Split sleeper....

Unless you have a 2 hour consecutive break somewhere in your 14, all the 8 hour sleeper will do is pause your shift and give you the same amount of hours you had when you started the 8. If you have a 2 hour break (can be off duty or sleeper) the 8 hour sleeper will start your shift at the end of the 2 hour break, and pause the shift for 8 hours. Confusing enough?

So pretty much, unless you had a 2 hour break somewhere, then the answer is No, you can't do that.

 

if eclipse says you can't. then that's your answer right there.

it's not designed to let you do whatever you want. it's designed to keep you out of trouble.

if you take a 2 in your PREVIOUS shift. then take 8. your good to go. you can't take your 2 during your NEXT shift. so go back to bed and take a full 10. govt orders.

 

You're not just splitting the 11 hours driving time, but also splitting the 14 hour window as well. So if you used up the entire 14 as you stated, there's nothing to gain after an 8 hours sleeper break.

10.5 hours driving, (if you did have room on the 14 say) would only gain .5 hours driving after that 8 sleeper see.

On each side of the breaks (2 or 8 or 8 or 2, doesn't matter which comes first) the time has to add up to no more than 14 and 11 and 70 of course.

 

I thought you couldn't do a split if you burned your entire 14 or if you didn't have hours coming back. I've never done one. I've always taken all 10 at once.

 

Since you're already late on the load I'm curious if you had 2 consecutive hours off duty on the day when you ran 10.5 and 14. And how many hours passed between the completion of the 2 consecutive hours and the end of your day.