Can i use personal conveyance in lieu of 30 min break?

There is nothing in the regulations prohibiting the use of Personal Conveyance during the mandated 30-minute rest.

As long as the use is qualified as per the Guidance and recent clarification regarding Personal Conveyance, there is no reason you cannot use Personal Conveyance on your 30 minute break. A perfect example is if you decide to drive somewhere for lunch.

 

I wonder if I could pull over for my 30 minute break, 5 minutes later decide that there is a better place to do this up the road in the direction of my customer and use PC to get there.

 

Im not willing to concede truckstops being the end all marble weighted Law required breakroom for this industry.

 

A simple answer to the original question: No.

 

As I understand it, you can. Like scottied said, you can use personal conveyance during your break. (I guess technically that would not be in lieu of the break.)

 

I read the OP as driving through a break by abusing PC.

 

I didn't, but that would be an important clarification because if you're understanding is correct, then he cannot use PC for that purpose.

 

Good point Tb, I read it the opposite. @Russian Rabbit , could you clarify a bit more. What do you want to do during the time of personal conveyance?

 

Also if you drop your trailer at a company yard en route, say for your 10 hour break or 30 minute break, you could PC out the gate and do your own thing and return to base to pick up the trailer and move on.