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<p>[QUOTE="N00bLaLoosh, post: 11663090, member: 318033"]Here's what I read:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Correll, the expert, immediately followed that statement with this:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, he specifically based it off of possibly driving 11 hours and we both know he's wrong because that 6.5 hours is not necessarily the time driven for the workday, it's the time driven during a shift. Even if it is for the entire day if someone wants to run on caps and has to deal with a shipper or receiver then 6.5 hours is about right. This isn't about acknowledging hurry up and wait at customers this is about the ATA using an "expert" who doesn't understand HoS to mislead Congress so they can then pimp for 18 year old OTR drivers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="N00bLaLoosh, post: 11663090, member: 318033"]Here's what I read: Correll, the expert, immediately followed that statement with this: Yeah, he specifically based it off of possibly driving 11 hours and we both know he's wrong because that 6.5 hours is not necessarily the time driven for the workday, it's the time driven during a shift. Even if it is for the entire day if someone wants to run on caps and has to deal with a shipper or receiver then 6.5 hours is about right. This isn't about acknowledging hurry up and wait at customers this is about the ATA using an "expert" who doesn't understand HoS to mislead Congress so they can then pimp for 18 year old OTR drivers.[/QUOTE]
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