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HOS Amendment?

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by GRAYMATTERS, Jun 8, 2009.

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  1. Jun 8, 2009 #1
    GRAYMATTERS

    GRAYMATTERS Light Load Member

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    I brought up this thought on another thread, but i think it deserves a thread of it's own.

    Most of us have faced this dilemma: You run out of the 14 hour clock before you're finished loading/unloading and you're faced with having to leave the customers property.

    How about amending the HOS rules to allow us 30 minutes to find a safe/legal place to park. I think this provision should be written so that it does not affect the 10 hour break "IN ANY WAY". I can't imagine that it would really affect our ability to obtain "REST" in any appreciable way. And I don't think the DOT needs to get petty about this and tack this 30 minutes on to our next 14 hour clock.

    Thoughts....comments....ideas?
     
    GRAYMATTERS, Jun 8, 2009
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  3. Jun 8, 2009 #2
    Kabar

    Kabar Road Train Member

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    Sounds like a reasonable idea to me. Which means the feds will never do it.
     
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  4. Jun 8, 2009 #3
    Allow Me.

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    I always ran 2 log books, one to get you through the day, and then the one you send in to the company. (after you have shut down for the night)
     
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  5. Jun 8, 2009 #4
    dieselbear

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    Just don't screw up and give the wrong book to someone like me. Had a guy last month, while getting his information at the truck for an inspection, have his 2nd and 3rd log book fall out of the pocket above him as he was pulling out the registration binder. Got a good laugh, I thought guys quit doing that years ago. I guess not, I'll have to start asking for the 2nd book.
     
    dieselbear, Jun 8, 2009
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  7. Jun 8, 2009 #5
    Les2

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    The smart ones did quit running two logbooks! To much work to keep up...:biggrin_2552:!
     
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  8. Jun 8, 2009 #6
    Scarecrow03

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    I thought 2nd books went away when they started selling loose leaf. :dontknow:
     
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  9. Jun 8, 2009 #7
    dieselbear

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    Surprisingly drivers still use the bound books. Loose leaf will get you in trouble too, when you leave them all over your cab when you get stopped.
     
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  10. Jun 8, 2009 #8
    Scarecrow03

    Scarecrow03 Road Train Member

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    Very true. Ya gotta throw them suckers away, and not just in the trash can inside the truck. :biggrin_25525:

    Not that I condone that sort of thing, mind you. :biggrin_255:
     
    Scarecrow03, Jun 8, 2009
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  11. Jun 8, 2009 #9
    25(2)+2

    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Some companies, no one I would work for OTR, require use of their logbooks.

    They also believe that the DOT prefers bound books, I think the officers deserve something readable, if I can't find my reading glasses, I end up redoing them later to actually get the lines where they are supposed to be so there is no doubt about when I left the yard or the truck stop. I mark them void, and rip them up and take them out of the truck, the ones redone.
     
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  12. Jun 8, 2009 #10
    dirtyoldman

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    how about my loose leaf log book, where I do what I want and match my fuel stops.


    K
     
    dirtyoldman, Jun 8, 2009
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