Best Practices for US Driver Rulesets

You can use Customizable Driver Rulesets to manage how Hours of Service (HOS) rules are applied across your fleet. For US-based fleets, operations may range from single-state coverage to more complex, multi-state activity—each requiring different configuration approaches.

To support HOS compliance, the table below outlines recommended driver ruleset setups for common US fleet scenarios:

Scenario

Configuration

Result

All fleet drivers operate within the same state.

Set your org default to an Intrastate Ruleset

Drivers will always operate under the HOS rules for the selected state.

Fleet drivers mostly operate in the same state, but occasionally cross state lines.

Set your org default to an Interstate (Federal) Ruleset
Create a State Override Driver Ruleset for the state that drivers occasionally cross into.

Drivers operate under state rules in-state and federal rules out-of-state.

After re-entering the state, they remain on federal rules for 7–8 days or until a 34-hour reset is completed.

Fleet drivers operate in many different states.

Option 1:

Set your org default to an Interstate (Federal) Ruleset
Create a State Override Driver Ruleset for the state that drivers most often cross into.
Set a Per-Driver Ruleset for drivers who operate in states not covered by the org default or state override.

Option 2:

Set your org default to an Interstate (Federal) Ruleset
Set a Per-Driver Ruleset for each driver who regularly operates in other states.

Drivers with a per-driver ruleset will always follow those HOS rules—it takes priority over both the organization default and any state override.

Drivers without a per-driver ruleset will follow the state override if one is set. If not, they will use the organization’s default ruleset.

Comments

Articles in this section

Related articles

Articles in this section