If DOT is so worried about us being tired, why not give us more than three hours of off duty time once we started our clock? There are countless times when my off duty status is drained at the shipper and when I want to stop and rest it starts eating up my drive time even if I barely drove. If I had more off duty time, maybe another hour, that would give me time to take a good nap. Heck really they could make it five hours, it is up to us to decide if we need to break or not without eating away our drive time. Then I can take a nap, shower, go shopping, and still have time to drive to where I gotta go if the schedule is tight. Plus I shower during the day since it is nearly impossible to get a shower in the morning or at night when 98% of drivers take their showers at a truckstop that only has 5 - 8 showers total.
Why not give us more hours of off duty status?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by NewNashGuy, Nov 10, 2013.
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I agree with you, HOS is so messed up. It used to be 10 hours on duty, 8 off. One of the problems with that system was guys would just run 10 stop 8 over and over and wind up sleeping during the day one day, at night another, it was a problem. They came up with the 14 hour rule and the current system in an attempt to let us maintain a schedule a little more, which it has I guess, but also creates other problems like the one you mentioned.
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Yes just adding one extra off duty hour within the 14 hour clock would probably make the hos workable. There are times when I am feeling wide awake and happy and don't even need a break so it is available for us if we want to take it.
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You're right.
Screwed if ya do, screwed if ya don'tLast edited: Nov 10, 2013
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Didn't realize there's a limit to to off duty time. Scratching my head...
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more off duty means more time truck is off the road. that's what the gooberment wants.
they've already implemented a lunch break and a harder to accomplish 34.
if you want more off duty time. then your too lazy to drive a truck. the rest of us are here to make a living. NOT SIT. -
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