So how is the 30min breaking working out?

Don't kid yourself, the 'old timers' were whining back in the day too.

The only truck driver who doesn't whine is a dead truck driver.

 

QC e-logs are paired to Blackberrys that have a very sensitive touchpad . Nothing more annoying that having the Blackberry changing a duty status without being touched a minute or two before a required break is over . Drivers have logged off for a ten hour break or restart and later found out the Blackberry logged itself back on duty immediately after they started their break .

 

no were on the QUALCOMM to log it...so its either off duty or on duty...

 

To what are you referring?

Mikeeee

 

Yeah I'm not sure what he's on about.....I just assumed the half hour OFF DUTY break would be logged off duty

 

I think he means there is no line that specifically says "Fueling"..

Mikeeee

 

So, you are sitting at a shipper waiting to get loaded, what prevents you from logging that as 30 min off duty

 

Nothing ... problem is many of don't sit at a shipper in the middle of our work day. We've done unloaded, reloaded, and on out way to our next destination 1500 miles away.

 

Why wouldn't you want to take a break after four to five hours of non-stop driving anyway? It's all going to be SOP for me, once I get thru this school and DMV anyway. I'm just curious, even when driving on long road trips, I stop every few hours or so to stretch my legs. By the time I get out, take a leak, walk around a little, maybe grab a snack, check out the vehicle, I burned up a good fifteen minutes

 

... fifteen minutes, agreed, I do do that too, but 15 minutes is 15, not 30. And we need to all assume for the purposes of this topic we are on eLogs. But while you're trashing around, I'm (was) moving down the road and ending my day an hour before you do. Typical progressive laws ... disincentiveize productivity and reward non-productivity or at the very least force the producers to slow down so the slackers can catch up. That's fantastic!