Broke down after 2.5 hrs on, logged off duty, Co wants me to run.

First do both of these trucks have sleepers..?

if not the answer is no you can’t stop your 14......

 

You can’t do a split sleeper if the truck doesn’t have one.......

that’s the only way to stop the 14 hour clock other then 10 hours off...

 

Well, if you want to be picky, you should have logged on duty while waiting on the truck to get fixed. At the very least, on duty until it was towed....

On-duty time means all time from the time a driver begins to work or is required to be in readiness to work until the time the driver is relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work. On-duty time shall include:
(6) All time repairing, obtaining assistance, or remaining in attendance upon a disabled commercial motor vehicle;

 

Frank, we have disagreed before. But have to give you credit. Telling someone to "Go pound sand in thier %^&" hands down is one favorite. Idk if everyone gets it. Or " Go P up a rope". Some older generations quotes are lost on the younger generation. I'm just in the middle.

 

You were technically on duty during that 7. If you had been in the sleeper during that 7, you could have gone 3 more and declared 10 off and restarted your 14. If you were doing the 7 outside of the truck then your onduty and cant claim the 7 plus 3 more (making 10)

 

The company us refering to a split sleeper berth reset... The 3 hr break doesnt give you back your hours... It only "pauses" the 14 hr clock, and must be followed by a 7 hr sleeper break at the end of the day. After the 7 hr sleeper, you will get back the hours you used before the 3 hr break.

As you can see if you dont know how this rule works it can be very confusing... So if you dont kniw how it works, DONT DO IT!!!!

As a side note: ELDs will do a split sleeper reset, each brand functions slightly different but give the same end result. That said, my ELD will do the split berth, but it wont calculate my clocks for me. So I have to calculate what my clocks should be, and once it is done (provided I did it correctly) it recognises iy as a split berth and removes any violations it thought I was acrueing.