Stinking elogs had tp pull over for my 30 minute break

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  1. tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

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    Just stop on the side of the road, mere inches from speeding traffic driven by people staring at their phone,
     
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  3. Dixiegypsy

    Dixiegypsy Light Load Member

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    I don't find it hard. I ran 3000 miles a week for 2 months straight with no resets. A little planning goes a long way. I don't leave until I've decided where I'm gonna stop for lunch.
     
  4. TankerP

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    You knew you had to do a thirty so why didn’t you stop at a more favorable place? Did you think you could make it?
     
  5. Expeditor

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    Just curious what logs are you running? That has happened to me plenty of times. You have just enough time to get there and then something slows you down. You only had 17 miles 20 minutes, depends what state you are in, and the plan is foiled.
     
  6. SteveScott

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    The government says you need to rest. Don't argue or they will come for you. :mad:
     
  7. scottied67

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    When you have to take a 30 minute rest to unlock the remaining 3 hours available on your 11......
     
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  8. Expeditor

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    How you get my picture? must of been that red light camera, no, maybe the drivers facing camera that's not suppose to take pictures unless I brake hard, no, maybe that car next to me. Now I'm getting paranoid, maybe my phone spying on me, anyone seeing my tin foil hat? anyone?
     
  9. WesternPlains

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    Let’s try this.
    I have to take a 30 minute rest so I can work for 17 minutes. 17 lousy minutes.
    So instead of being done in 32 minutes, including 15 minutes of thorough inspection. I get that extended to an hour and two minutes. Then I get to start a ten hour break.

    Happened the other day. Pulled into the terminal right as the drive clock reached zero. Cut my PC time off. I put a note in to shove it. I went to dinner.

    I just need to understand that the law isn’t
    Made for man. Man is made for the law.
     
  10. mhyn

    mhyn Road Train Member

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    I was in same situation today. Slow traffic killed my time. i did not get to nearest truckstop. I stopped on shoulder and switched to yard move. Drove 3 miles to truck stop and parked.
     
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