How do you do split sleeper properly

To change the topic just a tad;I am wondering about the formula for gaining hours after down for 10.? For instance,I have worked 68 of my 70,how many could I work tomorrow,after 10 off? (#### these e-logs,)now I have to really LEARN this sht.. And I have never had a log violation in almost 7 yrs..

 

OK after my 8 hour break, I extend the 14 by 8 but I also start a new 14 after the 8 of which I cannot drive past before the 2 hour break?

I'm pasting this from the pdf document provided above--

After you complete your second required rest period, you will have a new point on the clock from which to calculate your hours available.

This new “calculation point” will be at the time you completed your first required rest period.

Could they not make it more confusing?? Calculation from the second required rest period, "calculation point" will be after the first required rest period??

WHICH IS IT???

Every day at midnight the hours you worked 7 days ago fall off and become available for your 70.

You will see a recap on most logs looks like this
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Today.

After a 34 will look like this:
1. 0
2. 0
3. 0
4. 0
5.0
6.0
7. 0
Today.

'Today' you drive *and* work so many hours and put that on line 7. tomorrow after midnight. As each day goes by you put your Today hours in line 7 and the previous day's hours move up the list to #1. When it is all full up the #1 hours get pushed off the top and become available for you to drive again 'today'.

Work performed on Line 4 counts against the 70 which everyone hates because most of the time it is uncompensated time.

 

Thanx Scott,But the last part took me 2 days to figure out 7 yrs ago;when I started this OTR thing.. I have been paid "detention" once..-And I had to threaten to quit..

 

You do not get a "new" 14. Your 2 has to be taken before the 14 (counting hours between the last 2 and this 8) runs out. Then you count your 14 (including the 2) from the end of your 8.

Bumpy: You will have whatever hours you haven't run off your 70 in the past 7 days, plus today, to run.

 

IT IS SO MUCH EASIER TO SHOW THAN TO TELL!

Not very accurate explanation there Injun...you left out the part that you need to total up the previous 7 to know what you can run on today (EIGHTH DAY), is the difference between 7 days total and 70...not "plus today"...but I understand what you were thinking!

Bumpy...at the end of your day driving, add up all the hours worked (lines 3 plus line 4) for the previous 7 days (including today). The difference of these 7 days from 70 hours will tell you how many hours you have available for the 24 hours of the next day (day 8---tomorrow).

Even though Feds don't require a driver to keep a running recap...every driver should keep the recap current. That is the easy way of knowing (or calculating) how many hours you have available to work after you wake up from your 10. Now if you drive nights and roll through the midnight hour...keep in mind the log for the day ends at midnight (2359 actually)...some companies require the driver to stop at midnight and do a pre/post inspection to end one day and begin the new day. So when the midnight stop comes, complete the recap and log for the day to find the hours available from (0015) for the rest of the 24 hour day.

CONFUSED YET?

RECAP:
Total the previous 7 days (including today).
Subtract this number from 70.
The difference is the hours available for the next day.
Do this every day...you will always know what you can legally work!

 

Luckily for me,I have been confused since I "popped out."

 

My confusion level grows exponentially when I "poop out"!

 

Meh....just get an EOBR and let the government tell when and how to drive....

 

Meaning,-What to do with the paper;by the pooper?

 

I'm waiting for the slots to be built into the Interstates so we can "pilot" the vehicle and not worry about other traffic...everyone will be computer controlled, distance between vehicles, speed, route, and of course the mandatory rest areas will be set according to the program!