California NO Idle Law

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by SCHULTZ, Jul 29, 2012.

  1. SCHULTZ

    SCHULTZ Light Load Member

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    I understand California is a No Idle state but when you look up their idle laws it states under exemptions Hours of service compliance @ truck/rest stop Does this allow me to idle as long as I log sleeper birth because to me thatfits HOS compliance and so as long as I dont idle at the docs or in residential I should be good right
     
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  3. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    i think just about every state is a no idle state now.

    some of the truck stops even have signs saying no idle over 5 minutes.

    in dallas. you have to pay to park and no idle. 10 years ago you could just roll in.
     
  4. SCHULTZ

    SCHULTZ Light Load Member

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    I hope ATA fights for a new idle law alot of these trucks dont have any auxiliary units FMCSA wants drivers to be rested so they change up our HOS but cant get a good nights rest because you cant idle and sweating or freezing your ### off in the sleeper doesnt make sense
     
  5. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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    I don't think any No-Idle law was written with the intent a driver, with no APU, had to NOT idle while taking his mandatory 10 hour break, in excessively high or low temps. I've seen it 95 degrees in Phoenix at 10 PM. The biggest problem is the carriers penalizing drivers bonus pay because they spent 2 weeks in August stuck running Between El Paso/Dallas and So Cal.
     
  6. Rugerfan

    Rugerfan Road Train Member

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    hell i rolled in a truck stop in LA the other day and had to get a ticket just to get fuel. luckily i didnt get charged for it. but i dont care what anyone says or does if it is too hot or too cold to sleep you better believe my truck is runnin.
     
  7. aiwiron

    aiwiron Road Train Member

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    Must have been the Ontario T/A
     
  8. RenegadeTrucker

    RenegadeTrucker Road Train Member

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    The cops are aware of this too, if your truck is running and you are not behind the wheel, they will write you for it. Happened to a buddy of mine when I was standing there in Long Beach, his truck was running, we were standing next to it talking, his GF was in the sleeper on the computer so she had the truck idled up with the AC running. Cop handed him a ticket right then and there.
     
  9. double yellow

    double yellow Road Train Member

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    You give CA way too much credit. A full 1/3 of the state does not have reliable utility service during severe winter storms, yet you can no longer build a new home anywhere in the state with a wood stove. And it probably won't be long before you're completely banned from using the existing ones (there are already area bans). You've got legislators representing the Socal, SF bay, Central Valley, and Sacramento areas assuming that because they haven't lost a full day of power in 5 years, the same must be true in Nubieber, Ca. I'd like to see any one of them spend a week off the grid at 20 below.
     
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  10. Rogerthat

    Rogerthat Medium Load Member

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    That's news to me. I live in Placer Cty and use a wood stove. Sac is a different story, however...

    [ And it probably won't be long before you're completely banned from using the existing ones (there are already area bans). You've got legislators representing the Socal, SF bay, Central Valley, and Sacramento areas assuming that because they haven't lost a full day of power in 5 years, the same must be true in Nubieber, Ca. I'd like to see any one of them spend a week off the grid at 20 below.[/QUOTE]

    20 below? Yikes...

    However, today, for example, I can't see the Sutter Buttes from where I live 'cause the ozone is so thick- as it can be on a hot summer day. So, the law is there for a reason...But I looked up the law and there's gray in it. Enforcement is supposed to show some discretion when it's very hot or cold. But if they don't, then your only option is court, I suppose...
     
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  11. chompi

    chompi Road Train Member

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    Unless you have a new truck and it is Certified Clean Air Idle.
     
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