Driving past midnight...

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by double yellow, Jul 7, 2015.

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  1. Jul 10, 2015 #61
    Cranky Yankee

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    IF drivers didn't take advantage and slam energy drinks and drive 20 hours we wouldn't have ELOGS
    even as big a mess as the goverment is it has never invented a law that there was no reason for

    I just PC when ever i can't figure out how to log it
    that must be ok
    as long as I am my own safety director :eek:
     
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  3. Jul 10, 2015 #62
    double yellow

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    The FMCSA acknowledges other valid off duty uses, especially for owner operators, like beer runs:


    Question 3: Does the prohibition against carrying alcoholic beverages in §392.5 apply to a driver who uses a company vehicle, for personal reasons, while off-duty?

    Guidance: No. For example, an owner-operator using his/her own vehicle in an off-duty status, or a driver using a company truck or tractor for transportation to a motel, restaurant, or home, would normally be outside the scope of this section.

    http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regu...fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=392.5&guidence=y
     
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  4. Jul 10, 2015 #63
    Pedigreed Bulldog

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    Could be the lawyers don't know what to ask for...yet...or they are biding their time waiting for the big paydays they'll be getting once e-logs are mandatory. By cashing in too soon, they could risk turning the momentum away from the e-log implementation.
     
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  5. Jul 10, 2015 #64
    Meltom

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    My guess is every case is different. If you just get the random lawyer across the street for me he's not going to know what to ask for from a trucking company. If you get someone that has some experience with transportation they're going to eat you alive.
     
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  7. Jul 11, 2015 #65
    TLeaHeart

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    All depends on the case, and how deep the pockets are of who they are fleecing. Many cases are so self evident, a monkey could prosecute and win.
     
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  8. Jul 11, 2015 #66
    tsavory

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    The post I quoted had been addressed so I removed my reply
     
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  9. Jul 11, 2015 #67
    Cranky Yankee

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    if we are talking goverment lawyers
    like the ones that write the laws
    they are all second rate and the laws as written never have all the i's dotted and t's crossed
    in New England they thought they had stopped Cod fishing in 1990
    stupid lawyers for National Marine Fisheries service never closed all the loopholes until 2014
     
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  10. Jul 11, 2015 #68
    truckon

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    Got home one day, went to total out the page tired three times, couldn't get it right, finally gave up and brought it in the house... tossed it to the GF and asked her to figure it out. She looked at it once and told me to go get some sleep. I had it right the first time.
     
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  11. Jul 20, 2015 #69
    double yellow

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  12. Jul 20, 2015 #70
    Meltom

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    Take your turn on Words with Friends, don't leave them hangin like that.
     
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