New HOS & Truck Parking

walmart security pulled up as iwas parking in pa .. told me i couldn't park there .. since then i find walmart if-ee.. tho on occasion wm dose work out but its not my first choice.. as far fuel islands at.. ypu'll never know i was there.. no worries

 

It is perfectly legal to log multiple activities in one city, off duty, sleeper, on duty, driving and combine all the times.
Usually used for multiple stops in one city where it is impossible on a 15 minute graph if you are stopping 4 different addresses for less than 7 minutes (think LTL) within a say 2 hour period, had driving time in between and maybe a lunche break. As long as the driving time is totaled last you are ok. Hence you might show 1/2 hour on duty delivering, driving for say 3/4 hour, and 3/4 hour for lunch off duty. You might have even snuck into the sleeper for part of that 45 minute lunch break. Were you resting? Who knows. But you logged it legally.
Think of your present logging of sleeper/off duty now. Do you draw a line of your log everytime you are "resting" in the sleeper berth and stand up to get a sweatshirt or make a phone call legally going to off duty? No, you combine the times.
The same applies for your on duty activities. If your receipt shows you were at x town and your log shows you were in x town during that time frame you are on solid ground.
That doesn't Barney Fife isn't going to bust you. But incorrect abd illegal tickets get written all the time. If you get one, fight it.

 

As a general rule I don't do Walmart Parking unless they have actual Truck Parking Spots.
Not many of those around anymore.

I've only parked at Walmarts (w/o Truck Spots) a handful of times.
Not counting the Year or so I was doing Walmart Dedicated.

 

Not. "Adult places" tend to have quite roomy parking.

 

I was shocked to find not just a rollover in the median, but a truck with a burned out sleeper on the side a mile down the road on 287 in Texas.

Who knew that little highway was such a danger zone?


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There's NEW hours of service? What did I miss?