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According to the FMCSA's 30-Minute Break Rule, a driver has a window of 8 hours to drive after their last off-duty period of at least 30 minutes. In the old rule, once a driver went on-duty in a day, the driver had to take a 30-minute break by the 8th hour before being allowed to drive again.

The 30-minute break rule is mandatory unless you qualify for an exemption to it. For example, all short-haul drivers who operate within a 150 air mile radius of their starting location are exempt, as well as all non-CDL drivers who operate within a 150 air mile radius of their starting location.

The Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) Driver App makes it incredibly simple for drivers to log their mandatory 30-minute break. If you're a property-carrying driver, just make sure that the 30-minute rest break required option is active in the app's logs settings. Go to the sidebar menu > Settings > Cycle Rules.

What Is the Short-Haul Exemption? The short-haul exemption is an exemption from rules requiring fleet management companies to track their drivers' activity using an ELD (electronic logging device).

Drivers must take a 30-minute break when they have driven for a period of 8 cumulative hours without at least a 30-minute interruption. The break may be satisfied by any non-driving period of 30 consecutive minutes (i.e., on-duty not driving, off-duty, sleeper berth, or any combination of these taken consecutively).

Q: May a driver use yard moves to satisfy the 30-minute break requirement? A: Yes. If the yard move is part of a 30-consecutive minute break, because this time would also be on-duty, not driving.

Essentially for a 7/3 split, a driver has to stay in the sleeper berth for seven hours, and then spend another three hours relaxing somehow, or even going back into the berth.