Split Sleeper Question

The key is in the last sentence ... you can't drive until you've logged the 7 hours in the sleeper.

The question is how soon do you need to drive again. If you need to roll around midnight, you'll only have the 11/14 that you used before the first split, including the split time for the 14.

If you take a full ten containing the 7 in the sleeper, you'll reset the 11/14.

 

I hit the sleeper right after the post trip. But then again. I am usually sleeping.

 

You can take a two week vacation, off duty, but you can’t drive until you take that 7 hour sleeper berth break.

 

That’s not how it works. Once you’re off duty for 10 hours any split beforehand is irrelevant. Here’s a guidance from the FMCSA to back that up.
Under the sleeper berth provisions, a driver takes 7 hours in the sleeper berth & later takes an off-duty period of 3 hours before arriving at home. When the driver arrives home within the permissible hours, what rest is req’d to reset their "day clock"? | FMCSA

“In this specific scenario, the driver will need to take either: 1) at least 7 hours in the sleeper berth (continuing reliance on the sleeper berth provision), or 2) 10-consecutive hours off-duty. Both options would exclude the off-duty period of 3 hours from the 14-hour "driving window."

 

thanks for that; that’s not how the rule was originally introduced, and I’m glad the FMCSA came to it’s senses. At least somewhat, anyway.

 

That didn't answer AT's point ... in that scenario the the sleeper period was taken first.

His point was if you take the off duty period first, you never reset or or recover your time until you take the sleeper period.

 

Works like this...
Drive 4 hrs, off 3 hrs, drive 7 hrs, sleeper 7 hrs, drive 3 hrs, off 4 hrs, drive 8 hrs, sleeper 7.5hrs, drive 3 hrs, on duty delivery .5hrs, sleeper at the door 9 hrs, drive 8 hrs and so on.

PS: as long as there is no more than 11 hrs driving and/or 14hrs on duty combined between no less than 10 hrs total SSB either direction, it is fine.

 

That’s not true though. It Doesn’t matter what order you do the split, A 10 hour break, off duty or sleeper berth makes anything before that irrelevant.

I did a 3 hour SB break waiting on a decision to be made yesterday. That paused my 14, last night I parked On personal convance (off duty), after 10 hours my clock reset fresh.

 

Actually it is true. The wording of the regulation requires a 7 hour sleeper component. It has to be sleeper to be valid.
The off duty can be sleeper or off duty.
That said the letter of the law is different than what is enforced.