After working 120 hours in a 14-day cycle, drivers must take ____ consecutive hours of off-duty time before taking 70 hours of on-duty time.
- 24 ✓
- 8
- 36
- 16
Answer: A. 24
After 120 hours in a 14-day cycle, a driver must take at least 24 consecutive hours off duty before accumulating 70 hours of on-duty time.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's Cycle 2 rule says a driver cannot keep driving once 120 hours have been reached in a 14-day period. Before the driver starts piling up 70 hours of on-duty time again, the driver has to be off duty for a full, unbroken 24 hours. That matches the bank answer. The passage also separates this from cycle resets, which use different off-duty blocks, so the 24-hour figure is tied to the 120-in-14 situation.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 8 — Eight consecutive hours off duty appears in the northern-jurisdiction rules after long driving or on-duty stretches, not for the 120-hours-in-14-days Cycle 2 situation.
- C. 36 — Thirty-six consecutive hours off duty is the reset for Cycle 1, so it is not the block required before accumulating 70 hours of on-duty time here.
- D. 16 — Sixteen consecutive hours is not stated in these passages as an off-duty requirement for this situation.
Remember it
In Cycle 2, hitting 120 hours in 14 days means a full 24-hour rest before you start counting 70 on-duty hours again.