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Originally Posted by chapchap70
One can (mis)read the sleeper berth provision as being able to drive 9 out of 11 hours, take two consecutive hours off, restart the 11/14 hour clock, drive another 9 hours, then take an 8 hour sleeper berth break. This would mean a driver could legally drive something like 18 hours out of 22 before having to take an 8 hour break. .
You are forgetting this rule:
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(g)(1)(ii)(C) Calculation of the 14-hour limit includes all time except any sleeper-berth period of at least 8 but less than 10 consecutive hours; compliance must be re-calculated from the end of the first of the two periods used to comply with the requirements of paragraph (g)(1)(ii)(A) of this section.
Specifically the words "end of the first." Not the second or most recent break, but the 14 hours is calculated from the END of the PREVIOUS qualifying break.
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I don't understand why they didn't make it simpler by just making an 8 hour sleeper berth provision.
Neither do I, but I have put some time into understanding the rule as it is currently written. About the time everyone understands it they will change it again. :roll:
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The question/answer above says nothing about the two hour part of the sleeper berth provision
A two hour break does not stop the 14 hour clock. Only an 8 hour or more break stops the clock.
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The split shift option is no longer available for local CDL drivers that would extend the "duty tour" beyond 14 hours. (16 hours once per reset period)
Correct, but the local driving rules are different.
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If I am reading the provision right, an OTR driver can drive something like 5 out of 6 hours, go off duty for 2 hours, drive another 6 out of 8 hours, then take 8 hours off in the sleeper berth. I think the 2 hour provision can extend the 14 hour "duty tour" time like in my example to 16 hours provided that the driver spend at least the next 8 hours in the sleeper berth.
Not quite. 2 hours does not extend the 14, only the 8 does that. With your example the driver starts (after a fresh 10 hours off) at midnight so the 14 hour clock expires at 2pm, and drives 5 hours on duty 1 hour. Takes 2 hours off duty from 6 to 8 am. For the driving period that starts at 8am the 14 hour limit will end it by 2 pm. You have already used 5 hours on line 3 so you have 6 left in the 11, and in a 6 hour window.
To continue your example you take an 8 hour sleeper berth break from 2 to 10 pm. Your 14 hour clock starts at the end of the previous break or 8am and excludes the 8 hour sleeper break so the next 14 hour period ends at 6am day2 and you can accumulate 5 driving hours between 10 pm and 6 am.
I am afraid that I have made a mess of these instructions not presenting them in a logical order. I urge you to visit another thread that I wrote that is easier to follow I think.
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I'm not trying to make it complicated, honest. :lol: