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HOS: How to use Canada split spleeper

Canada regulations. 

Splitting of Daily Off-duty Time — Single Driver - Single driver on cycle 1 Canada south of 60.

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A driver who is driving a commercial vehicle fitted with a sleeper berth may meet the mandatory off-duty time and daily off-duty time requirements of sections 13 and 14 by accumulating off-duty time in no more than 2 periods if

(a) Neither period of off-duty time is shorter than 2 hours;
(b) The total of the 2 periods of off-duty time is at least 10 hours;
(c) The off-duty time is spent resting in the sleeper berth (SB);

(c.1) The sleeper berth meets the requirements of point a) and b)

(d) The total of the driving time in the periods immediately before and after each of the periods of off-duty time does not exceed 13 hours;
(e) The elapsed time in the periods immediately before and after each of the periods of off-duty time does not include any driving time after the 16th hour after the driver comes on-duty;
(f) None of the daily off-duty time is deferred to the next day; and
(g) The total of the on-duty time in the periods immediately before and after each of the periods of off-duty time referred to in paragraph (b) does not include any driving time after the 14th

The 16th hour calculation

The 16th hour is calculated by

  • (a) Excluding any period spent in the sleeper berth that is 2 hours or more in duration and that, when added to a subsequent period in the sleeper berth, totals at least 10 hours; and
  • (b) Including
    • (i)all on-duty time,
    • (ii)all off-duty time not spent in the sleeper berth,
    • (iii)all periods of less than 2 hours spent in the sleeper berth, and
    • (iv) any other period spent in the sleeper berth that does not qualify as counting towards meeting the requirements of this section.