Trucking Firm Seeks Logbook Break for Two-Mile Trips
Published Date: 7/17/2026
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Summary
CCS Transportation, Inc. wants a special okay to count short trips between its two locations as 'on-duty but not driving' on their electronic logs. This change would affect their truck drivers and could make tracking hours easier without breaking rules. The government is asking for public thoughts by August 17, 2026, before deciding if this exemption gets the green light.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Short public-road moves logged as yard moves
CCS Transportation asked for permission to let its drivers log short trips between two CCS facilities in Conway, Arkansas (1.3 miles apart) as on-duty (not driving) “yard moves” on electronic logging devices. If FMCSA grants the requested five-year exemption, CCS’s 130 drivers and 128 commercial vehicles could record these low-speed (≤25 mph), local movements as yard moves instead of driving time, which the company says would reduce administrative burden and preserve hours-of-service driving time.
Five-year, company-specific HOS exemption request
CCS requested a five-year exemption from the driving-time definition in 49 CFR 395.2/395.3(a)(2) so brief movements on local public roads between its two adjacent Conway, Arkansas properties can be treated as yard moves. CCS describes limits on the exemption: operations confined to a predefined route, no interstate or linehaul travel, low speeds (≤25 mph), and written standard operating procedures with driver training, ELD annotations, and tracking.
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