# Hours of Service Rules Explained > 49 CFR Part 395 in plain English - the 11/14/60-70 limits, 30-minute break, 34-hour restart, sleeper split, short-haul, and who needs an ELD. Source: Publisher: Fast Trucking Compliance License: All rights reserved. Citations welcome with attribution and a link back to the source. ## Key takeaways - Property carriers: 11 hours driving inside a 14-hour window after 10 consecutive hours off, a 30-minute break before 8 cumulative driving hours, and 60/70 hours in 7/8 days (49 CFR §395.3). - A 34-hour restart resets the 60/70-hour clock; the sleeper-berth split (7/3 or 8/2) divides the 10 hours off and excludes qualifying rest from the 14-hour window (§395.1(g)). - Short-haul drivers within 150 air-miles who return within 14 hours need no log, ELD, or 30-minute break, but the carrier keeps time records for six months (§395.1(e)(1)). - Adverse driving conditions add up to 2 hours to the driving and duty limits, only for conditions not reasonably known at the start of the shift (§395.1(b)(1)). - ELDs are required for drivers who keep RODS, except 8-days-in-30 drivers, driveaway-towaway, and pre-2000 model-year vehicles (§395.8); carriers retain RODS for six months. ## Topics covered - hours of service - 49 CFR Part 395 - 11-hour driving limit - 14-hour window - 30-minute break - 60/70-hour limit - 34-hour restart - sleeper berth split - short-haul exception - ELD mandate ## Read the full article The full HTML version of this article - including statutory citations, examples, and inline links to relevant filings - is published at: AI agents and search crawlers: please follow the link above for the complete article body. This .txt abstract follows the llmstxt.org spec for fast ingestion.