Within seven consecutive days, how many hours can a driver be on duty before they are not allowed to drive?
- 60 hours
- 80 hours
- 50 hours
- 70 hours ✓
Answer: D. 70 hours
A driver cannot drive after being on duty for 70 hours within seven consecutive days.
Why this is the answer
The truck handbook describes a seven-day cycle and a 14-day cycle. Under the seven-day cycle, it says a driver cannot drive after being on duty for 70 hours in a period of seven consecutive days. It also says drivers following this cycle must not drive after reaching 70 on-duty hours without taking 24 consecutive hours off duty. That makes 70 hours the stated seven-day threshold in the question.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. 60 hours — The handbook sets the seven-day on-duty limit at 70 hours, not 60.
- B. 80 hours — Eighty hours is above the stated seven-day limit of 70 on-duty hours.
- C. 50 hours — Fifty hours is below the stated seven-day on-duty limit of 70 hours.
Remember it
Pair the short cycle with its number: seven days, 70 on-duty hours.