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2003 Rule Compliance through 9/30/2005	2005 Rule Compliance on and after 10/1/2005
10-hour off-duty rule	No change
11-hour driving limit	No change
14-hour limit	No change
60/70-hour limits	No change
Drivers can split their 10 hours of off-duty time in a sleeper berth using two separate sleeper-berth periods, provided neither is less than 2 hours.	Drivers can split their 10 hours of off-duty time in a sleeper berth using two separate periods of time. One of the periods must be at least 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth. The other must be at least 2 consecutive hours either in the sleeper berth, off duty, or any combination of the two.
34-hour restart provision	No change, but enforcement will change to allow drivers to use this provision regardless of the number of on-duty hours accumulated.
100 air-mile-radius exception in 49 CFR 395.1	No change
Short-haul provision in 395.1(o)	No change, but additional exception adopted

Sleeper Berth Rules:

You still need two breaks
that add up to 10 hours.
But the rules require one of
the two breaks to be at least
8 continuous hours. This
break must be spent
entirely in the sleeper berth,
and will still be EXCLUDED
from the 14-hour limit.

The other break must be at
least 2 hours long but this
can be spent off duty, in the
sleeper berth, or any
combination of the two.
This shorter break is
ALWAYS INCLUDED in the
14-hour limit, no matter
where it is spent.