Truck drivers can drive for 11 hours. After that, they are required to take a ten-hour break. In 2020, truck drivers were allowed to begin working 14-hour days, rather than the limit of 12 hours previously in place. This is only for travel up to 150 miles. In order to gain as much drive time as possible, a truck driver usually will have a 7-3 split, which allows the driver to split the required ten-hour break into two segments -- with one segment no shorter than seven hours.