Feature
Dispatch that can see the hours before it plans the week
Drive, shift and cycle time visible on the dispatch board, mirrored from your ELD. A planning aid, not a replacement logbook.
Free for up to 3 trucks. No card required.
The problem
Dispatch plans a run, then finds out the driver has no hours left to take it.
What changes
What Tezify does
The hours clock on the dispatch board itself, so capacity is planned against what drivers can legally do.
- Drive, shift and cycle clocks visible per driver on the planning board
- Suggested trips scored against hours actually remaining
- An unknown clock is shown as unknown, never as a full one
- Mirrors your certified ELD, which stays the legal record
- Moving-while-off-duty anomalies surfaced
What the rule says
What the regulation requires
- A driver may not drive without first taking 10 consecutive hours off duty.
- 49 CFR 395.3(a)(1) — Start of work shift (2024 CFR)
- Driving is not permitted after a period of 14 consecutive hours from coming on duty following those 10 consecutive hours off duty. The window runs on the clock and does not pause for breaks.
- 49 CFR 395.3(a)(2) — The 14-hour period (2024 CFR)
- Within that 14-hour period a driver may drive a total of 11 hours.
- 49 CFR 395.3(a)(3)(i) — Driving time (2024 CFR)
- Driving is not permitted once more than 8 hours of driving time have passed without at least a consecutive 30-minute interruption of driving status, which may be off-duty, sleeper-berth or on-duty-not-driving time, or a combination. Drivers who qualify for the short-haul exceptions in 395.1(e)(1) or (2) are excepted.
- 49 CFR 395.3(a)(3)(ii) — Interruption of driving time (2024 CFR)
- A driver may not drive after being on duty 60 hours in any period of 7 consecutive days if the carrier does not operate every day of the week, or 70 hours in any period of 8 consecutive days if it does.
- 49 CFR 395.3(b) — The 60/7 and 70/8 limits (2024 CFR)
- Either of those periods may end with the beginning of an off-duty period of 34 or more consecutive hours.
- 49 CFR 395.3(c) — Restart (2024 CFR)
- A motor carrier operating commercial motor vehicles must install and require each of its drivers to use an ELD to record the driver's duty status, no later than December 18, 2017.
- 49 CFR 395.8(a)(1)(i) — Use of an ELD (2024 CFR)
- A carrier may require a driver to record duty status manually rather than use an ELD if the driver completes a record of duty status on not more than 8 days within any 30-day period, is in a driveaway-towaway operation, or drives a vehicle manufactured before model year 2000 as shown by the VIN on its registration.
- 49 CFR 395.8(a)(1)(iii)(A) — When a paper log is still allowed (2024 CFR)
Quoted from the sources linked above. These are summaries, and exceptions apply that they do not cover — read the regulation itself, or ask the agency that issued your authority, before you rely on any of it.
Common questions
What problem does this solve?
- Dispatch plans a run, then finds out the driver has no hours left to take it.
How does TEZIFY handle it?
- The hours clock on the dispatch board itself, so capacity is planned against what drivers can legally do.
Who has to use an ELD?
- A motor carrier operating commercial motor vehicles has to install one and require each of its drivers to use it to record duty status. The section sets that date at no later than 18 December 2017.
Which drivers can still keep a paper log?
- Four cases named in the same section: a driver who completes a record of duty status on not more than 8 days within any 30-day period, the two driveaway-towaway cases, and a vehicle manufactured before model year 2000 as shown by the VIN on its registration. The short-haul exceptions are a separate provision and a separate test.
How long can a driver drive in one shift?
- A total of 11 hours, inside a 14-hour window that begins when the driver comes on duty after 10 consecutive hours off duty. The 14-hour window runs on the clock and does not pause for breaks.
When is the 30-minute break required?
- Once 8 hours of driving time have passed without one. It may be off-duty, sleeper-berth or on-duty-not-driving time, or a combination of them. Drivers who qualify for the short-haul exceptions in 395.1(e)(1) or (2) are excepted.
Is the weekly limit 60 hours or 70 hours?
- 60 hours in 7 consecutive days if the carrier does not operate every day of the week, and 70 hours in 8 consecutive days if it does. Either period may end with an off-duty period of 34 or more consecutive hours.
Is this an add-on, or included?
- Included in every paid plan rather than sold separately, and available on the free tier for up to three trucks.
How much does TEZIFY cost?
- Free for up to 3 trucks, then $19 per truck per month. Every module is included in every paid plan — nothing is held back as an upsell.
Do I pay for each person who logs in?
- No. Pricing is per truck, so dispatchers, accountants, safety managers and mechanics all get their own login at no extra cost.
See it on your own loads
Run your real loads through it before you decide anything.
- Free tier
- Up to 3 trucks, permanently
- After that
- $19 per truck, not per seat
- Included
- Every module, on every plan