So how is the 30min breaking working out?

If rates went up and stuck every time a new regulation was imposed that reduced productivity or added new costs, no broker would be posting loads for less than $4.00/mile

 

They are required to take it but not log it . Violations could be found through GPS locations .

1. [SIZE=-2][/SIZE]http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/hos/qanda.aspxc

 

hmmm the 30min break.........yeah it sucks, for us paper loggers it's not really a problem.......eloggers I really feel for ya "You have :35 secs until violation of the 30min/8hr rule........34,33,32,31,30..........."

 

No, I don't. I was taking a break about then anyways....so in that regard it's working out OK. I realize that I'm not doing the same thing as everybody else on here...at least not in the same manner. If I still ran the flag and got home every three weeks (maybe), then I'm sure there would be drawbacks to the new regulation. But I'm terminal to terminal, drop the wagons, then bobtail to the hotel. Phone rings when it's time to go, due out in two hours. Bobtail back to the terminal, hook up to the wagons, head for home. Do again 10-12 hours later, three rounds a week. 592 miles each way, 3552 miles a week. Plus downtime and layover. There are drawbacks. Get hollered at if I wander out into the left lane.

 

Then the price of diesel would be 7 dollars a gallon. And food and produce prices would triple. It's all a ripple effect.

 

This is in reply to "Y2K"...should have "replied with quote"....still learning, sorry...:


No, I don't. I was taking a break about then anyways....so in that regard it's working out OK. I realize that I'm not doing the same thing as everybody else on here...at least not in the same manner. If I still ran the flag and got home every three weeks (maybe), then I'm sure there would be drawbacks to the new regulation. But I'm terminal to terminal, drop the wagons, then bobtail to the hotel. Phone rings when it's time to go, due out in two hours. Bobtail back to the terminal, hook up to the wagons, head for home. Do again 10-12 hours later, three rounds a week. 592 miles each way, 3552 miles a week. Plus downtime and layover. There are drawbacks. Get hollered at if I wander out into the left lane.

 

New Rule at TTR........


30 min break for every 8 hours you post.......

 

ALL WRONG!!!!
PAY DRIVERS BY THE HOUR!!!!!!!!!!!
PROBLEM WILL FIX ITSELF AS SOON AS COMPANIES START PAYING FOR ALL OF THE DRIVER'S TIME.

Military...

Finally! Someone who gets it!!!

 

Please tell me you don't really believe that!!!

The LAST thing I want to hear is:

WE ARE FROM THE GOV'T AND WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU.

 

If you are gonna dream.....

They can pay for the fuel, the tolls, the truck, the house, the car, the bills at the house............!!!!!!!