Legal Or Not ??

Nope, there's been a serious violation of the 14 hour rule.

Add number of hours before the 8, with number of hours after the 8. That's 17.5 hours.

Depending on pre-trip and post trip times. She should have stopped driving somewhere around 2pm +/- for a 2 hour break to run a split.

 

As long as she is showing at least 2 hours off duty at 615p she'll be fine. The 8 hours restarts the 14 hour rule per the TX DOT.

HTH

 

No sir it does not. It only stops the clock, for that 8 hours.

The clock restarts where you stopped at IE 7.25 hours, before the 8.
That would leave her 4 hours to drive, provided you count only 15 minutes on duty not driving in that 7.25

To completely reset the 14, you must have a 10 hour break. Otherwise, you are required to log a split sleeper. It would be what remained on the 14, which is 6.75 hours. But no more than 11 driving total in the shifts.

 

He said NOTHING about TX DOT rules. You are mistaken. You MIGHT be allowed to do this under Texas INTRAstate regulations, but NOT Federal INTERstate regulations.

 

that's the way i understand it too. an 8 hour break extends the 14 by 8. BUT NOT the 11. cant extend the 14 with the 2 hr break first either, right?

 

But say I take a 2 hour Sleeper, and then before My 11 hours of Driving is up, I take 8 hours off duty or sleeper, Don't that give me an additional 11 hours of driving? I hope so, or I have been wrong a few times.

 

Run it that way all the time, interstate, was DOT'd Monday with no violations.

 

I believe if you "split" you HAVE to take at least 8 hours off FIRST.

 

GOOGLE "Driversdailylog" and download a free 30 day version of the program.
It will SHOW you that you are wrong.
I had 7 DIFFERENT DOT Officers using the SAME figures and SAME calculator come up with 8 DIFFERENT total Duty hours for the previous 8 days.