2 hour off duty time

Intent could mean ten different things to ten different people, so what is written is the biggest factor.
The files below are taken today from FMSCA site. The pdf's are better for viewing.

Scan # 1 details the the 2 hour passenger seat part in a moving vehicle and
explains that the object is to keep vehicle moving as much as possible with
driver 2 not in sleeper. ( Yeah who doesn't already do that?) #'s 3&4
and we all know that being in a parked cmv is off duty now.

Scan # 2 Item B clearly states that there is no change to the sleeper berth rule.

Scan # 3 Question 25 addresses that off duty time may be combined with sleeper berth time to get eight consecutive hours.
according to this there is no requiremnt for ANY sleeper berth time. So eight hours off duty is as good as eight hours sleeper berth.

Scan # 4 shows two log pages of the same day period using the same fourteen hours of on duty time to maximize driving time.
you would get fourteen hours of driving with only twelve hours on duty meaning you'd save two hours daily.

Neither of my trucks has a sleeper so I look at make the best use of what I have.
The situation of two drivers will only be temporary and I'm looking to make as best use of the Fourteen as I can.
I was just seeing if anyone else has done this before? I have searched and find no refrence so it looks like I'll be the first to try it out.
I don't need no help reading the FMSCA published rules.
With what I have planned as posted I see it shoiuld hold up to roadside inspection or court if need be.

 

These pages aren't from the sleeper berth section.
The first two are from the NEW HOS question, faq section and the last is the scope
part of the HOS guidance section. It would be simpler if the beaurcrats would have just stated that you can log
two hours in passenger seat of a team operation, but that would be too easy.
I run by myself and it didn't matter anyway. Now I'm looking at letting another driver lease to me and pull my other trailer.
With that said I'm not going to run anyone and not know if they can do the job or not, do it safely and compliantly
Not to mention some people don't like the road and I don't want to set it in motion and driver decide he'd rather be at home.
So I think I could run him a couple weeks with me and let him see if he wants to go OTR.
This is why i need t make the best of time or hours.

 

I have been thinking about it that way too. Come tomorrow I'll make up my mind.
The one thing I'm taking into consideration is if I/we were to get wrote a ticket, I don't mind going to court but would consider it
unfair to have someone else to have to go too. This is why I'm looking for a issued opinion.
Half the police don't know old rules except the ones they "use", much less new stuff.
The big question is?? Is saving two hours a day going to matter?? It could be 550 miles in five days or one more day of running.

 

Heres what I don't understand in general?
The police use any trick they can to harrass us and take our money, I find ways to make their rules work for my/our benefit and everyone thinks something is wrong with that? I was told the samething when I found a way to sleep
in my truck with no sleeper. Why do 99% of drivers feel they have to see it the polices way?
Can we no longer think for ourselves and look at things outside the box?
Do we think of ourselves as cattle that should be prodded along?