Hi,
I just watched the movie "Big Rig", and there's a part where one of the truckers is describing his log book and regulated driving times and says (verbatim) "What's the problem with the new rule; they say put it in this 14 hours, 11 hours driving, but why couldn't I put a 5 hour break in here, kick my feet up anywhere in here, and do another 5 hours over here, did it for 26 years; it's forcing me to drive when I really need to take a break."
What did he mean by that?
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Question about driving time each day
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Stulear, Aug 12, 2010.
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Before the latest change in the HOS rules, you could drive part of your allowed time, take a 4 hour break and then put in the rest of your driving time. Can't do that anymore, as once your 14 hour clock starts it doesn't stop like the clock use to stop.
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It means once you begin your day you have a 14 hr.window to work a maxium of 11hrs. If you start at 06:00 in the morning you must be parked on a 10 hr.break by 20:00 that evening.
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Stop and take a short nap, or dont. What do you do now under the same circumstances?
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Last edited: Aug 13, 2010
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