I was told I could receive a speeding citation for having to high of a mph in a 11 hour drive time.
Has any body heard of this ?
I'm running Amarillo TX to Kingman AZ. My average empty is 71 mph.
Loaded 67 mph. The speed limit on most of the 726 miles is 75 mph .
Average mph?
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by compass1, Aug 3, 2009.
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Yes they can average your miles vs hours, and write you a ticket.
But, you should be safe logging about 10.25 hours with that trip. If your truck is fast enough.
Many DOT are using PC*Miler to calculate times between points now. And PC*miler shows it as 753 miles. -
Yes, you can get popped for speeding. To average 70 mph from Amarillo to Kingman, you gotta maintain 70 all the way, including through Albuquerque. Don't think that's realistic. One more thing, In Oregon, when passing through the scales, they note your vin number and put it in the system with the time, then if a cop stops you, he can key up his computer in his cop car and verify times and cross check your log book. If there's no match, you're busted.
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Actually it's based on license plate numbers. The scale crossing times are accessible to LEO and fleet mangers at http://www.oregontruckingonline.com/cf/MCAD/pubMetaEntry/index.cfm?fuseAction=services. Oregon Scale Crossing and Reports (OSCAR) has been around for several years.
You can be cited for Part 392.2 based on your log information.
Carriers can be prosecuted for Part 392.6 when they allow a driver to continously log above the speed limit.
http://ai.volpe.dot.gov/SafeStat/SafetySea.asp?ais=&dot=164297&WhichForm=&PageN=EH#EH
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If you want to enjoy your time at CTI, do the run, log it however it works, dont cry, do your job. Be glad someone else broke out the crying towell when talking to a DOT officer, and they've turned up their trucks. Now you run the risk of getting a speeding violation, before you ran the risk of an OOS and falsifying your log citation.
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I got nailed by our insurance company, not DOT for maintaining too high an average speed on several runs. My truck used to be governed at 80 mpg (currently 67 mph), and would have an average from Denver to Alb. and back (empty/loaded) of 74 mph. They reviewed it and came back that I was speeding (had to travel through Colo. Springs, Pueblo, and Alb.) in metro areas. I told them I drove with the flow of traffic, they said no excuse. Only got a written warning for it. I've had a couple of troopers during routine traffic stops raise an eyebrow at my speed averages, but never done more than that. We got DOT audits every year and they have never said anything except once on a Mtn. run where I averaged 62 mph, they questioned it because the route PC Miler told them I should have taken had a 55 mph limit, when I showed I took a different route with a higher limit they let it go.
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