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with the newest updates to the qualcomm you ned to manually put yourself on the drive line in order to keep any time you used moving around a yard on off duty. If you just start rolling like we used to and let it put you on drive line when you hit 25 mph it will back the drive time up to include all the driving around you did. If you do it manually, it starts when you say it does and will not include the time driving on the yard (as long as you didn't go over 25 mph or 2 miles)

make sense?

 

So say....

Noon: Arrive, check in, park, go off duty waiting for a door.
1pm: Move into door, don't touch Qualcomm
2pm: Unloaded, button up, head down the road. Still haven't touched Qualcomm

When I hit 25, or 2 miles of movement, whichever comes first, it will pop up to the drive line but it will say I've been driving since 1pm when I moved to get into the door instead of the 2pm when I actually left?

 

I've never seen it go back that far but i believe it will take the last 15-20 minutes from you. Once you sit for a while it resets. When they first did the update it caused a few 30 minute breaks to be cancelled until we figured it out. Say you get unloaded quick and pull off to the side to finish your 30 minute break. You pull out when your clock hits 30 minutes and don't manually put yourself on the drive line. When you hit 25 mph it takes the last 10 minutes from you and cancels your 30 minute break.

 

Okay, thanks.

 

How many hrs does one drive per week.

 

I'd say I average about sixty hours of driving a week, give or take a little.

 

Ok Thxs. So let say at .42 CPM 2500. $1,050 a week 60 hrs driving. That's like 17.50 an hr. If my math is right

 

Your math is correct using the numbers posted, but there is more then just driving time. You are doing other things in addition to driving that are considered work/part of your job, and I'm assuming that Finalsomnia's post referred only to his driving time (sorry if I'm wrong).

I don't know if this line of work is something that can/should try to be broken down into an hourly rate unless you are actually getting paid by the hour and going home every night. Might be best in the big picture to look at it as what is your average weekly pay kind of thing.

 

Thxs Michael for ur response I was approved by millis just wondering if 17.50 is worth the lifestyle

 

It can be a hard call. Personally i would look at it as I'm going to be gone roughly X amount of time for roughly X amount of dollars then start listing the pros and cons according to your situation; family, bills, and whatnot.

If I had to look at it as an hourly rate it would drive me batty, but everyone processes things differently.