I need a question answered about hours of service laws. How do I calculate hours regained after 8 days? If, on the 8th day, I go back to day 1 and have 9 hours available to regain but still have 2 hours available from my 8th day, does that mean I have 11 hours available to me or just the 9 hours available from day 1?
Regaining log book hoursI need a question answered about hours of service laws. How d
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by RonnieCole, Jun 24, 2011.
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Tomorrow, 06/25, you start counting from 06/18, different set of 8 days.
So tonight, at midnight, you get back all duty hours from 06/17.
Take 34 hours off consecutive and you go back to zero. -
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It's easy once you have the recap established. You just compare todays hours with what you drop. Say you drop 10 hours and worked 12 today, you just add 2 hours to your running recap. It saves you from all the adding up.
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Of all the 70 hour rule violations I have seen, most have been because the driver failed to keep a recap. The others knew how many hours they had worked, and were just driving like a bat out of hades anyway... -
If you can use a spreadsheet it's real easy. Open Office by Sun has one and it's free. Starting in A1, keep dates in column A, enter hours worked in column B. In cell C8 enter =sum(B1:B8) and copy that cell down as far as you have dates. That will show how many hours you've worked in the last 8 days. In cell D8 enter =80-c8 and copy that cell down as far as you have dates. That will show you how many hours you have to work before you reach 80. Accounting for a 34 hour reset is a little more difficult but you could just delete days worked prior to not working for 34 hours.
That formula didn't really contain a smiley face. =sum(B1:B should end with 8 ) with no spaces.Last edited: Jun 24, 2011
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Thanks guys! At one point through a slow week, I regained enough hours previously worked to maintain 70 available hours for 3 days. Didn't believe it to be possible til I got your input.
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