Sleeper berth split rest: oil well servicing vehicle
For Sleeper berth split rest: oil well servicing vehicle, cfr citation is 49 CFR 395.1(g)(2); who qualifies is A specially trained driver who operates a commercial motor vehicle specially constructed to service natural gas or oil wells; what it exempts from is may accumulate the equivalent of 10 consecutive hours off duty time by taking a combination of at least 10 consecutive hours of off-duty time, sleeper-berth time, or time in other sleeping accommodations at a natural gas or oil well location; radius or condition is (i) Neither rest period is shorter than 2 hours; (ii) The driving time in the period immediately before and after each rest period, when added together, does not exceed the limit specified in § 395.3(a)(3); baseline limit (for context) is § 395.3(a)(1): a driver may not drive without first taking 10 consecutive hours off duty, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-08-30.
- Exemption
- Sleeper berth split rest: oil well servicing vehicle our reading
- CFR citation
- 49 CFR 395.1(g)(2) our reading
- Who qualifies
- A specially trained driver who operates a commercial motor vehicle specially constructed to service natural gas or oil wells verified
- What it exempts from
- may accumulate the equivalent of 10 consecutive hours off duty time by taking a combination of at least 10 consecutive hours of off-duty time, sleeper-berth time, or time in other sleeping accommodations at a natural gas or oil well location verified
- Radius or condition
- (i) Neither rest period is shorter than 2 hours; (ii) The driving time in the period immediately before and after each rest period, when added together, does not exceed the limit specified in § 395.3(a)(3) verified
- Baseline limit (for context)
- § 395.3(a)(1): a driver may not drive without first taking 10 consecutive hours off duty. our reading
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What the source says
(2) Specially trained driver of a specially constructed oil well servicing commercial motor vehicle at a natural gas or oil well location. A specially trained driver who operates a commercial motor vehicle specially constructed to service natural gas or oil wells that is equipped with a sleeper berth, as defined in §§ 395.2 and 393.76 of this subchapter , or who is off duty at a natural gas or oil well location, may accumulate the equivalent of 10 consecutive hours off duty time by taking a combination of at least 10 consecutive hours of off-duty time, sleeper-berth time, or time in other sleeping accommodations at a natural gas or oil well location; or by taking two periods of rest in a sleeper berth, or other sleeping accommodation at a natural gas or oil well location, providing: (i) Neither rest period is shorter than 2 hours; (ii) The driving time in the period immediately before and after each rest period, when added together, does not exceed the limit specified in § 395.3(a)(3) ;
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-28
Source
- ecfr.govhttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395/subpart-A/section-395.1