30 min break workaround for otr

don't know about ddl and eclipse. but on trucklogger. you have to take the 2 FIRST. if you try to do an 8 first. you get red screened for not having the full 10.

your also limited to the amount of hours you can work. taking the 2 and 8 is easy. i have yet to figure out how it figures how many hours i can work on the next shft. cuz it seems to vary on what i work during the first 14 and at what point i do the 2.

 

DDL allows in either order 2/8 or 8/2.

 

It amazes me how many hos programs botch the 8/2 split. Even qualcomm's qhos has a logic error: it exempts 8 & only 8 sb hours from the 14. Taking 9 hours in the sleeper will cost you 1 hour of 14 -- despite the regulation being quite clear that all sb time from 8-10 hours is exempt:

"(D) Must exclude from the calculation of the 14-hour period in §395.3(a)(2) any sleeper-berth period of at least 8 but less than 10 consecutive hours."

 

My Qualcomm only calculates it if I do the 8 first. If I do the 2 first my 14 just keeps ticking away.

 

The 2 counts against your 14. The 8 does not. Once you take the 8, the start of your 14 & 11 hour clocks will slide forward to the end of your 2.

 

I guess what I am trying to get at is unless your logging software requires you to take the 2 first, where is the benefit of taking the 2 first? Since the 14 continues to tick away it does nothing to satisfy the 8/2 requirements as it does nothing to stop your clock. Once you take 8 in the sleeper you get your time back that was left over when you first when in sleeper, and again when you take your 2. But doing the 2 first does nothing to help you. As long as the load allows it or I feel like it, I randomly stop and take a nap or shower and the 2 has never helped me or calculated anything differently unless I already did the 8 earlier.

 

I guess there are cases where the split can help you out but it's not something I can see as beneficial to do very often, long term. And in my driving style just doesn't seem to fit as a means to save 30 minute breaks. I want to get to my end-of-day location ASAP before the parking is all gone, take the 10 and be done with it.

 

I see this as very beneficial. It will allow us to park the truck and let rush hour abate, then go through major metropolitan areas during the night. Every drive hour is valuable and I'd sure like to drive at 60 mph+ versus crawling in traffic. I think the OP and others have really enlightened me about how I might be able to work the system to my advantage, having options for running a route during fastest driving time.