8 day 70 hour rule?

Why go off duty? Don't think DOT is gonna start hunting people down when they hit a restroom or get some food to go and they're logged in the sleeper. Kind of seems tedious to get letters of permission for common sense needs.

 

Never stayed in a CT rest area , have you ?

 

Thanks for the great thread. I'll be sure to work on my math skills in school.

 

And the FMCSA just changed the rules regarding line 1 and 2.... you can now log all time off duty on line 1, weither it be in the sleeper or not.

 

Also more deers and other animals running out in front of you, and more drunkards behind the wheel of the 4-wheelers.

Mikeeee

 

That's exactly why I've always logged Off-duty instead of Sleeper Berth. I can be out of the truck off-duty or in the sleeper off-duty, but can't be out of the truck while sleeper berth.

 

Great thread! I am just getting ready to go to school and haven't thought that much about this topic at this point. I kinda passed over it and thought it was pretty simple but I can see that it can be very subjective.

 

I have logged 13.25 hours on the drive line in a 24 hour period on Elogs, no violations.

Started my clock 2345 for 15 minute pretrip and drove 5 hours. Pulled over for 2 hours. Drove another 5.25 hours, pulled over for 8 hours sleeper. Got up and drove another 3 hours before midnight again. Easy money, 755 miles logged. Went from Sacramento CA to Newark NJ in 4 days.

70 divided by 8 equals 8.75 hours a day on average. Works out to about 400 miles per day, times 7 days is 2800 miles in a week. There's no need to drive around with your hair on fire and take resets to achieve the same goal. If you turn in a 12 hour one day, turn in a 6 hour day the next day or so to bring you average down. If you turn in a 2 hour or 4 hour day, shave some days down to 6 or 7 to pad that short day coming up like transampete said.

To me resets are for hometime or dead freight areas.

 

try the ninth day.

it's 70 hyours in 8 days. means hours don't drop till the ninth day.

 

8 days. PERIOD