HOS rules for part time gig

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Digging up an old thread but what if I am doing a non paid 40hr/week internship and doing trucking on the side...will the internship count toward my 70?

 

Lol, that was a serious question. Finishing up my degree and doing an internship this summer but would like to keep driving as I still need to pay my bills.

 

And I gave you a serious answer! A yes is a yes, no matter who does it.

 

We ran off a driver for double dipping , boss wondering why he was always sleeping in the yard on night shift in between dropped trailers.

 

Look, this is a highly technical thing in regard to the FMCSA HOS rules. It's not like there is DOT cops hiding behind trees waiting to jump you. In all likelihood you can do all the interning you want and then drive and suffer no problems. The thing is though as I stated it is technical.

 

I thought only compensated work counted?

 

Moose is under the impression I am making up the internship part.

 

This is an area where @brian991219 might be of better assistance. It is my understanding that there are some limited circumstances where this is true, but not 100% across the board. In this case, I will defer to @brian991219 .

 

FWIW, you won’t find very many Kentuckians in a California penal colony. That would be my deciding factor. Now, if you were in Kentucky.... Well, that’d be a horse of a different color.

Am I getting through to ya fella?