Authorized Personal Use of CMVs applies when using the vehicle for non-work related purposes, e.g. driving from work to home or to a place of rest. Your fleet administrator must enable the option to use special driving conditions in MiX Fleet Manager.
- Tap the Hours of Service icon on the home screen.
- Make sure the duty status has been set to Off Duty by tapping the driver icon. NOTE: The driver’s status must be set to Off Duty to be in Personal Use Mode.
- Tap the driver's icon to change your duty status to off duty.
- Tap Normal Mode in the top menu bar.
- Tap Authorized Personal Use of CMVs.
- Enter a mandatory annotation: a minimum of 4 characters and a maximum of 60. Tap in the open space in the textbox to enable the keyboard and tap the enter key on your keyboard once you have finished typing.
- Please note that you will have an additional sub-status field on this screen if you have enabled the Time Entry solution.
- Tap Save.
- You can now use the vehicle for personal use, which will not count towards your on-duty hours.
- Whilst in Personal Use Mode, it will be indicated in the top green banner. NOTE: You cannot change your duty status while in Personal Use Mode.
- To revert to Normal Mode, tap the Personal Use banner as shown above, and select Normal Mode.
- The ELD will default to an Off Duty state when exiting Personal Use mode but you can set your desired duty status on this screen and add an optional annotation. Tap in the open space in the textbox to enable the keyboard and tap the enter key on your keyboard once you have finished typing.
- Select a sub-status by tapping the text box. Remember that this will only be available if you have enabled the Time Entry solution.
- Tap save.
- If you have not manually changed back to Normal Mode before turning off the ignition, when starting the vehicle after the off-duty period (or the next day), you will be asked if you want to continue with the authorized personal use of CMV.
- If you have not manually changed back to Normal Mode before turning off ignition, when starting the vehicle the next day (or after the rest period), you will be asked if you want to continue with the authorized personal use of CMV.
- If you select no, your duty status will revert to Off Duty as the active driver..
For drivers under US ELD mandate, specific information, e.g., ODO and location information of the vehicle is made less accurate when in Personal Use mode, as required by the ELD mandate.
If you are operating under Canadian ELD mandate, this information must be shown, however. The personal conveyance will automatically change to a duty status of driving when the 75km daily limit is exceeded when making use of a Canadian rule set. If you have driven in Personal Use mode in the US and you cross the border into Canada (and switch operating zones), the number of miles done in the US will count towards the 75km limit allowed in Canada.