5mph and I am on drive line .. Is that standard now?

I have had a call from dispatch asking why I was still at the truck stop past my delivery appointment time at consignee 7 miles away. I told them I was at the consignee, backed into a dock and being unloaded as we speak.

"Oh, it looks like you are still parked at the truckstop"

GPS tracking obviously isn't infallible

 

What does that have to do with Personal Conveyance? You would use the Adverse Driving Conditions Exemption for such an occurrence.

 

I'm not missing the point. You didn't include any details initially other than weather. Why would you need PC for this though? Are you also out of hours? If the answer is yes and you are in fact out of hours I wouldn't want company guys driving the truck around for personal use. The hotel room you chose has all those things in it or near by. Also, your truck itself should have those things anyway. Furthermore, if you're claiming the weather was your issue as you've previously mentioned you shouldn't have to leave the trailer anywhere if you can ride bobtail. Roads can't be that bad if you can scoot around on unloaded empty tandems.

 

Indeed, screw the company guy. Driving a truck around on PC as a company guy is asking for trouble and I wouldn't want one of my guys doing it with one of my trucks. Does putting words in my mouth make you feel better? What you're describing can all be done within hours in route and/or under the ADC Exemption. And if they're really local like not even expected to due any RODS then why do they need any of that anyway? If they can bobtail somewhere then they can bobtail home. I have no remorse.

 

If I'm getting a room, most likely it is because I'm out of hours for the day and cannot make it home. That wasn't any different back in my company driver days. Under the regulations, you are allowed to drive a CMV off duty in the same manner and for the same purposes that you'd drive your POV if you had it with you...personal errands, food, entertainment, lodging, etc. For example, you're taking your 34 and want to go see a movie, you're allowed to drive to the theater and back. Get hungry and want something other than the crap at the truck stop, you can drive to a real restaurant and back. Hell, the other day I was on my way home...dropped my loaded trailer at the Mack dealer and PC'd the mile over to the sitter's house to pick up my boy...then PC'd back to Mack to grab my trailer and line 3 the 30 minutes back to the house. Saturday, I delivered about 45 minutes from the house...then PC'd around that town to several different places I needed to do business with...then back to line 3 to go home. That's what PC is for, and it doesn't matter if you're a company driver or an O/O. If you're doing PERSONAL errands, you can use the CMV as a means of CONVEYANCE to do what you need to do so long as you meet certain criteria...namely that you aren't carrying a load (unladen) and you aren't advancing toward your next load. If you don't own the truck, you also need the owner's permission.

 

I've made my position quite clear. If one doesn't own the truck they shouldn't be using PC. The ADC covers any situation for a company guy for abnormal situations and if the company driver wants to do personal things in the company truck he/she can do it within their 70. I'm shocked you're so triggered over my opinion. Don't know what else to tell you, bud.