That is when, if I were you, I would make a formal, written complaint against the jerk, citing the other officer as a witness. Let this guy's...
Absolutely correct! Any time your carcass is actually IN the sleeper, that is sleeper time. You do not have to be doing anything particular....
As far as FMCSA is concerned, each USDOT number is a separate and distinct motor carrier.
So, running over weight and over hours is driving safely?:biggrin_2551::biggrin_25513:
OK, driver loaded (on-duty) - then went off-duty for his 30 min break. Right? I fail to see the problem there. He can be off-duty 30 min...
As has been said already in this thread, when I look a log book over, I do not make much of it unless I see NO on-duty time at all, or just the...
You are correct, I stand corrected. I quoted verbage from the link provided by another post. The Feds actually CHANGED the wording of the...
Letter? No such thing found. You must be physically IN the sleeper area to log sleeper berth line 2. Letter or not, your carrier may relieve...
Absolutely! Any time your carcass is IN the sleeper berth, you can put sleeper line 2 on your logs. You do not have to be "sleeping", just IN the...
Think of the 8 hour sleeper portion of a split as a "time out." It does NOT earn you any time back, it just temporarily stops the 14 hr clock....
Here at the scale we look at everybody, bobtails too. If it is going down the road under its own power, it is under all the rules unless it meets...
Off-duty driving (personal conveyance) is valid in only 2 scenarios: 1) regular commuting back and forth from home to the "normal work reporting...
If there were no violations, there is nothing to DataQ.
The regulation cited earlier is for NON-CDL vehicles. If you drive a CDL vehicle, the following regulation applies: 395.1(o) Property-carrying...
You understand that, in a DOT inspection, we check ALL required lights, even in the daytime. If it works at the time of inspection, fine, if not...
I respectfully disagree. We do quite a few inspections where there IS no "blemish" or defect - DOT regulation wise.
Correct, you cannot put anything in the windshield or windows to either side of the driver (392.9(a)(3)). Most driveaway operations incorrectly...
You can only display one set of carrier markings (required by 390.21) at any given time. In a driveaway situation you need to put your carrier's...
If your "front" car was behind the sleeper, then you probably do not have car carrying capacity on the power unit, and you do not meet the...
395.15 applies to AOBRs - tablets, apps, or elogs that hook up to the ECM module or engine of the truck. 395.8 applies to tablets, apps, etc that...
