# Sleeper berth split rest: oil well servicing vehicle — Federal hours-of-service exemptions by commercial driver operation type

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **CFR citation:** 49 CFR 395.1(g)(2) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Who qualifies:** A specially trained driver who operates a commercial motor vehicle specially constructed to service natural gas or oil wells _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **Baseline limit (for context):** § 395.3(a)(1): a driver may not drive without first taking 10 consecutive hours off duty. _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## 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) ;

## 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.
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