working hours??

Are you asking if you can work two shifts of 14 hours consecutively because you have crossed into the next day on your log? your question is a little hard to track. you can only work the 14 hours (13 hrs driving in Canada/11 hours driving in U.S) in ANY 24 hour period. so using your example, if you started at 1000 am and drove until 2300 but then continued to work until 1400 of the following day, you would be in violation as of midnight as you would have worked 14 hours at that point. you would be required to do a daily reset as of midnight after starting at 1000 am. but I am not sure if I have understood your question correctly.

 

You can work on-duty not driving as long as you want as far as the trucking regs are concerned, although the local province my have limits as far as working hours are concerned.

 

(from MTO Hours of Service manual, so this may be specific to Ontario only)


2. Mandatory off-duty time

• After a period of at least eight hours off-duty, a driver cannot drive more than 13 hours.
• After a period of at least eight hours off-duty, a driver cannot drive after having been on-duty for 14 hours.
• After a period of at least eight hours off-duty, a driver cannot drive after 16 hours has elapsed.

So I interpret this to mean that regardless of your start time, once you are on duty for 14 hours, even though it crosses two calendar days, you are no longer permitted to drive.

 

This might be a question for the oil field guys because i am pretty sure I remember them saying they are on duty for days at a time. But why would you want to be, unless of course you are paid to sleep.

 

You can work on duty not driving as long as you want ... The hours of service only say when you are not allowed to drive.

 

I though on duty not driving still counts against your overall on duty 14 hour clock.

 

It does, and also against your 70, but it doesn't say you aren't allowed to work more than 14 hours a day, you just aren't allowed to drive after 14 hours on duty