# Ready-mixed concrete delivery vehicle — Federal hours-of-service exemptions by commercial driver operation type

For Ready-mixed concrete delivery vehicle, cfr citation is 49 CFR 395.1(t); who qualifies is A driver of a ready-mixed concrete delivery vehicle; what it exempts from is may use 30-minutes or more of time spent while waiting with the commercial motor vehicle at a job site or terminal to meet the requirement for the 30-minute rest break; radius or condition is providing the driver performs no other work during the break; baseline limit (for context) is § 395.3(a)(3)(ii): driving is not permitted after 8 hours of driving time without a consecutive 30-minute interruption, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-08-30.

- **Exemption:** Ready-mixed concrete delivery vehicle _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **CFR citation:** 49 CFR 395.1(t) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Who qualifies:** A driver of a ready-mixed concrete delivery vehicle _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it exempts from:** may use 30-minutes or more of time spent while waiting with the commercial motor vehicle at a job site or terminal to meet the requirement for the 30-minute rest break _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Radius or condition:** providing the driver performs no other work during the break _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Baseline limit (for context):** § 395.3(a)(3)(ii): driving is not permitted after 8 hours of driving time without a consecutive 30-minute interruption. _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (t) Ready-mixed concrete delivery vehicle. A driver of a ready-mixed concrete delivery vehicle subject to the requirement for a 30-minute rest break in § 395.3(a)(3)(ii) may use 30-minutes or more of time spent while waiting with the commercial motor vehicle at a job site or terminal to meet the requirement for the 30-minute rest break, providing the driver performs no other work during the break.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395/subpart-A/section-395.1

Last verified: 2026-08-30. Review by: 2027-08-28.
Part of [Federal hours-of-service exemptions by commercial driver operation type](https://referencesource.org/federal-hours-of-service-exemptions-by-operation-type/).