11-hour limit on truckers hours

Those safety advocates need to turn their attention to the tired people in the 4 wheelers instead.

 

We have a similar problem in aviation. It boils down to why would we piss off the general population when we can single out the 600,000 pilots?

I don't know how many CDL-A guys (and gals) are out there, but it's a heck of a lot less than the 300,000,000 Americans. Politicians won't piss off the 300,000,000 when they can look like they're doing something by pissing off the few.

 

These "safety experts" just display more and more ignorance . There is a limit of 11 hours but how often do drivers drive the limit ? If you have more than 3 hours on line 4 during 14 hours (or even on line 1 or 2 counting against the clock) it takes away from the available 11 . To drive 11 hours you have to have a suitable parking place magically appear after driving 10 hours and 55 minutes .
The same with all the hysteria about the number of hours a week a driver can work in a week using a 34 hour restart . It's only possible on paper . If you drop and hook and your destination is more than a day's drive away you're not going to have a 14 hour day . If you spend 2 hours loading , drive to the receiver and they have closed and you can't unload until morning you're not working a 14 hour days . I've had many 6 to 8 hour days when I'm returning from a 3 day trip and just returning empty with a dedicated trailer .
They really need to require these "experts" to produce more evidence their concerns are legitimate before allowing them to waste the time of courts and regulators .

 

Why dont those "SAFETY ADVOCATES' put ALL DRIVERS, mostly 4 wheelers, under the watchfull eye? Then they can truely find out where the TROUBLE begins !!!

 

Thank You.

A driver who has been driving 10.5 hrs is still probally a safer driver than the general population who has just left for work and is driving putting on make-up, shaving, and reading the paper while on their way to work.

 

Amen there! Considering the statistics on drowsiness cited as a factor, they are definitely going after the wrong group by targeting truckers. In 94% of the fatal accidents between cars and big trucks where drowsiness was cited as a factor, the car driver was at fault, not the truck driver.