New HOS & Truck Parking

To a point I agree, but with common sense comes into play.

When I was driving I tried to run midnight till 10 or 11 AM so I could get a parking spot when it was time for a break. I found at night more than not the fuel Island was empty more than busy like it is during the day. Yes a few are busy at night also, where common sense comes into play. Most who came into fuel would pull into the closer pumps so I would pull into the furthest. This way I am not killing 30 min looking and trying to park in full parking lot. Saving my hrs. From the time you park, walk into the truck stop use the restroom, buy a drink or coffee as many drivers drink, and walk back to the truck. your 30 min break about over. But of course if the fuel island busy, find one that not. They are out there.......

 

Smh, plan all u want life is going to happen to you and u will be back right here agreeing with us!!

 

I'll do a 30 on fuel in middle of night. Never my fuel stop or it after I fuel BUT I always make sure lines are empty if not I'll pull off to side

 

I've never had a timestamp on my fuel receipts (off these modern registers), just a date.

 

There is some urban legend out there that there are a few CMV cops who will call truck stops to get a transaction TIME to verify what the driver is claiming. Problem is ... if a driver is cooking the books, "fuel entries" that can fail an audit or verification are not going to exist. So excuse me if I don't buy this, however, I have seen a photo of a memorandum at a truck stop informing employees to NEVER attempt to provide transaction detail info to anyone calling in claiming to be a state CMV officer and looking to verify log book entry.

 

Eh, I don't care if the Great Pumpkin came down and told me that fairy tale himself, I've been logging this way for over a decade without issue.

Besides that, they're not going to split hairs over 15 minutes or so... it's not like all the clocks in the world are synced up to the second.

If they were hours apart, well yeah there'd be issues.... but not for waiting in line to pump.

 

I've never seen a time on fuel receipt either, but fuel card shows it, n just needs to be within 15 min

 

Qualcomm logs fuel stops with said company .. its automated.. what about comdata credit cards and the like.. receipts i see show dates.. cat scale shows date and time

 

I dunno about Qualcomm , I've never used one before. Sometimes I wished my receipts showed the time bc I wouldn't have to try to get my memory kick started!