HOS question - "Safe haven" rule?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by kirbyis, Sep 12, 2012.

  1. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

    15,317
    209
    Jan 31, 2012
    Green Bay Wi
    0
    transam allows us to use safe haven under those cicumstances right or wrong as it may be
    if leaving a reciever empty we can pc off duty before we accept another load assignment
     
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. Kostyantyn88

    Kostyantyn88 Bobtail Member

    9
    0
    Jun 27, 2012
    Chicago, IL
    0
    I got 45 c/m, and Im pushing 800 + miles a day. The only way I can make money is cheat the logs
     
  4. 48Packard

    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

    8,348
    9,871
    Apr 19, 2009
    Could be anywhere
    0
    I see your name, your age, and your location. This tells me all I need to know.

    Please don't kill anyone. Thank you.
     
    teqntexas and mp4694330 Thank this.
  5. kaly

    kaly Bobtail Member

    37
    3
    May 6, 2012
    Gautier, ms
    0
    i think is 1 hour over your 14 hours but then again they will ask you why did you not plan your trip better knowing that they will be bad weather ahead of you?....dot loves to act like a lawyers in a court room
     
  6. beerslave

    beerslave Light Load Member

    185
    59
    Jun 30, 2012
    0
    I'm jumping into this thread a little late but, I have a lot of experience with "safe haven" driving. After talking to DOT on multiple occasions about it, this is what I found out. DOT calls it "unforeseen" situations. What is unforeseen? DOT can not seem to answer what is, only answer what is NOT. Weather, construction, traffic, loading or unloading delays, ect ect, are all NOT a legal reason to use safe haven. Now, apparently, the reason DOT can not answer exactly what is, is because it is for things that do not happen and may never happen. TwoDOT officers I spoke with said they would doubt if they ever ran across a driver that used it for a legal reason.
     
  7. Sublime

    Sublime Road Train Member

    1,529
    1,896
    Jan 18, 2013
    Twin Cities, MN
    0
    With the ability to get weather reports via smart phone these days anybody trying to use it would have a very hard time convincing anybody they didn't know what the conditions were ahead of them.
     
  8. Ebola Guy

    Ebola Guy Heavy Load Member

    977
    789
    Oct 11, 2009
    Manitowoc, WI
    0
    ... assuming everyone A) has a smart phone and B) uses said smart phone to check on the weather forecast.
     
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.