14 Hour HOS Question

I do understand. It can be difficult because it’s a series of this then that if this situations.

That is why I asked the questions I did and why I requested that only answers to the specific questions asked be given.

Being that most people here would like to help I knew that if I didn’t try to limit the scope of answers I’d be overwhelmed with information which would simply muddy the water and I would be more confused than before I asked.

By asking the questions way the way did and attempting to limit the scope of answers to only those that pertained to what I asked I was able to fully comprehend one rule before moving to the next.

Now I finally understand how the rule works.

I’d suggest you do the same, but on a new thread. Not because I’d want to add another thread, but if others start doing the same in this thread then I think it would get confusing as to who is asking what. You would have all sorts of people chiming in with good intentions when in reality it doesn’t help you accomplish your goal.

 

Places fingers in ears and begins singing lalalalala

Just kidding.

Remember the sayin ‘garbage in, garbage out’

ELD output is only as good as is the written code that does the calculations. I spent 15 years in the IT field. I can’t tell how many times I had to “fix” crappy code because the person who wrote the original code was an outstanding programmer who could make programs do all sorts of wonderful things. Who on the other hand didn’t always quite understand the rules that dictated that outcome.

Case in point. An excellent programmer creating the code to calculate any possible HOS outcome. If he doesn’t FULLY understand the rules then it’s impossible to write a program that can accurately give correct output regarding any possible scenario those rules could generate.

 

I always put myself in sleeper anytime I think I’m going to be stopped for more than a minute or 3.

But more important if one is using a Qualcomm is to make certain the box Combine with SB is checked on the main status page. If it’s not checked it won’t apply split rules while tracking HOS.

That was part of the reason I was so confused. A week or so ago I was expecting to freeze my 14 hour clock but it didn’t happen.

I called out ELD guy and asked him why I didn’t I didn’t hours back on my 14. Since I asked it that way instead of using the word freeze he probably thought I was referring to the drive clock and told me I had to complete a split to get hours back

Then a few days later I noticed the box wasn’t checked. Still confused I posted the questions I did.

Now I totally get it.

 

Is there any wonder why the split is so complicated.