Confused about Canadian rules please help ASAP

I am a US driver on a Canadian trip. I drove three hours after midnight this Calvander day and then took a 10 hour break in the US. Do I have a new 13 hours to drive in Canada or do the three hours I used after midnight before my break count against me?

 

Yes, those three hours you drove after midnight come off your allowable driving hours for that day after midnight. So in Canada you’d have 10 driving hours remaining instead of 13.

 

So then I suppose if I just stop driving before midnight and wait until after midnight I could still drive out by 13 Canadian hours then?

 

A day is defined as midnight to midnight so when you drive past midnight you’re using hours from that new day. (Unless you’re a regular night shift worker and your company elected to switch your defined day to 12:00/noon to 12:00/noon).

In this case yesterday’s shift cut into today and used 3 of today’s hours, now in order to get your full 13 driving hours you need to work past midnight again. (Basically your shifts keep taking hours from the following day).

 

Got it. Thank you so much!

 

If you drove past midnight til 3 am then took 10 hrs off you only have11 hrs left on the day. So what you are suggesting is not possible. But yes if you took an hour off between 1pm and 1159pm. then yes you can drive another 3hrs.

 

I'm not sure that is correct but maybe.
I believe the carrier decides when the 24hr time frame begins and it could be anytime. Then that start time is supposed to be for a certain time frame.

 

Yeah you can't drive more than 13 hours per day as well. Midnight to midnight. It's sort of hard to do, it leaves 1 hour for fuel, pre/post trip, mid day break, load or unload, etc.

Is @not4hire still around?

 

I haven’t seen any posts from him on here in a few years. Someone with the same handle is on another trucking related forum I am on. Been meaning to ask if it’s him.