34 restart suspended--anne ferrow says 317,000 truck crashes/75 deaths per week

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by snowwy, Jun 5, 2014.

  1. Roadmedic

    Roadmedic Road Train Member

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    I have no problem with the rules as instituted in 2004.

    The big problem with the fatigue is the constant shifting of work schedules. I only work the same schedule now and can keep a normal body time.
     
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  3. joseph1135

    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    The 2004 rule was good and made sense and also helped us out quite a bit. I like the extra hour of drive time and the 34 hour reset. And ten hours in the bunk is more than adequate rest time plus time to do other things.
     
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  4. 70s_driver

    70s_driver Medium Load Member

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    No you go ahead and work your 82. Im retired-from trucking anyway.
     
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  5. speedbuggy84410

    speedbuggy84410 Light Load Member

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    If you work 70 hours then take a 34 hour reset you can end up working 82 hours. Do some math.
     
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  6. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    ummm, nooo, it's abbreviated.
     
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  7. 70s_driver

    70s_driver Medium Load Member

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    OK, Im convinced. Go ahead and do it:)
     
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  8. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    the rules before 2004 were better. they were also supposedly in play for 63 years.
     
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  9. 70s_driver

    70s_driver Medium Load Member

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    I agree 100% Snowwy. They should have left them alone.
     
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  10. 70s_driver

    70s_driver Medium Load Member

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    On second thought, I don't want to mislead these new drivers. There are 3 primary ways the Department of Transportation can violate you:
    1. If you pull into a scale with more than 11 hours driving, they can get you on a driving violation, 2. If you pull into a scale with more than 14 hours "On Duty", they can violate you, and 3. If you pull into a scale with more than 60 hours in 7 days or more than 70 hours in 8 days(depending on which one you are using), they can violate you and it doesn't really matter if you are legal on 2 out of the 3, they can still violate you on the one that you are not legal on and if you don't believe that, you pull on into a scale in violation of either of those three and see what happens.
     
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  11. born&raisedintheusa

    born&raisedintheusa Road Train Member

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    If the truck driver does get "violated" at the weigh scales, will the D.O.T. shut the driver down right then and there?

    God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!
     
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