hours of Service - Compliance · From the General Knowledge practice bank (GK-267).

Practice this subject as a full test

More Fatigue & Hours-of-Service Awareness questions

• Under the property-carrying hours-of-service rules, what is the maximum driving time allowed after coming on duty before you must take 10 consecutive hours off?
• What does the 14-hour rule mean for a property-carrying driver?
• How many consecutive hours off duty are normally required before a property-carrying driver starts a new duty period and regains a full 11 and 14 hours?
• After 8 hours of cumulative driving time, what break is required before you may drive again?
• What is the weekly limit concept behind the 60/70-hour rule?