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Written by Charissa Fleischer
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If necessary and applicable to your operating zone, you can claim exemptions to your regional HOS requirements.

Adverse Driving Exemption

If you encounter adverse driving conditions or need to extend your driving, on-duty or elapsed time because of an emergency, you may be eligible to claim an adverse driving exemption. Claiming the exemption increases the drive time amount by two hours and reduces the off duty requirement by two hours. If your region and fleet administrator allows it and you are eligible to claim an adverse driver exemption, you can do so from the Samsara Driver App.

When you claim the exemption, you can also add a remark explaining the details surrounding the claim. All remarks are entered to the log and data file, making them visible to any fleet administrators and inspection officers that view your daily log.

To claim an adverse driving exemption:

  1. In the Samsara Driver App, tap the HoS tile to view the count status of a drive.

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  2. Select Log, to view your daily log.

  3. Scroll down on the driver daily log to find the Exemptions section and tap Adverse Driving (Canada).

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  4. Add a New Remark to the daily log to explain the exemption.

  5. Claim the exemption.

  6. Certify and Submit your log.

    After claiming the exemption, the HOS dials reflect the revised requirements afforded by the exemption. The daily log also displays the remark for the Adverse Driving Exemption.

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Defer Off-Duty Time

As part of Canada Hours of Service Regulations, if you are a driver operating in Canada South and your fleet manager has enabled Off-Duty Exemptions, you can defer up to 2 hours of their required daily off duty time to the next day.

Claiming this exemption enables you to decrease the total required off-duty time for the claim day by the amount deferred and add it to the off duty time taken on the day after. When you defer off duty time, you can also add a remark to the log and data file so the inspection officer can analyze your daily log with this in mind.

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On the HOS > Log and Roadside Inspection screens, the day the exemption is claimed is marked as Day 1 and the next day is marked as Day 2. This exemption is not available to be claimed on Day 2 (but can be claimed again on the following day). Dials are updated to reflect the elimination of (Day 1) and increased requirement for (Day 2) Off Duty time, as appropriate.

To defer off-duty time to the next day:

  1. In the Samsara Driver App, tap the HoS tile to view the count status of a drive.

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  2. Scroll down on the driver daily log to find the Exemptions section and select Off Duty Deferral.

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  3. Claim the exemption.

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  4. Add Remark up to 36 characters to explain the deferral. The remark is saved in the daily log.

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  5. Certify and Submit your hours of service.

  6. After you log your time, you can see the exemption in your HOS log. During a roadside inspection, the official can also view the remark in your HOS logs.

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