Hoping that someone can provide some clarity, although I think we are all in the same boat. HOS was lifted for those providing emergency relief, including food, medical supplies, sanitizers, soaps, masks, gloves, etc.
We transport food but I don't understand if this applies to us. What food constitutes as emergency relief for restocking? Obviously the salad dressings we are hauling right now don't haha.
Will we get a special paper from the shipper saying this is an "SOS PRODUCT" or what? Why is this so vague?
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Basicly it would be items contacted to or by FEMA more than likely. Back for 9/11 We hauled Red Cross supplies and the BOL stated very clear HOS EXEMPT in Big Red Letters
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We hauled medicines the morning of 911 to NYC on a warfooting but due to local challenges in their efforts to not get attacked along the way it took a little time to reach NYC. Toll all the way across pricing be ######.
Earlier in life we had a town destroyed by tornados and FEMA signed local trucks spent months dumping most of it into a landfill. No HOS for them. (For me it was a missed oppertunity, 15.00 a hour until you cannot see at night anymore.) However I had other local work pouring out of the ready mix into various places being replaced like the school FEMA bunker, post offices in two locations and so on for rebuilding after the storm destroyed everything.
Thats one of the reasons I feel at home here. You put in the work and its yours. In Maryland we could not be bothered to do a #### thing. SO there is a difference.
HOS Exempt on bills and instructions from your company specifically. In that environment you get whatever it is on that truck there asap. You don't sleep, eat, stop or anything. Straight through. Then take care of yourself and the truck fast because they are waiting on you with the next one.
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Thank you, got it! Wow...sending prayers to all people out there and here. This is getting crazy
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I'm expecting the food plants to be a mad house for awhile. With everybody out of food to sell.
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Just drive like normal, it’s plenty already.
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