Can a company mandate using sleeper status during 10 Hour Break

wow it sounds like you are saying to log it as you do it.....now i am shocked.....lmao....

 

Texas wants you to show sleeper if you are in the sleeper but they also want to see some off duty time just to see that you get out of the truck and stretch your legs. At least that was what we were told on our last trip. Easiest way is 30 min off duty 9 hours sleeper and 30 min off duty. Allows enough time for your to cover the 3 S's in that hour.

I will usually pull in and get something to eat and show 1 hr off duty then into the sleeper I go. I need that break from the truck and since I park in the back of the lot, the walk gets the blood pumping again.

 

I always show a little before and after sleeper time. Who literally gets out of the bunk and goes right on duty? Sure I have done it when in a hurry but not daily

 

Can you really get a speeding ticket off from my log book? I roll past HP doing 5 over alot. If they don't give me a ticket, its hard to believe a DOT inspector/enforcement officer could if HP won't.

 

Yes you can. If you logged 800 miles within 10 hours (for example) on the east coast, that shows an average speed of 80 mph. No one on the east coast has a speed limit that high for trucks.

 

Yes you can indeed. This is why you never really want to put on your log as an example, say you left at ( 10 AM, but you really started driving at say 9:30 AM). If you pass over a scale and they call you in, from your starting point to there, let's say is exactly one hour, (so you should be at the scale at 11), and you get there in 30 minutes (because you logged leaving at 10)? Then you were speeding, and here's yer ticket, enjoy the PSP points you will get, as they will do an inspection as well.

 

bulldog said "If you're just parked at the loading dock while somebody else manages the load/unload process (the CMV is NOT in operation), then you are on duty not driving (line 4) while sitting behind the wheel or anywhere else on/in the truck...except for the sleeper, which would be logged as sleeper berth (line 2) time."


unless the carrier has relieved you of duty. and wow, if I am sitting in the seat playing candy crush while on my break I have to log on duty cause I am sitting behind the wheel, rotflmao


don't forget that very important line.

 

looking back at this post, you are simply missing an important point. a company can require you to do things the way they wish, their requirements can be more strict but not less than the requirements.

 

i don't think resting in a sleeper berth overrides or supercedes the requirements of "working" or "being prepared to work" while spotted at a customer, but the language in the regs is not absolutely clear on this. I think it all goes back to whether they allow you to be relieved of duty for a given time to persue activities of your own choosing, which could include sleeping or other off duty activities.

 

once they release you with your paperwork you can stay on their property and take your break, or before you check in. You can fudge that though as long as the time stamp on the BOL matches your logbook pretty close, nobody will ever know if it took them 30 minutes to load your truck or an hour. Me personally I try to avoid having load/unload appointments conflict with my 30 minute break to avoid the issue altogether. Also because I don't carry food with me.