"FORCED to break-the-law!---"Elogs and the Catch 22???"

And herein lies the very thing that will tank productivity.

Used to be if the type of shipper you describe was near a place where one could take a 10, you'd load and then go park. Now, one will have to take the break BEFORE loading, basically tanking at least one full day's worth of driving.

With the hit to revenue that having to regular make such decisions is going to create, how can anyone work or even live like this? Nobody will want to do this job.

I'm leaning towards a theory postulated by an earlier poster that this may mean going back to a pre-deregulation modus operandi, because on top of all this we have the parking issue. Sleeper trucks will HAVE to be ran as teams at least for reefer and van freight, while local drivers paid hourly and can afford to sit for an eternity handle the P&D's.

 

Don't count on it.

I can't speak for your part of the world, but down here there is a LOT of money behind this, and money talks.

 

But not every truck spends hours at an unfamiliar or otherwise unreliable shipper or receiver.

 

That will most likely earn you a free ride on a 50 ton hook to whomever's impound yard that particular "customer" happens to have a contract with.

 

Don't even get me started on this one and the issues it causes us.