Sleeper birth rule questoin

I run a 1 ton dually with no sleeper that meets the requirement. I take the break in my truck as off duty. I have been inspected many times. There is nothing they can do about off duty time. I can tell them to kiss my rear if I want. It is none of their business.


The intelligence of some on here is totally amazing.

If you are off duty you cannot be sleeping. He better never stay in a motel and log off duty then.

 

Definitely a joke.

 

Where is your proof?


All you have to do is provide the proof to support your ridiculous claim about sleeping when off duty.

 

Uh, dude...it was a joke. Take a chill pill.

 

Where's your proof that it was funny? Jokes are funny. If you can't prove it was funny, you can't claim it was a joke.

 

The only portion of the regs that require sleeper berth time to count for a break is in regards to the split sleeper rule which requires one of the 2 breaks to be at least 8 but more then 10 hours of continuous sleeper berth time. In regards to the 10 hour break reqs the regs say that it must be one of three: a) 10 hours of continuous off duty. b) 10 hours of continuous sleeper. c) any combination of off duty and sleeper time thereof. What it basically means is you can log 10 straight hours off duty and it will still count. After all, what if you got a motel? You can't honestly log sleeper berth (though if you did I'd save a receipt to show the lawman in case you get inspected to prove it.) At any rate, sleeper berth time does NOT mean time spent sleeping. The regs state quite clearly that line 2 is to be logged for ANY time spent resting in the sleeper. That doesn't necessarily include sleep since laying down watching TV can be restful as well. This is one reason I hop my butt into the sleeper any time I can, just one less thing I have to worry about on the lie detector test.

Honestly, I think this rule was added to help out folks in day cabs and those delivering trucks/RVs/etc. Basically anyone without a sleeper can now log off duty when they aren't driving but are sitting behind the wheel.

 

You can also log your "Sleeper Birth" time every nite time in the "Sleeper Berth" for 9 months. May get crowded after that.

 

I have a AlarmClock at home that includes a headband Pickup transmitter to record "Rem Sleep" periods. One could use that to 'Prove' sleeptime.

 

This is regarding the regulation that allows a team driver to spend up to 2 hours in the passenger seat with the truck moving as off duty time as long as they have 8 hours in the sleeper before or after it.

 

Now here's a joke. I have a motorized bicycle that I haul a Schwinn trailer with to the store. I buy food, beer, & lighter fluid. I'm hauling a trailer, do I need to scale it? Do I need placards for ormd? Do I need permits? In 34 years I have never seen so much carp as the people that need the products the most make so many laws to keep me from providing them with the products they desire. My standard answer is, go get it yourself. There is no panty hose fairy. But I am out of potato's, no problem, Idaho is that way. Go get yourself. But you have a pretty truck. Sorry costs to much to drive it, go get it yourself. Ask your law making suit to go get it and see what happens. Ask a DOT cop to get it, and see what happens. Things have to change people. Yea the truck is mine, paid for with hard work, sweat, blood & tears. Go get yourself. You Don't have it because I can't afford to bring it to you. Throw the bums out, VOTE.