90 Mile proposed rule change

You still think that ATA's actually on your side? They're just another corporate lobby, like any other.. representing their clients, which is not the whole of the trucking industry, by the way.

 

90 miles still isn't enough in some areas of the country. and that 90 miles could easily surpass 2 hours driving.

 

Well......if you empty out at one of these places, you can log off duty and drive to a safe haven. Loaded is another story I guess. I hope they come up with something that actually works for the driver for a change. I'm with you!

 

An interesting point was made by the vp of training at my company about customers that don't allow parking.

All it's going to take is one major accident where a driver is forced off a large company's property and he is overy his hours. The attorneys go for the biggest fish they can find to sue, and Swift or Werner or any of the largest companies are small potatoes compared to the companies the pick up and deliver at.

When Wal-Mart or Kraft or someone has to pay $50 or $100 million because they forced a driver to break the law and leave their property, you will see designated parking areas at every place you go.

 

Even some of the C & S grocery places, as nasty as they are allow parking before and after appointments, within reason.

I see no reason a place like walmart can't allow, within reason, as long as they have the room.

When I say within reason, I mean that the driver has to have either made a p/u or del there, and if space is scarce must prove he is out of time or soon to be, and their is no other safe haven close by to go to.

Looking at it from the standpoint of WalMart, what some of these large companies might be afraid of is having drivers treat a busy DC like a regular truck stop or rest area, thinking they can just come park there as they please.

 

If you could see how some drivers treat DC's like they do truck stops, then it is perfectly understandable why said DC's would limit parking.

Drivers are their own worst enemies.

As far as stores go, the only time layovers are not permitted at WM stores is if their are city/town/subdivision ordinances against it.

 

Never heard of this "proposed" rule. It would never pass in the first place. You have 11 hours to drive in your 14 hour day. If this were to become effective, then you would be allowed 12.5 hours. I can just hear all the stories driver's will be telling the cop that stops them that they got kicked out of the place they were picking up or delivering.
What happens when the cop knows for a fact the place you just left in fact does allow parking. Where does that leave you?
Never going to happen.

 

What if they got rid of all the drive rules and just made it illegal to kill someone with an 80k GCW vehicle? Just a thought.