Hours of service questions and answers

LogsRus, yes I'm on pacific and often operating in central or eastern. So having to wait until 5 am pacific for a reset to qualify, means not starting my day until 7 or 8 am right at rush hour.

I'm starting to think that not taking a reset unless I absolutely need one will give me more options on the following week, should I absolutely need one.

 

Up until now I've only run days and have never considered this scenario. The log book provided by the company has the DVIR on the same page as the HOS grid...

My run starts at 2200 today. I'll likely shut down sometime around 0800 tomorrow. Then start up 10 hours later... and shut down just before 2400.

1) Do I log a post trip for today? Or is the DVIR on today's log left blank?
2) I'll likely have 2 post trips tomorrow. Do I somehow use the same DVIR?

 

Using the DVIR in the logbook is a bad idea . My carrier got cited in an audit for it . How do you leave a copy in the truck , trailer , and turn one in ?
The DVIR is filled out at the end of the day or at the end of the trip . If you use the DVIR in the logbook how do you complete 1 for 2 trailers ?
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=396.11

 

It seems to me that 14 hours a day, if every day, is a lot of hours to work, no matter what kind of work that is. But then, if I know the truth of the matter, truckers are responsible for the smallest fraction of overall wrecks to begin with, and along with the fact that some are going to run illegally anyway no matter what the law, I think of it like I do gun control, I don't think there should be any laws at all, no hours of service laws. Only thing I think should happen is truck drivers should be paid by the hour with overtime after fourty, or if the union would get off their butts and organize the truckload sector, time and a half after 8, there would be a whole lot less stress trying to make a living, a whole lot better pay too.

 

My husband coworker was stop yesterday,there's a new rule that went into effect July 1 here's a copy because a lot of drivers don't now about:



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FMCSA 40-13
Monday, July 1, 2013
Contact: Marissa Padilla
Tel: (202) 366-9999




New Hours-of-Service Safety Regulations to Reduce Truck Driver Fatigue
Begin Today
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that new federal regulations designed to improve safety for the motoring public by reducing truck driver fatigue took full effect today, July 1, 2013.


"Safety is our highest priority," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. "These rules make common sense, data-driven changes to reduce truck driver fatigue and improve safety for every traveler on our highways and roads."


Trucking companies were provided 18 months to adopt the new hours-of-service rules for truck drivers. First announced in December 2011 by FMCSA, the rules limit the average work week for truck drivers to 70 hours to ensure that all truck operators have adequate rest. Only the most extreme schedules will be impacted, and more than 85 percent of the truck driving workforce will see no changes.


Working long daily and weekly hours on a continuing basis is associated with chronic fatigue, a high risk of crashes, and a number of serious chronic health conditions in drivers. It is estimated that these new safety regulations will save 19 lives and prevent approximately 1,400 crashes and 560 injuries each year.


"These fatigue-fighting rules for truck drivers were carefully crafted based on years of scientific research and unprecedented stakeholder outreach," said FMCSA Administrator Anne S. Ferro. "The result is a fair and balanced approach that will result in an estimated $280 million in savings from fewer large truck crashes and $470 million in savings from improved driver health. Most importantly, it will save lives."


FMCSA's new hours-of-service final rule:


Limits the maximum average work week for truck drivers to 70 hours, a decrease from the current maximum of 82 hours;


Allows truck drivers who reach the maximum 70 hours of driving within a week to resume if they rest for 34 consecutive hours, including at least two nights when their body clock demands sleep the most - from 1-5 a.m., and;


Requires truck drivers to take a 30-minute break during the first eight hours of a shift.
The final rule retains the current 11-hour daily driving limit and 14-hour work day.


Companies and drivers that commit egregious violations of the rule could face the maximum penalties for each offense. Trucking companies and passenger carriers that allow drivers to exceed driving limits by more than three hours could be fined $11,000 per offense, and the drivers themselves could face civil penalties of up to $2,750 for each offense.


Further information, including "Hours-of-Service Logbook Examples," is available on FMCSA's web site at www.fmcsa.dot.gov/HOS.


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Old news.

Been about 100 threads on this. Anyone that has not heard about this since it was announced in 2011, must be living under a rock.