The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s COVID-19 hours of service waiver has been extended yet again.
The latest extension takes the COVID waiver out another three months, to Aug. 31.
Under the waiver and its extension, HOS requirements are waived for vehicles that are “providing direct assistance in support of emergency relief efforts related to COVID-19.”
Shipments of goods that fall under the waiver are:
There is a requirement that drivers taking advantage of the waiver report into FMCSA monthly about their use of the exemption.
