Canada New Rules Jan 1, 2007

All Drivers must have 10 hours of rest --

Must have total 10 hours rest in duty day. 24 hour period

New - The 8 hours must be continuous, (off-duty) and no less the 30 min blocks for the other two hours. Together a driver must have 10 hours rest in 24 hour period.

If using the Sleeper Berth, than both periods must be logged in the sleeper berth , and the 2nd period must be no less than two hours, both the 8 hours and 2 hours must be logged on line 2 Sleeper berth, No Off-Duty.

Teams - Must log a minimum of 4 hours sleeper berth. i.e. 4 and 6, 5 and 5, 6 and 4, all are ok, where as an 8 and 2 would violate this rule.

Despite sections 12 and 14, a driver who is not splitting off-duty time in accordance with section 18 or 19 may defer a maximum of 2 hours of the daily off-duty time to the following day if

(a) the off-duty time deferred is not part of the mandatory 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time;

(b) the total off-duty time taken in the 2 days is at least 20 hours;

(c) the off-duty time deferred is added to the 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time taken in the second day;

(d) the total driving time in the 2 days does not exceed 26 hours; and