# 2025-20677: Ladies' Edition Bus Tours Want Exemption from Trucker Logging Tech

2025-20677, Commercial Driver's License; Electronic Logging Device Requirements: Diamond Excursions Ladies Edition d/b/a Project Gap; Application for Exemptions, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published 2025-11-24, effective Comments must be received on or before December 24, 2025. (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20677
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20677
- Title: Commercial Driver's License; Electronic Logging Device Requirements: Diamond Excursions Ladies Edition d/b/a Project Gap; Application for Exemptions
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 53048
- Published: 2025-11-24
- Effective: Comments must be received on or before December 24, 2025.
- Comments close: 2025-12-24
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Ladies' Edition Bus Tours Want Exemption from Trucker Logging Tech

## Summary

Diamond Excursions Ladies Edition, aka Project Gap, asked for a break from some commercial driver rules about licenses and electronic logging devices. The government wants your thoughts on this by December 24, 2025. If approved, it could change how certain drivers track their hours and handle licenses, possibly saving time and money for those involved.

## Abstract

FMCSA requests public comment on the application from Diamond Excursions Ladies Edition, doing business as Project Gap (Project Gap), for exemptions from the commercial driver's license (CDL) and electronic logging device (ELD) regulations.

## Effects PRIA read

- Possible CDL Exemption for Project Gap: benefit, low. Project Gap (Diamond Excursions Ladies Edition), a 501(c)(3) that uses unpaid volunteer drivers to deliver donated goods, has applied for an exemption from the commercial driver's license (CDL) requirement in 49 CFR 383.23. FMCSA is requesting public comment on that application (Docket No. FMCSA-20…
- Possible ELD Exemption for Volunteer Drivers: benefit, low. Project Gap has applied for an exemption from the electronic logging device (ELD) requirement in 49 CFR 395.8(a)(1)(i); Project Gap says its trips exceed the 8-days-in-30 exemption threshold and that compliance with ELD rules is a significant burden for its volunteer drivers. FMCSA seeks comments o…

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## Sources
- [2025-20677 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20677/commercial-drivers-license-electronic-logging-device-requirements-diamond-excursions-ladies-edition)
- [2025-20677 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20677.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20677 (as of 2026-06-08).