4)  No more than six consecutive hours of driving or other labor may be performed without an on duty rest period and no more than 12 hours of driving and/or other labor may be performed within any 24 hour period.  

5)  Drivers may inspect and count freight, monitor gauges, inspect their vehicles for safety defects, complete paperwork, wait for dispatch, wait for loading or unloading, or wait for repairs during on duty rest periods.

6)  Drivers MAY NOT drive, operate material handling equipment, touch or wrap freight, connect hoses, or perform any labor that would prevent eating or sleeping during on duty rest periods.  Any task requiring the use of both hands MAY NOT be performed during on duty rest periods.

7)  Smart card EOBR's will be issued by each of the 50 States with a new Commercial Drivers License (CDL) permanently laminated to the front with a tamper evident seal.

8)  Commercial vehicles will be equipped with an inexpensive magnetic SENSOR capable of recording and transmitting vehicle speed to nearby EOBR's in the same manner as a wireless bicycle cyclometer.  

9)  ALL movements of the vehicle exceeding 5 minutes and 5 mph will automatically be recorded as ON DUTY.  

10)  Whenever a vehicle is stationary longer than five minutes, EOBR's will automatically record REST periods and log drivers OFF DUTY from the time of the last vehicle movement 14 hours after the first vehicle movement. 

11)  Vehicles must remain stationary during REST periods unless a second EOBR is logged ON DUTY (When riding in the sleeper, off duty drivers must carry their EOBR's in a metal sleeve).

12)  SENSORS will download and store data from EOBR's to detect violations when a driver operates more than one vehicle.  

13)  When violations are detected, SENSORS will wirelessly transmit a silent alarm to law enforcement officers and record the alarm on the EOBR to prevent violators from changing vehicles.  

14)  SENSORS WILL NOT transmit personal information about drivers' activities or whereabouts unless a violation is detected.  If ordered by a court of law, EOBR data can be downloaded by law enforcement officials using a smart card reader.  A SENSOR not detecting a violation will transmit only the vehicle speed and an identification code to indicate that an EOBR is present and operating properly.  Driving without a working EOBR will result in a silent alarm.

15)  An EOBR REPEATER may be purchased from major truck stop chains that will display driving and on duty time remaining to warn the driver before the EOBR records a violation.  REPEATERS may also be purchased by law enforcement agencies and any concerned citizen to detect silent alarms and report violations.

16) EOBR's will be reprogrammed with a unique status code which will be changed every few weeks and with every violation to prevent the manufacture of bogus EOBR's or hacking into the FMCSA's computer system to alter records or obtain personal information. 

    A 2004 court order questioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's decision to increase consecutive hours of driving time from 10 to 11 hours per day.  The above rules limit consecutive hours of driving to 6 with 12 hours as an ABSOLUTE DAILY LIMIT which CANNOT BE EXCEEDED for any reason as in the pre 2003 rules.  Because such activities as loading, unloading, fueling, and parking will be recorded as driving time whereas in the past these activities were logged as "on duty not driving," drivers using the above rules cannot be dispatched to drive more than 10 hours per day if the 12 hour limit is not to be exceeded.  However, allowing drivers paid by the mile to drive more than 70 hours per week could lead to employer abuse, therefore consistent with the court's opinion, drivers will be returned home before 70 hours of labor in excess of off duty time is accumulated while retaining the flexibility to occasionally work overtime to ensure that all time off other than eating and sleeping is spent at home unless a paid vacation is provided.