how many hours a day can a otr driver drive?
In general, the regulations provide that for property-carrying commercial vehicles, such as tractor-trailer trucks, drivers cannot drive more than 11 cumulative hours per day, and they can only be on duty for 14 hours per day. In between shifts, the driver must generally be off duty for at least 10 consecutive hours. Moreover, a driver cannot accumulate more than 60 hours of on-duty time during 7 consecutive days or 70 hours during 8 consecutive days. It is important to keep in mind that this restriction applies to on-duty time, not driving time.