Am I the only 1 to think that EOBRs are going to keep me from making $???

Yesterday's driving was over 11 hours.

Drove 7 hours, 15 min break.
Drove 4 hours, 10 hour break.

Actual stops, none in between.

 

Answer: Loose-Leaf Logbook.......

You didn't say it had to be "legal"......

 

Lets just get this over with and let the robots take over all our jobs.

 

You are right - The last I heard, the EOBRs would only be used for "a few" companies with a high volume of fatigue-related accidents. You know it will eventually expand to all trucks. How can anyone believe that the government knows better than an individual as to when he is tired? I usually get very tired in mid-afternoon (after running about 7-8 hours). I take a 15-30-minute nap and am good to go. Could have kept legally kept driving, though. Also-don't need 8-10 hours of sleep. Who does?

 

It is almost impossible to average 60 in a 65mph truck-hills, traffic, scales, etc. When do you eat? What do you eat? When do you fuel? You can lose 1/2 hour easy at any Love's. Who drives 7 days a week, every week? Who maintains the equipment? When? How do you like being on the road 365 days per year? How can you say that EOBR will "just be a tool"? Or maybe the companies that impose this are using the drivers as tools?

 

Drive in Mich and ILL. a lot and it is hard to average 45 MPH

 

Average adult needs 7-8 hours of sleep minimum to be healthy long-term.

I know there are exceptions, but sleep research has born out very similar results for years on this one.

 

Jack I need about 8 hours of to be fully rested and sometimes more if I didn't sleep well for whatever reason the night before. Granted the HOS doesn't allow for much flexibiltiy for a lot of the problems of the road. Also there has been days after driving for 10 hours I feel like I can drive for another 2-3 hours and other days my behind is dragging after 6 hours of driving.