30 minute break?

Nothing. It just means your next 30 minute break is due in 8 hours. You still have a 14 hour clock from the time you originally logged on duty.

 

The regs state a 30 minute break is required within 8 hours of the last break of 30 or more minutes.
Means you can start, for example, at 6:00, work until 6:30 and take a 30. Your next 30 minute break would be due at 15:00.

 

The problem is it aint stopping.

Tick TOCK Tick Tock... sort of like cinderella hoping the pumpking company does not turn with her inside.

 

As said, you now have to take two 30 minute breaks in your 14 hours?

 

Yup.

 

so You have a 14 hour day total
11 hours of drive time
You can only work 8 hours consecutively before needing a 30 min break
You can take A 30 anytime you want but it only resets the 8 hours till you need another 30.
There are times where you’re just sitting off duty and get a 30 or longer in. But generally if you want to keep moving wait till youre at least 5 and a half in to take your 30 because the most you can get back out of your 14 is 8 at that point and you wouldn’t need another 30.
Now depending on your truck and how sensitive the elog is you can get away with moving through a parking lot getting unloaded without starting your clock at all. Do a very thorough post trip at night wake up do a pretrip off duty (if you’ve done a thorough post trip a thorough pretrip shouldn’t take long) Go on duty and show a pretrip when your ready to roll if you can instead of starting that clock and letting it tick