1212Which day below contains a violation?
Day 1

Day 2

1212Day 1

Day 2

There is a 30 minute break violation from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Day 1. There is also a 14 hour rule violation on Day 2 from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
- 11 Hour Limit: After 10 consecutive hours off duty, the initial calculation point for this driver's 11 hour driving limit is 10:00 a.m. on Day 1. The driver drove 9 hours that day before taking 8 hours off duty in the sleeper berth, leaving 2 hours of driving time available at 3:00 a.m. on Day 2 (the 8 hour sleeper berth period does not result in extra driving time). The driver used those 2 hours and reached the 11 hour limit at 5:00 a.m. when he or she had to stop driving. Then the driver went off duty for at least 2 consecutive hours (8 hours off duty total) to take advantage of the sleeper berth provision. He or she accumulated at least 10 hours of rest using a combination of at least 8 consecutive hours in a sleeper berth and another break of at least 2 consecutive hours. This moves the 11 hour calculation point to the end of the first of the two qualifying breaks, or 3:00 a.m. on Day 2. Between 3:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Day 2, the driver had 2 hours of driving, so at 1:00 p.m. there were 9 hours of driving remaining (11 - 9) and the driver stayed within that limit.
- 30 Minute Break: On Day 1, the driver had been on duty since 10:00 a.m. and was required to take at least a 30 minute break before driving beyond 6:00 p.m. Therefore, the driver was in violation of the 30 minute break provision from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Day 1. On Day 2, the driver was on duty for a total of 8 hours between 1:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Since the driver went off duty at 9:00 p.m., exactly 8 consecutive hours after first going on duty (driving), no violation occurred.
- 14 Hour Limit: Calculation of the 14 hour limit starts at 10:00 a.m. on Day 1, but does not include the 8-hour sleeper-berth period (7:00 p.m. on Day 1 to 3:00 a.m. on Day 2) because any sleeper period of at least 8 but less than 10 consecutive hours is excluded from the 14 hour calculation. So by 5:00 a.m. on Day 2, the driver used 11 hours driving and had 3 hours remaining out of the 14 hours allowed. But at 5:00 a.m., the driver went off duty for at least 2 hours, making him or her eligible for the split sleeper berth provision. This moves the calculation point for the 14 hour limit to the end of the first of the two rest periods used to obtain 10 hours off duty, or 3:00 a.m. on Day 2. consecutive hours after 3:00 a.m. is 5:00 p.m., when this driver should have stopped driving but did not.
NOTE: Any period of off duty time less than 10 hours (such as this driver's 8 hour off duty break on Day 2) is included in the 14 hour calculation. Also note that the driver's 8 hour sleeper berth period allowed him or her to drive during the 18th and 19th hour after first coming on duty, but it did not by itself give the driver additional driving time beyond 11 hours.
To remain in compliance, the driver should have stopped driving at 5:00 p.m. on Day 2. The driver would have remained in compliance if he or she had gone off duty for 10 hours on Day 2 instead of just 8, or if he or she had spent those 8 hours in a sleeper berth.