How do you use the "Off Duty" line?

I'm in Michigan and I ask the officer in the coop just across the border from Ohio on I-75.
He was the one that said I could pick up the 6 pack, not me. It's your personal vehical at this point because your not under dispatch but Off Duty. Those were his words. That seems to go along with the above also.
I agree if you can't drive after 11 or 14 or 70 why do you think you can do any better just because your pen slipped up a half inch and ran across the pad?
Another point, he (the officer I talked to) didn't say I had to be bobtailing eather. In fact he used the fact that another officer might not allow it cause he might say or think I was moving to pick up a load even though I was going home.
It seems to be OK to drive anywhere in a CMV in off duty time except to pick up a load.
He said that they find carriers that force there drivers to do this to stretch there time.

 

OK Logs:
Did I do it right?
I was "off duty" yesterday till 9am when I got the call to pick up.
I did a pretrip and took off, logging the pretrip in "On duty not driving".
I picked up and logged the pick up in "On duty not driving" and arrived at my drop at 13:15.
I logged my drop till 13:30 and my post trip till 13:45 on "On duty not driving".
Then I went to the "Off Duty" line.
I then went to Wal-Mart to park but found a big sign saying NO TRUCKS!
Went to Meijers to park and found the same sign with smaller print that said No Overnight Parking. So I stayed there waiting for a call and got none.
Not wanting to stay where I wasen't wanted I left for another spot I was sure I could park but it had gone out of business and another sign No trucks.
20 miles later and it's now 20:30 I pulled into a REAL truck stop and went to bed.
Question: The last place on my log was at my drop. I went Off duty and have no "change of service" to drop a leg down to mark where I'm at.
Is it OK to just drop a leg down and say I'm here with no change of service?
Or as some would say I should have logged all of my driving as driving then done my post trip and I would have my place of stopping to report.
What do you think?
t.
Oh, and don't forget,...Keep your stick on the ice!

 

I was afraid that you would say that. That means when the office checks it with the computer I'll get a nasty letter.

Ok so I should drop a flag and say I'm at Wal-Mart, then drop a flag and say that I'm at Meijers, and drop a flag and say that I'm at my final destination and then do my post trip. Right?

IOW's I can't drive when "off duty" Right?

That doesn't go with your post above when we were saying that a driver could log off duty and go get a 6 pack and go to the local Motel 6 for the weekend.

As far as the fed saying that you have to tow or sleep at the spot you run out who's going to pay the tow? Some of the consignee's get very tight when you say that Uncle Sam says I got ta go ta night-night. Don't wake me for 10 hours.

Thanks
t.

 

Dieselhound you sound like my dispatcher.
Don't worry about the hours. Just take the load. Figure it out when you get there.
Hummmmm???
I'm trying to figure this off duty line out so it can be used legally but that doesn't seem to be an opption.
Eather you can drive when off duty, or you can't? Maybe it depends on the time of day? I don't know?
Maybe we should come to some agreement (as if what we say means anything?) as to the meaning or qualifacation of line #1 Off Duty.