30 min break rule

You can take it at the 7:59 mark..
They can't say a thing about it.

If you're not driving... you're not required to take if at all.
You just can't drive until you DO take it.

 

I believe it states you cannot drive after 8 hrs w/o a break, whether it is driving or on duty time or a combination.

I wouldn't bet on it though.

 

8 hour clock starts as soon as you log on duty.
You now have up until 8 hours to drive before you have to take a 30 minute break, if you want to keep driving.
30 minute break is only due to driving.

And DOT could care less when you take it, as long as you play by the rules.

 

Jammer910z said it all and said it correctly

 

I cheat it and take it while at the dock. I don't have time to sit somewhere for 30.

 

Here is the exact regs.
(ii) Rest breaks. Except for drivers who qualify for either of the short-haul exceptions in §395.1(e)(1) or (2), driving is not permitted if more than 8 hours have passed since the end of the driver's last off-duty or sleeper-berth period of at least 30 minutes."

Basically it means that 8 hours after coming on duty or since last break of 30 minutes one cannot drive.

 

Just like the 14 and 70.
Can work all you want past that. Just can't drive.

 

it means if you got into trucking for the freedom youv been had