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<p>[QUOTE="DrivingForceBehindYou, post: 2837060, member: 94534"]Guilty as charged. Sometimes I have to fight fatigue and I get somehow really angry when this happens because it can occur only 10-15 miles from your planned stop. Sleeping on the shoulder is not an option, you could be rearended while putting triangles out. I worked for a fleet,they had 2 trucks hit on the same day like that.</p><p> Have to agree about those E-logs. They would have an appointment at 4a.m.,reload at 9, and you can be dog-tired in the afternoon just trying to cover some miserable 400 miles for that day.</p><p> For me driving 3500 m per week is a piece of cake. What makes me tired is a shipper delay, late dispatch, anything that breaks the routine then it takes a few days to return back to rhythm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DrivingForceBehindYou, post: 2837060, member: 94534"]Guilty as charged. Sometimes I have to fight fatigue and I get somehow really angry when this happens because it can occur only 10-15 miles from your planned stop. Sleeping on the shoulder is not an option, you could be rearended while putting triangles out. I worked for a fleet,they had 2 trucks hit on the same day like that. Have to agree about those E-logs. They would have an appointment at 4a.m.,reload at 9, and you can be dog-tired in the afternoon just trying to cover some miserable 400 miles for that day. For me driving 3500 m per week is a piece of cake. What makes me tired is a shipper delay, late dispatch, anything that breaks the routine then it takes a few days to return back to rhythm[/QUOTE]
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