Personal Conveyance is a duty status for the US and Canada defined by the ELD mandate as Off Duty drive time while driving a commercial motor vehicle doing non-work related activities. You can claim up to 46.5 miles (75 km) a day for Personal Conveyance.
To enforce the maximum distance allowed per day, you can enable Personal Conveyance Auto-Duty as part of your HOS Settings (Settings > Compliance). When this setting is enabled, Samsara automatically transitions drivers to On Duty Driving status when the driver exceeds the daily allowable Personal Conveyance driving distance.
The Samsara Driver App displays a prompt to alert drivers about the transition and drivers cannot edit their status to a non-driving status in the app. After reaching the daily allowance, drivers will not be able to select Personal Conveyance as a duty status for the rest of the day.
The ELD mandate requires that carriers be able to configure the availability of the Yard Move and Personal Conveyance special duty statuses on a per-driver basis. You can also apply the settings in bulk using the driver import process. After you enable the duty status, the Samsara Driver App displays the status tile as an available selection.
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(Canada only) Before you begin, ensure that you Enable Canada HOS.
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Select the Settings icon (
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Select Organization > Drivers.
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Locate the driver for which you want to configure the Personal Conveyance duty status.
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In the row for the driver select ( ... ) > Edit.
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In the Hours of Service section of the driver profile, enable the duty status for ELD Personal Conveyance (PC).
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Save your changes.
If you need to enable the Personal Conveyance duty status for multiple drivers, you can do so using a template in comma-separated values (CSV) format.
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(Canada only) Before you begin, ensure that you Enable Canada HOS.
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Select the Settings icon (
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Select Organization > Drivers.
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From the More Actions menu, Download CSV. Samsara creates a CSV file containing all drivers and driver profile settings.
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Edit the CSV file to set the ELD Personal Conveyance (PC) field to TRUE for the relevant drivers.
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On the Drivers page, select More Actions > Upload CSV.
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Upload your CSV file.
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Preview and then Confirm the changes.
If you allow drivers to make use of the Personal Conveyance duty status, you may be concerned that drivers could stay in the Personal Conveyance status even in situations where an alternate status may be more appropriate. To help manage how drivers can utilize Personal Conveyance, Samsara has a Personal Conveyance Auto Transition setting to restrict the usage of Personal Conveyance.
This setting will automatically switch drivers from Personal Conveyance to ELD Drive if the vehicle exceeds the distance threshold. The Samsara Driver App will display a prompt to alert drivers about the transition and restrict drivers from editing their status to a non-driving status in the app.
When Canada HOS is enabled in the Compliance settings, Personal Conveyance Auto-Duty Transition is automatically enabled for Canada. As this setting is mandatory in Canada it cannot be disabled for Canada.
Even though it is not required for the US ELD mandate, you can also enforce this functionality for drivers in the US.
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(Canada only) Before you begin, ensure that you Enable Canada HOS.
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Select the Settings icon (
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Select Compliance.
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Enable Personal Conveyance Auto Transition for any applicable regions.
Per the ELD Mandate, the Personal Conveyance and Yard Move duty status will be reset after an engine restart. When the ELD detects that the vehicle has stopped and the vehicle has had an ignition cycle where the engine is turned off and then turned back on, the ELD displays a prompt that provides the driver the option to stay in PC or YM.
If the driver takes no action within 300 seconds, the Samsara Driver App switches the driver’s status from Personal Conveyance to Off Duty. If the vehicle moves again, the driver is put into ELD Drive unless the driver selects the Personal Conveyance status in the app again.
When Canada HOS is enabled in the Compliance settings, the Personal Conveyance Auto-Duty Transition feature will automatically be enabled for Canada. As this setting is mandatory in Canada, it cannot be disabled for Canada. With this setting enabled, Samsara automatically transitions drivers to an On Duty Driving status when the driver exceeds the daily allowable Personal Conveyance driving distance.
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If the driver navigates away from the Samsara Driver App or closes it such that the app is no longer active, the prompt does not display. In this case, the driver must manually reselect PC to continue operating in PC status. We recommend training drivers to always make sure they select PC or YM after any engine restart event.
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