1 Sheet Explaining Split Breaking

I guess the fog in my head is pretty heavy, I am having a hard time getting the rules right. This is help, that I need thanks.

 

Hey, quit stealing my ideas! I always make my own log book up!

 

That sure helped me understand it more, thanks Logs

 

I for one am lost. I used to drive for Schwan's Frozen Foods. The rules were very different for sales/driving. But I drove with someone that had been a truck driver and he spent hours and hours trying to get it all through my head. I'm sure I'll figure it out in school when that day comes.

But I guess I do understand that you must spend 8 hours in the sleeper at some point after the 14 hour day and 2 hours more that can be taken earlier in the day or before or after the 8 hour sleep.

What if you drive for 11 hours and don't have 3 hours worth of other work related activities. How long does it take to do pre and post trip? I could do it really fast on my little Schwan truck. If you don't have any loading or unloading to do, seems like there wouldn't be 3 hours worth of non-driving work to do.

Can you drive for 11, take 10 hours off and then drive for 11 more? and just keep doing that? Does 10 hours always reset the 14 hour day even if you don't actually need 14 hours? With post and pre-trip... I'm wondering...

Can you pre-trip for 30 minutes, drive for 11 hours, post trip for 30 minutes, sleep for 8, play for 2 and then start the day all over again then? That would be roughly 12.5 hours of drive time in a day with 1 hour of work. Part way into the 6th day we'd hit 60 hours. Is that when we must take the 34 hours off? Or can we take it part way into the 7th day when we hit 70 hours?

How confusing! Why don't thy just say we must sleep 8 hours in every 24 hour day?!

Suzi

 

Its good your looking at every angle.