just a rant about 34hr restart

How the heck is it that a driver can take 53hrs off and not get a dang restart I mean dang what the heck is up with that BS there needs to be some provision that give you one no matter what after 48hrs at least.
Does DOT think I will be any more rested at 5am monday than I am at 3pm on sunday. Well guess what heck no between 5am and 7am I can hardly keep my eyes open no matter if I had been up 15 min or 5hrs just the way I am.
Anways here is how you can have 50+ hrs and not get a reset last week I started a 5am (dang was it a pain but had to wait for the rest as many times I run close on my 70 by Friday night not knowing I would run so little during the week) ran till Thursday after noon around 3 or so Friday logged on to run trailer to yard(45 miles) to get its tire fixed and get new tires on my truck was done by noon. got in babysitter said I hade 52 hrs off I went picked up the trailer got there said 53hr 5min off duty on duty for PTI driving and away I went 322miles done 9pm sunday.

It is just flipping amazing how having to wait one week for that reset can really screw up the next week and there is no way that one can wait till 5am and get 300 miles by 7am.

Just think had I not had to drag the trailer to the yard I would have had another 21hrs off duty and still no reset who ever the heck thinks of these BS rules should be shot.

Sorry I know the rules have been discussed many times before I just had to vent so I did not drive the truck straight though the next scale house I see this just pisses me off. As I have to jiggle a lot to make it work most my runs are not that long so its going to be one of them weeks I will have to turn down loads I should have been able to run.

 

I am an O/O that's leased on most of the time its no biggy I mean heck I am home every weekend usally early enough Friday that leaving on Sunday after 34 is no problem just week before last I did not get back till sat and had a big enough window I could wait till 5am Monday to leave. was home by Thursday after noon just ran the trailer to the yard Friday and back home so pretty much had Fri and Sat off left Sun about 3 so I could be here and have the 10 off before delivering at 7. So for the most part its ok not fighting to much with these but it is absolutely ridicules one can be off for 50+ hrs and not get a reset.

Not that I agree with the new rule for many reasons but I can half way see the change to keep drivers from working 80+hrs in a 168hr period with a well placed restart which was what they were trying to prevent . But the lack of thought into it and not taking into account more than 48hrs off is just plain stupid by these well educated (ha ha ha) and smarter than the dumb truck drivers (yeah right) rule makers