# Sleeper berth split rest: property-carrying vehicle — Federal hours-of-service exemptions by commercial driver operation type

For Sleeper berth split rest: property-carrying vehicle, cfr citation is 49 CFR 395.1(g)(1); who qualifies is A driver who operates a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle equipped with a sleeper berth; what it exempts from is The equivalent of at least 10 consecutive hours off-duty calculated under paragraphs (g)(1)(ii) and (iii) of this section; radius or condition is A combination of consecutive sleeper berth and off-duty time amounting to at least 10 hours; 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: property-carrying vehicle _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **CFR citation:** 49 CFR 395.1(g)(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Who qualifies:** A driver who operates a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle equipped with a sleeper berth _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it exempts from:** The equivalent of at least 10 consecutive hours off-duty calculated under paragraphs (g)(1)(ii) and (iii) of this section _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Radius or condition:** A combination of consecutive sleeper berth and off-duty time amounting to at least 10 hours _(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

> (i) General. A driver who operates a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle equipped with a sleeper berth, as defined in § 395.2 , and uses the sleeper berth to obtain the off-duty time required by § 395.3(a)(1) must accumulate: (A) At least 10 consecutive hours off-duty; (B) At least 10 consecutive hours of sleeper berth time; (C) A combination of consecutive sleeper berth and off-duty time amounting to at least 10 hours; (D) A combination of sleeper berth time of at least 7 consecutive hours and up to 3 hours riding in the passenger seat of the vehicle while the vehicle is moving on the highway, either immediately before or after the sleeper berth time, amounting to at least 10 consecutive hours; or (E) The equivalent of at least 10 consecutive hours off-duty calculated under paragraphs (g)(1)(ii) and (iii) of this section.

## 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/).