Hours of Service Aware Routing for Compliance and On-Time Delivery

Plan routes with built-in HOS awareness to reduce violations, improve safety, and eliminate manual compliance checks.

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Turning Hours-of- Service Complexity
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Automated Break, Rest, and Layover Planning

Automatically plan compliant breaks, rest periods, and layovers for single-day and multi-day routes, eliminating manual scheduling and reducing compliance risk.

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Built-In HOS Constraints Within Route Optimization

Embed Hours of Service rules directly into route optimization to automatically respect driving limits, duty cycles, and rest requirements from the start.

Automated HOS-Compliant Rest Stop Planning

Add rest and break stops within routes based on Hours of Service (HOS) rules and remaining drive time.

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Region-Specific Compliance With ELD & Telematics Integration

Support regional HOS regulations and integrate with ELDs and telematics systems to use live driver hours, ensuring accurate, compliant, and executable plans for dispatchers and drivers.

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Industry Specific Use Cases

Trucking Industry

Plan and execute routes that are safe, compliant, and cost-effective.

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Manufacturing & Supplier Logistics

Plan inbound and outbound freight using driver availability to prevent HOS-related delays and protect just-in-time operations.

Retail Distribution & Linehaul

Plan HOS-compliant overnight and inter-hub routes that align driver shifts and keep store replenishment on schedule.

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Consistent HOS Compliance Across Regions

Apply region-specific HOS rules seamlessly across routes to maintain compliance, reduce violations, and keep operations running smoothly.

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United States

Automatically account for FMCSA HOS requirements across planning and execution to reduce violations, improve safety, and keep operations on schedule.

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Canada

Automatically apply Canadian Hours of Service rules to route planning and execution, reducing violations and operational risk.

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Australia

Automatically apply Australian work and rest rules to route planning to reduce fatigue risk and regulatory violations.

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Europe

Automatically apply European driving and rest regulations to route planning and execution to reduce violations and operational risk.

Frequently asked questions

Features

Hours of Service–aware routing automatically plans and adjusts routes based on driver HOS regulations, ensuring that driving time, mandatory breaks, rest periods, and shift limits are respected. This helps fleets generate compliant routes while still meeting delivery windows and operational constraints.

The system intelligently inserts mandatory breaks, rest stops, and layovers directly into route plans. It accounts for remaining drive time, duty status, and upcoming delivery commitments, preventing violations while maintaining realistic ETAs.

Yes. When delays occur due to traffic, incidents, or loading issues, routes are dynamically recalculated to reflect updated driver availability and remaining HOS limits. This ensures compliance is maintained even in changing on-road conditions.

By planning routes that align driver availability with delivery windows from the start, HOS-aware routing reduces last-minute disruptions, unplanned stops, and manual re-routing. resulting in more reliable, on-time deliveries.

Yes. The platform automatically inserts required rest stops and layovers into routes based on remaining drive time, duty status, and delivery commitments, eliminating manual planning and reducing compliance risk.

HOS-aware routing supports flexible driver profiles, including split shifts, team drivers, and varying start/end times, ensuring compliant planning across diverse fleet operations.

By embedding HOS logic directly into route calculations, the platform removes manual checks and rework, helping planners create compliant routes faster, handle exceptions more efficiently, and focus on higher-value operational decisions.

HOS-aware routing is ideal for trucking, long-haul, regional distribution, and time-sensitive logistics operations where regulatory compliance, driver safety, and delivery reliability are critical to day-to-day performance.

Speed, Security and Scalability

HOS-compliant routes are generated in seconds, even for multi-stop and long-haul scenarios. The routing engine accounts for driving limits, mandatory breaks, and rest periods upfront, eliminating manual planning delays.

Yes. Routes are dynamically recalculated in real time when traffic, delays, or operational changes occur, while continuously respecting remaining driver hours and HOS rules.

All HOS and driver data is protected using enterprise-grade security, including encryption in transit and at rest, role-based access controls, and strict data isolation to safeguard sensitive fleet information.

The platform is built to scale effortlessly, supporting thousands of drivers, frequent route recalculations, and high API request volumes without performance degradation.

Yes. Built on a high-availability, fault-tolerant infrastructure, the platform ensures consistent performance and uptime for continuous, compliance-critical fleet operations.

Testing and Deployment

Teams can validate HOS-aware routing using sandbox environments and test APIs, allowing them to simulate driver schedules, breaks, and rest rules across different route scenarios before going live.

Yes. HOS rules can be configured and tested based on regional regulations (such as FMCSA or NHVR), enabling fleets to verify compliance logic under real-world operating conditions.

HOS-aware routing is designed to integrate seamlessly with existing TMS, ELD, and dispatch systems, minimizing disruption and allowing teams to deploy incrementally without changing core workflows.

Most fleets can deploy and go live within weeks, depending on integration scope and HOS rule configuration, thanks to an API-first architecture and flexible deployment options.

Yes. Fleets can roll out HOS-aware routing in phases, by region, fleet type, or driver group, allowing teams to test performance, gather feedback, and scale confidently.

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