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Originally Posted by unkut2003
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Something else I never knew about the "11 HR RULE" is the ways to "extend" it. Like breaking up your sleeper berth time....
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Hmmm, Thats something I have never heard of? Breaking up the sleeper birth allows you to drive more than 11 hours between breaks?
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Yeah I typed that wrong, haha! What I meant was I never knew you could break up your off duty time by using the sleeper berth. For instance, like drive for 5hrs, take 4 off, then drive for 6hrs, and take off the last six. With your on duty time accumulated whenever of course. I was always under the impression it had to be a STRAIGHT 10 off???
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One of the breaks has to be 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth, so it's not quite a liberal as you describe. I, for one, would much rather take a 6/4 or 5/5 split as I never sleep for eight hours, but I don't make the rules.
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I honestly don't think you do. Now I may be wrong here, but as long as your 2 breaks add up to 10... then your good! So if you have a 2 and then a 8....10! Or 5 then another 5....10! I mean, if someone knows for sure please copy/paste the actual rule so we can be SURE. Or atleast provide the article # so I can research it myself.
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Vito is 100% correct. The rule is that you can split your sleeper berth (10 hr break) into 2 periods. One will either be 2 hours "off duty" or in the sleeper berth. The other
MUST BE 8 hours consecutive in the sleeper berth. Anything less, and you are in violation and going to fork over big $$. Additionally, there can be absolutely no "off duty" time included in the 8 hrs. You can show more than 8 on the 8 hr sleeper break, but it must have 8 hrs consecutive in the berth.
The 2 hr break
will not stop the 14 hour clock, but the 8 hr sleeper berth break will. This is critical to remember.
However, conventional wisdom shows that it is better to delay and sit for an aggregate of 10 hours total at one time....that way your 11 and 14 hour clock restarts. Do not split log unless its absolutely necessary, and remember...the
only way to get out of a split is to take a 10 hr consecutive break. Keep in mind that while taking a 10 hr break, any combination of off duty and sleeper berth is legal....however, if you are smart, you will sleep as much of it as possible....so that you are sufficiently rested and alert.... 8)
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