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Yes. Drivers may split their required off-duty time by using sleeper-berth and other off-duty periods. Specifically, drivers of property-carrying commercial motor vehicles may accumulate the equivalent of 10 consecutive hours off duty by taking two periods of rest, provided:

  • One of the periods is at least 7 consecutive hours in a sleeper berth;
  • The other qualifying break is at least 2 hours (taken either before or after the minimum 7-hour period) spent either off duty, in a sleeper berth, or any combination of the two;
  • The two breaks added together total at least 10 hours;
  • Driving time in the period immediately before and after each qualifying rest period, when added together, does not exceed 11 hours; and
  • All time before and after each qualifying rest period added together (but not including the qualifying breaks themselves) does not include any driving after the 14th hour.

Drivers of passenger-carrying vehicles may split the 8-hour rest requirement into two separate periods, provided:

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