Under the federal hours of service regulations, drivers can drive up to 11 hours per day and up to 70 hours in an 8-day period.
In a typical for-hire over-the-road truckload fleet, drivers will be on the road for one to two weeks at a time before taking two to three days of home time. I bet if you were to share this information with someone outside the industry and then ask them, “How many hours per week do you think the average OTR driver drives?” you would get a really big number.
