Hos short haul exception documentation

Skill x3fleetsafety/skills/skills/hos-short-haul-exception-documentation

Use this skill when a driver is operating under the 150 air-mile short-haul exception and is asked to produce records. Covers the simplified time records required, when ELD is NOT required, and the documentation that satisfies inspectors.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add x3fleetsafety/skills --skill hos-short-haul-exception-documentation

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Short-Haul Exception Documentation (§ 395.1(e))

Drivers operating within 150 air-miles of their normal work-reporting location AND returning to that location within 14 hours of going on duty are exempt from ELD recordkeeping under § 395.1(e), but they are NOT exempt from time records.

What's required (simpler than RODS)

Start time on duty
End time on duty
Total on-duty hours for the day
Confirmation driver returned to the work-reporting location
Confirmation driver was off-duty at least 10 consecutive hours before going on duty

A time clock, timesheet, or even pen-and-paper log satisfies the requirement.

What's NOT required

ELD device
Records of Duty Status (RODS) graph
Location annotations every change of duty status
Personal conveyance tracking (not on duty)

Common pitfall

A driver who occasionally exceeds 150 air-miles in a single day loses the exception for that day and must produce a paper RODS for that day. The 8-day-in-30 rule applies: paper RODS for occasional excursions, but if it happens more than 8 days in a 30-day window, ELD is required.

ELD installation timing

Carriers operating exclusively under short-haul exception do not need ELDs installed. If operations expand (e.g., new long-haul lane), ELDs must be installed before that operation begins.

CFR citations

49 CFR § 395.1(e)
49 CFR § 395.8(a)

How Compass surfaces this

This skill is searchable in the Compass Ask interface and runs against the carrier's actual fleet data when invoked from within the relevant tracker. It is read-only — no actions are taken without explicit user approval.

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This skill is published under the X3 Compass open skills initiative. Contributions welcome at https://github.com/x3fleetsafety/skills

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