Personal Conveyance

I think he meant all maintenance you perform yourself like shining the chrome or greasing the zerks or changing the oil while sucking down a 32 ounce Coors should be On Duty.

 

My carrier revoked my PC use from my AOBR. Have a nice day.

Coors is like drinking water. It should be mandatory equipment for a big rig, on those hot days.

 

Good grief folks it is black and white.


On-duty time means all time from the time a driver begins to work or is required to be in readiness to work until the time the driver is relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work. On-duty time shall include:

(1) All time at a plant, terminal, facility, or other property of a motor carrier or shipper, or on any public property, waiting to be dispatched, unless the driver has been relieved from duty by the motor carrier;

(2) All time inspecting, servicing, or conditioning any commercial motor vehicle at any time;


(3) All driving time as defined in the term driving time;

(4) All time in or on a commercial motor vehicle, other than:

(i) Time spent resting in or on a parked vehicle, except as otherwise provided in §397.5 of this subchapter;

(ii) Time spent resting in a sleeper berth; or

(iii) Up to 2 hours riding in the passenger seat of a property-carrying vehicle moving on the highway immediately before or after a period of at least 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth;

(5) All time loading or unloading a commercial motor vehicle, supervising, or assisting in the loading or unloading, attending a commercial motor vehicle being loaded or unloaded, remaining in readiness to operate the commercial motor vehicle, or in giving or receiving receipts for shipments loaded or unloaded;

(6) All time repairing, obtaining assistance, or remaining in attendance upon a disabled commercial motor vehicle;

(7) All time spent providing a breath sample or urine specimen, including travel time to and from the collection site, to comply with the random, reasonable suspicion, post-crash, or follow-up testing required by part 382 of this subchapter when directed by a motor carrier;

(8) Performing any other work in the capacity, employ, or service of, a motor carrier; and

(9) Performing any compensated work for a person who is not a motor carrier.

eCFR — Code of Federal Regulations

 

Remaining in attendance means you're getting a tire fixed on the road someplace, not truck in the shop.

 

Agreed. Well at least I do, I think most Leo's would as well.

You could wander off to the subway or snotburger and have no responsibility.

 

You can't just abandon your truck on the highway.

Nor can you go in SB while the guy is fixing it roadside.

They won't accept that.

 

Well yeah because in their minds you are responsible for notifying motorists of the potential hazard. Beyond putting out triangles I do not know what else we are supposed to do.

I suppose doing the Macarena on the shoulder would at least make them notice you, especially if done in your underdrawers

Short of that we are just a target while on the shoulder. I always try and be on a ramp if at all possible. I had a brake chamber pop couple weeks back. It was warm by the time I stopped, but it was on an on ramp.

 

Another reason I love having farm exempt status.... I can do all that and log it .... OFF DUTY (if I'm within 150 miles from the farm, anyway). Loading, unloading, maintenance, digging ditches, fueling, doing books, talking to customers ..... OFF DUTY.

Elog THAT...

 

It was a funny thought until I proofread it.