Truck Stop DOT

Yes, but it wouldnt be a violation as long as you didnt drive. Just have to restart your 10 hour break.

 

My 14 was done for the day , so thats why I was playing safe.
because I had no more time to be on duty.

I mean technically I never even used all my drive time that day , but I sat at a receiver for way to long .

 

Nobody should have to restart anything as long as the drivers are is a safe haven.

 

You can be on duty as long as you want/need to. You just cant drive once you pass your 14th hour without a 10 hr break.

 

Did not realize that .
The way it always looked to me was that once your 14 was up that was it . No more line 3 or line 4 until your 10 break was up , but then again the way they write some of these regulations you almost need a 8 year law degree to understand .

Hey thanks for clearing that up tho..



Edit : but wait . I wonder why he didnt press the issue for me to get out Of the sleeper then . Hmmmm.

 

What violation would that be?

 

Isn't today part of the big 72 hour safety blitz? I saw 5 State Troopers on I-85 south just parked in NC a few hours ago. Looked like a convention, then I remembered that today is supposed to be part of the blitz.

 

Umm.
I always thought I couldn't be on duty after i was passed my 14 for the day.


But now I am really confused . Why did the cop just leave me alone after that , or did he just want to wake me up for no reason .. if so , what a prick !!!

 

You wouldn't be breaking the law by going to on-duty if you're out of hours. The 8/10/14/70 rules limit drive time, not on-duty time.

You can spend 100 hours straight on-duty and it'd be legal. You just couldn't drive again without a 34 hour break afterward (or wait for time to roll over).

 

i'd like to hear the scalemasters answer. but he woould have had to log on duty. thus interrupting his 10 and haveing to start all over again.

in a rest area your on state controlled property. but in a truckstop. that's personaly property to which cops have no rights to harrass the patrons.

in utah. you can't get a ticket on personal property. if the cop doesn't know that law and you have to go to court. it's dismissed. after a judge asks a few questions just to watch you sweat.