Sleeper berth split rest: passenger-carrying vehicle
For Sleeper berth split rest: passenger-carrying vehicle, cfr citation is 49 CFR 395.1(g)(3); who qualifies is A driver who is driving a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle that is equipped with a sleeper berth; what it exempts from is may accumulate the equivalent of 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time by taking a combination of at least 8 consecutive hours off-duty and sleeper berth time; radius or condition is (i) Neither rest period is shorter than two hours; (ii) The driving time in the period immediately before and after each rest period, when added together, does not exceed 10 hours; (iii) The on-duty time in the period immediately before and after each rest period, when added together, does not include any driving time after the 15th hour; baseline limit (for context) is § 395.3 applies to property-carrying vehicles; passenger-carrying drivers are held to the separate limits in § 395.5, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-08-30.
- Exemption
- Sleeper berth split rest: passenger-carrying vehicle our reading
- CFR citation
- 49 CFR 395.1(g)(3) our reading
- Who qualifies
- A driver who is driving a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle that is equipped with a sleeper berth verified
- What it exempts from
- may accumulate the equivalent of 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time by taking a combination of at least 8 consecutive hours off-duty and sleeper berth time verified
- Radius or condition
- (i) Neither rest period is shorter than two hours; (ii) The driving time in the period immediately before and after each rest period, when added together, does not exceed 10 hours; (iii) The on-duty time in the period immediately before and after each rest period, when added together, does not include any driving time after the 15th hour verified
- Baseline limit (for context)
- § 395.3 applies to property-carrying vehicles; passenger-carrying drivers are held to the separate limits in § 395.5. our reading
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What the source says
(3) Passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles. A driver who is driving a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle that is equipped with a sleeper berth, as defined in §§ 395.2 and 393.76 of this subchapter , may accumulate the equivalent of 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time by taking a combination of at least 8 consecutive hours off-duty and sleeper berth time; or by taking two periods of rest in the sleeper berth, providing: (i) Neither rest period is shorter than two hours; (ii) The driving time in the period immediately before and after each rest period, when added together, does not exceed 10 hours; (iii) The on-duty time in the period immediately before and after each rest period, when added together, does not include any driving time after the 15th hour; and
— 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