Originally Posted by KD5AXG

Ok, what if we all went to getting paid hourly, 12 hr shifts, 4 days one week and 3 days the next?

Seriously, more often than not for me, the 34 hr reset makes me more tired unless I am at home because I am stuck at Truck Stop somewhere. If I am inactive, then my brain becomes lazy and it takes a day or two to get back into the swing of things.

But, I guess that's par for the course. A bunch of basic drivers know what's best for all of us big truck drivers.

Originally Posted by KD5AXG

Ok, what if we all went to getting paid hourly, 12 hr shifts, 4 days one week and 3 days the next?

Seriously, more often than not for me, the 34 hr reset makes me more tired unless I am at home because I am stuck at Truck Stop somewhere. If I am inactive, then my brain becomes lazy and it takes a day or two to get back into the swing of things.

But, I guess that's par for the course. A bunch of basic drivers know what's best for all of us big truck drivers.

Originally Posted by 10gph

Correct me if I am wrong, but to qualify for a 34 hour restart you can not be in your truck. It must be off duty and there is no where in your truck that is considered off duty.

Originally Posted by Brickman

Combo of off duty and sleeper makes a 34 restart. Myself and thousands of other drivers did/do it all the time.

Originally Posted by buck and a half

My assessment of these changes,during the winter I was taking my ten hour break at portsmouth nh,it was snowing about two inches an hour and I knew by the time my break was over I would have a heck of a time getting home to bangor me. I have years of experience on ice and snow,but,all I could think about is that young first winter driver trying to drive after having to wait a full ten hours. I don't believe anyone making that 14 hr rule and no short breaking,ever thought of the wintertime and the affect it could and would have on these new drivers. Now without the 11 hrs,and the 34 hr restart going it will mean more driving faster to get in the miles for the day,on the 11 you could drive slower to make the miles necessary to pay your bills and make a living. Now with the 34 hr restart going away,I believe instead of a company letting you come home before your 70 hrs is up will be a thing of the past. The big companies and some smaller ones will keep a driver out longer now without coming home until his 70 hrs is up or almost up and then give them their two days off,in order to take advantage of that truck and driver and utilize that driver for the utmost profit.Safety will suffer more,truckers are gonna be driving faster on the 10 hrs,driving more tired after going over 70 and taking off the 8th day on the road and rushing home after to be off and with their family. They will do these things above to keep trying to pay their bills and will have no choice but to drive faster and more tired to come home after a week and a half run or two week run.It won't be worth it to their company to let that driver off for two full days when that restart stops being used.That's my take on it.In my mind we all needed that 14 hr rule changed and thrown out to make us safer drivers,all of us,seniors and newbees.