Local driver within 100 air miles do you need to take a break.

If you qualify for the short haul exemption you are not subject to the 30 min rest period. If you are normally not released within 12 hrs you do not qualify for the short haul exemption and are subject to the 30 minute rest period.

 

if you start and return to the same place each day and stay within 100 air miles (115 map miles) you can work under the short haul exemption and work 12 hours without taking a 30 minute break. If you are find you are going ot exceed the 12 hour limit you must take your break as soon as possible (even if past the 8 hours).

Break it up

There has been some confusion among truck drivers about 30-minute rest breaks when they cease to use the short haul trucking exemption mid-run.


To clarify:

• If you break any short haul exemption rules before the 8th hour of on duty, then you need to take your 30-minute rest break before you drive into your 8th hour.
• If you break a short haul exemption after the 8th hour, then you need to take the 30-minute rest break prior to your 14th hour on-duty and notate your log with an explanation of why you didn’t take that break earlier.