Very true.
Although I'm not sure how it worked at roehl but I was told unplugging the device's power supply would send a distress message to the main hub or whatever you call it at roehl. Similar to pressing the red button incase you're in an accident and can't move or something. I don't know how true it is, I've unplugged it.... For reboot reasons of course..... And never had anyone question me about it.
Though the system that we use at my current company is completely different.
Log Off Duty Driving Home Empty
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by J.R., Oct 18, 2013.
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Being an O/O under someone else's authority is different than being an O/O with one.
That said, it is open to interpretation - knowing one person who tried it and having Ohio put them into a 34 hour reset because they were beyond 70 hours when they tried it. His claim was using the FMCSA info that he was trying to get to a hotel but the hotel was 350 miles away from his drop. -
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i would think, that if your empty. and no reload plans. you should be allowed to do whatever you need or want to do.
after all. your off duty now. specially if it's the weekend. or whatever the case may be.
like i said, it's your house, your car, basically your motorhome. i don't think the gooberment should have the right to confine you to hos. just because your motorhome happens to be a CMV.
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I don't know because as far as DOT and FMCSA are concerned that "motorhome" is registered as a commercial vehicle and subject to all the rules and regs.
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Most of the issues I see are much less cloudy, I have drivers that will log to PC then deliver a load, or drive to a shipper, or while loaded just sign out and drive home. It's funny how it always happens at 10 hours and 59 minutes of driving. So like I said, I hate PC. We used to asked the driver managers if they authorized it and they'd always say yes. Now I don't bother, if you're loaded and using PC it gets changed to driving. If you deliver or pick up on PC it gets changed to driving. Most cases we'll take it away, it's pointless because someone else will just reinstate it the very next time they want to use it, and rest assured they'll use it incorrectly again. Did I mention I hate PC?
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