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Trucking Industry Regulations Wipin' The Fog Off The Log. Forum/Discussion of trucking regulations, hours of service, log books, rules, laws, etc.

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and sleeping on the catwalk doesn't count.

PSAnderson - just noticed your location. Cool. I went to high school about 50 miles south of you, lo these many years ago. Parents still live there. (or, more accurately, live there again)

Yeah, that fun with the meals is why I almost always eat in the sleeper section - or when I am driving, if the meal is a no-mess meal.
I heard one guy carried a peice of plywood and put it accross the seats and logged it as sleeper birth untill he got popped for it.
They asked how can you sleep in a sleeper birth and not have one he pulled out his board and said like this.
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When a Driver goes on thier ten hour break it does not alter the fact that they are still responsible for tractor, trailer and load. In a hotel room or sleeper the Driver is still held accountable and could be terminated should happen to equipment or load. Workers in industry have the same responsibilty and accountabilty when they are on the clock but ends at the of the working day.
OTR drivers should be compensated on all hours for the same standred and accountabilty the an industry worker has. Our pay should shift from mileage or percentage to hourly rate when on a ten hour break. This is what the carriers placed on drivers and they should pay an hourly rate. But the hourly rate will have to be minum wage under the Wage and Hour Division. But it will never happen but just a point to ponder.
Some companies actually do pay you for having to sleep in the truck. It's like $25. or some small amount. I used to work for a company that paid me $25. for not staying in a motel. If you will do things for free trucking companies will sure let you.
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I heard one guy carried a peice of plywood and put it accross the seats and logged it as sleeper birth untill he got popped for it.
They asked how can you sleep in a sleeper birth and not have one he pulled out his board and said like this.
A piece of plywood between the seats of a day cab does not meet the requirements of a sleeper berth at 393.76......sorry, when you do this you can be placed out of service for a false log when you log in the sleeper berth when you don't have one
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