amount of hrs you have to have off after a 14hr shift - Texas

used to be 8 after 15....now its 10 after 14 with a 1 time 16 hr day in 7....

 

10 hours. You need ten hours off.

 

it's 10 hours before you can DRIVE again...you can work past your 14, just not drive until 10 off.

 

There is an 8-2 sleeper berth "split rule" that they may be referring to. This is complicated to explain here, also, the 8 hours has to be logged "sleeper", not "off-duty".

 

For your reading pleasure... check out "Hours of service of drivers" info at
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=395.1&keyword=local


There are some other helpful links within "Summary of Hours-of-Service (HOS) Regulations"
at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/hos/index.htm

 

Why don't you visit the FMCSA .I just bet they have the hours of service there.You better learn the rules and know them well if you wanna succeed in this industry.

 

here ya go hardworkingman....

Hours of service of drivers

§ 395.3Maximum driving time for property-carrying vehicles.(a) Except as otherwise provided in §395.1, no motor carrier shall permit or require any driver used by it to drive a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle, nor shall any such driver drive a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle, regardless of the number of motor carriers using the driver's services, unless the driver complies with the following requirements1) Start of work shift. A driver may not drive without first taking 10 consecutive hours off duty;(2) 14-hour period. A driver may drive only during a period of 14 consecutive hours after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty. The driver may not drive after the end of the 14-consecutive-hour period without first taking 10 consecutive hours off duty.(3) Driving time and rest breaks. (i) Driving time. A driver may drive a total of 11 hours during the 14-hour period specified in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.(ii) Rest breaks. Except for drivers who qualify for either of the short-haul exceptions in § 395.1(e)(1) or (2), driving is not permitted if more than 8 hours have passed since the end of the driver’s last off-duty or sleeper-berth period of at least 30 minutes.(b) No motor carrier shall permit or require a driver of a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle to drive, nor shall any driver drive a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle, regardless of the number of motor carriers using the driver's services, for any period after—(1) Having been on duty 60 hours in any period of 7 consecutive days if the employing motor carrier does not operate commercial motor vehicles every day of the week; or(2) Having been on duty 70 hours in any period of 8 consecutive days if the employing motor carrier operates commercial motor vehicles every day of the week.(c)(1) Any period of 7 consecutive days may end with the beginning of an off-duty period of 34 or more consecutive hours that includes two periods from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.(2) Any period of 8 consecutive days may end with the beginning of an off-duty period of 34 or more onsecutive hours that includes two periods from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.(d) A driver may not take an off-duty period allowed by paragraph (c) of this section to restart the calculation of 60 hours in 7 consecutive days or 70 hours in 8 consecutive days until 168 or more consecutive hours have passed since the beginning of the last such off-duty period. When a driver takes more than one off-duty period of 34 or more consecutive hours within a period of 168 consecutive hours, he or she must indicate in the Remarks section of the record of duty status which such off-duty period is being used to restart the calculation of 60 hours in 7 consecutive days or 70 hours in 8 consecutive days.[76 FR 81188, Dec. 27, 2011; 78 FR 58485, Sept.24, 2013; 78 FR 64181, Oct.28, 2013]

 

It's 10 hours off after 14.