What's the difference between that and driving his car that was left at the terminal home after the same amount of time?
Using truck for personal conveyance
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by crazyray, Jun 16, 2008.
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The guidance simply states he is off duty and can log it as such since he has been relieved of all responsibility . Whatever a driver does off duty is no concern to the FMCSA . -
Well I got this this strait out of a State Troopers mouth. i asked him about it and he chuckled and said that it was a grey area. He said legally it was true that you could bobtail and say personal conveyance and be off duty, But he also said this if you are logged off duty and hit someone and kill them their lawyer will own you. Being that its not spelled out in black in white it won't hold up in court. He said that if you have enough hours to log on duty that is the best thing to do and only use this if absolutely needed and be very careful when doing so. As far as getting a ticket for it he said he wouldn't write one.
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That trooper really needs to know what they are speaking of before answering that kind of question. Provided you have NOT been put out of service and the company under who's authority you drive allows it all you would need in the event of an accident is a statement of fact from the FMCSA covering the legality of this. I know this because it happened to one of my cousins back in 2004. He was bobtailing from a receiver where he had did a drop, and was off duty and headed home. The distance covered was about 30 miles. A young girl actually hit him in the rear. He was charge with a logbook violation but that was tossed by the judge upon being showed statements from his company and the FMCSA that he was legal. There was an attempt to sue but that went nowhere once it was determined no laws had been violated. What you do want to be careful about is the state you might be in. The state might have something that prohibits this in Intrastate driving law. If you do drive a CMV this way a lot I suggest you contact your closest FMCSA regional office and get them to send you a letter, and contact your state about it.
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