If a commercial driver goes outside the farm’s designated air-mile radius and doesn’t qualify for the limited ELD exemption, there’s two ways to record their Hours of Service (HOS) on an ELD:
Option 1:
A driver can operate within the 150-air mile radius without logging into the ELD, and then login once they reach the radius limit. The drive time that takes place within the radius will be labeled as unidentified driving time on the ELD.
The driver rejects the unidentified driving time, and the carrier submits a note on the log explaining that the driving time is covered under an agriculture HOS exemption.
Option 2:
The driver can log on as soon as they’re on duty, and just identify the time they drove within the 150-air mile radius with an annotation on the ELD, stating that the vehicle was operating under an agriculture HOS exemption.
When a driver is required to use an ELD, the safety official will transfer and review the ELD data.