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How can they speak toward rule changes in any meaningful way, when it is patently obvious that they have no idea what the rules are now.

 

87.5 hours of driving in 8 days or 192 hours;

Academically speaking, there are 192 hours in 8 days. After working your 70 hours then using the 34 hour restart & while using the Text Book method where that total number of hours allowed to work during an 8 day period can add up to more than 70 hours...if ur industrious enuff & fill out your logbook correctly.

11 (hours driving) + .5 (break) + 10 (sleeper berth) =21.5 hours, per each work unit x 6 (days) = 69 total work hours covered during 129 hours.

+ 34 hour restart, = equals 163 hours.

Resuming your 70 hour work week: Whereas, 11 (hours driving) +.5 (8 hour rest break) + 10 (sleeper berth) = total hours in a day= 21.5 hour period.

Leaving a remainder of 7.5 hours left to legally drive over this period of 8 days or 192 hours= 87.5 hours total driving hours. (approx)

gruesome driving week. (cough, cough...of course you'll need to log vehicle inspections & fuel stops which will decrease your 87.5 hours of driving.)

Aint the way it use to be...back in the day it was a clean 70 hours and you called it quits during 8 days...i liked that alot, then if you hit your 70 within 5 days...you had mandatory time off until 8 days has been reached. not these days...real stupid administrators.

 

You can legally drive 82 hours in 7 days under the current regulations -- you just can't do 82 hour weeks back to back which no one ever did anyway. The real problem is the 1-5am provision which ##### over night drivers, adds to congestion, & reduces nighttime truck parking.

 

Boooooo.....

Let's reduce it to 40 hrs like everyone else and see the fun ensue

Daytime driving :shudders:
Why would anyone otr bother.

Ick
Yuck

 

If you want to have some impact on these proposed rules, you need to write a note or call your congressional representative. You can also post a comments on the fmcsa website. It does little good to complain to fellow truckers. Follow up your dissatisfaction with any proposed rules in which you disagree with letters and emails to the fmcsa. If enough take the time to make their opinions known, it can have an impact. I guarantee you that the opposition will take time to push their agenda and their agenda is not usually in our best interests.

 

None of you have any idea what you're talking about when it comes to HOS. So stop. and as a matter of fact, the DOT who is responsible for enforcing the HOS laws have no idea what they're enforcing, and the comoanues responsible for making sure their drivers are within the HOS laws have no idea and neither do the people writing the laws about HOS. It is amazing that we (the UNSKILLED drivers) have to figure out how to comply with laws that are ever changing and literally change meaning depending on what the DOT officer actually knows about them.

 

Ridiculous. Why cant we f***** unite and stop and change this nonsense?
What is it gonna take for YOU out there to start standing up for your work needs?
Don't you spend already too much time away from home?
This industry is nothing but a bunch of selfish and cry babies, either do something about it or stop talking about it.

 

I say raise it to 16 hr shifts and a round of drinks for everybody