So I've volunteered for the 34 Hr restart Study done by the FMCSA

Good on you! Now make us look good like we don't need more rules!

 

Thank you, Lucar. Tell it like it is. I salute anyone willing to go on caffeine control!

 

So, are they including local / regional drivers in the study? You know, the ones that come back to their home terminal every 1-3 days? It bothers me how the rules seem to be based on one particular type of transportation operation.

 

caffeine control nope not me
i need a 24 oz b4 it is safe to do a pretrip

 

what does hq think about that?

 

so they will control the area and how you run, this will turn out just like the all the other studies they have done.

 

i was thinking of volunteering but couldnt figure out how i could show them, the whole thing is a farce

plus i figured i would actually have to take complete 10hr breaks and drive the speed limit

that, in itself, would kill me

 

how is it a fair study if everything you do, or eat / drink is controlled? I mean really some days I may only have 1 cup of coffee and go without others, as far as caffeine well i generally drink pepsi throughout the day.

but if they going to control your sleep, food intake, drink intake, how is that going to show how true life runs?

to me if you doing the study, ok they can put the elogs in, put up camera's.....etc...etc....
but should leave you the driver alone as is and allow you to operate like you normally would. putting controls in doesn't show the true state of how a 34 hr break affects a driver. (so how is this a fair and true evaluation of how the 34hr is suppose to work?)