70/80 Question

The 70 hour rule is that you cannot drive if you have been ON DUTY for more then 70 hours in an 8 day period. The ninth day is not involved, You recap those hours from day one. You never HAVE to do a 34 hour it is your option.

Hours of Service rules are not designed to hurt the driver. They are designed to keep your company from working you to death and to keep wages up.

If you drive for 8 hours, do two inspections and fuel once a day. You will have been on Duty for 8:45 per day. You can do that forever. HOS rules are trying to make driving as close to a regular job as possible.

 

Go to YouTube and search "log book recap" or other search phrase. There will be plenty of tutorials there.

 

It's simples rolling arithmetic ... No matter what you do or how you drive or work, you always have 70 hours available to you over the next 8 days.

Just, keep track of it.

 

Here is how the 34 hour reset helps the carrier and possibly allows you to make more.

Under the recap system, working 5 days a week, 11 hours a day leaves you with 15 on your 70 for Monday.
70 - 55 + 15

12 hours a day for 5 leaves you (2) hours in the hole.

70-60 + 10

Now with the recap you can work five 14 hour days, reset and have a full 70 on Monday.

Under the recap system [pre-recap] a driver working 7 - 8 hours a day has hours for Saturday, some times close to a full day.

With the recap system; the same local driver has to be off by noon to have his recap; carriers figure Monday starts at 12 ;01 am or 0001 in military time...you need 34 consecutive hours off. The DOT tried to modify this and it was shut down.

That's the basic difference without including the 'extra time' you get once in a while over your 14...