Does your driver have the hours to cross?

Check both countries' rules before you dispatch. Free, no login.

BorderHOS checks a driver's hours against Canadian and US hours of service (HOS) rules before the load is booked, so nobody gets parked at the border.

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NO-GO

Not legal as planned. The run breaks the US 11-hour driving limit.

Why

Binding limit: US 11-hour driving limit (49 CFR 395.3(a)(3)(i)). Hours worked on both sides of the border count toward it.

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What makes this a GO

10 h off duty from 14:00, then depart at 00:00 EDT on Tue Oct 6 or later. The rest of the run stays the same.

At the border, under US rules

Driving left0 m
14-hour window left1 h
70-hour cycle left19 h 30 m
Driving before the 30-minute break3 h 30 m

Engine 1.0.1. Rule values 1.1.0, verified by CVORReady Inc.

This is a real answer from the free check, for a southbound run where the hours driven in Canada leave no US driving time at the border. Open this run in the free check

  • 37rule values, each checked against SOR/2005-313 and 49 CFR Part 395
  • 2countries' rules on every run, checked minute by minute
  • 19NO-GO explanations, one page per limit
  • 0hours stored. Nothing you enter is saved

Three mistakes that park trucks at the border

  1. Counting on 13 hours of driving in the US

    Canada allows 13 hours of driving in a shift. The US allows 11, and the hours driven in Canada count. A driver who is legal at the line can be out of hours the moment they cross.

    13 hours vs 11 hours

  2. Missing the US 30-minute break

    Canada has no break rule. The US requires a 30-minute break after 8 hours of driving, and the miles driven in Canada count toward it.

    The 30-minute break, US vs Canada

  3. Mixing up the cycles and resets

    Canada runs Cycle 1, 70 hours in 7 days, or Cycle 2, 120 in 14. The US runs 60 in 7 or 70 in 8. A US 34-hour restart is not a Canadian reset.

    Cycle 1 vs Cycle 2

How it works

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  1. Enter the hours

    Pick the driver's hours from the ELD, and the run: driving time to the border and after it. Nothing you enter is saved.

  2. Every minute is checked

    The run is checked minute by minute under the rules of the country the truck is in, with every hour counted on both sides of the line.

  3. Get the answer

    GO, NO-GO or GO WITH CONDITIONS, the limit that decides it, the regulation behind it, and the earliest time the run is legal.

A planning aid, not an ELD

BorderHOS checks the plan before the truck leaves. It does not log hours, and it does not replace the ELD, the driver's judgment or the regulations.

The answer comes from fixed rules, the same way every time. Every rule number comes from the regulations and is verified by CVORReady Inc.

Values verified by CVORReady Inc. Last verified 25 Oct 2026.

VerifiedCVORReady Inc.25 Oct 2026

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