Rest and the passing clock
Know which rest renews daily limits and which breaks do not.
A short break does not pause the window
Ordinary off-duty time does not pause or extend the fourteen-hour window. Unused driving hours do not extend it either. Specific exceptions, such as a valid split-sleeper pair, have separate conditions.
At a glance · Follow the sequence
01
During the shift
A 2-hour lunch leaves the ordinary window running
02
Shift ends
Non-driving work may continue, but counts toward the cycle
03
10 continuous hours
Qualifying rest renews daily limits; cycle hours are separate
Rest changes the clocks according to its type and duration, rather than the midnight boundary.
The fourteen-hour rule limits driving, not all work. You may do non-driving work afterward, but it adds to cycle hours and delays the start of rest.
A short stop and a full daily rest change the clocks in different ways.
Ten consecutive hours renew daily limits
At least ten consecutive hours of qualifying off-duty time, sleeper time, or a qualifying continuous combination can renew the daily driving allowance. The next fourteen-hour window starts when you return on-duty. Several disconnected short breaks do not do this.
Cycle hours are separate
Ten hours of rest may renew daily limits while the sixty/seventy-hour cycle remains exhausted. You must have cycle hours too. The next courses explain breaks, restarts, and recaps.