Alcohol drinking and truckers - NOT at same time obviously

This coming from someone who's home every night: save it for a 36 hour (34 south of the border) reset. Best yet, do it on home time only. The
BAC limit here in Canada is 0.02, but of course, 0.00 is best.

In short, home time only.

 

Go to work at McDonalds or somewhere else.

Better off to wait it out at home or motel.

Think----
What happens if you have had a couple of drinks and have to move the truck for some unknown reason while under the influence?

There is a 4 hour time limit from the drinking to being in a cmv.

 

"40 ton wrecking ball on wheels"

Writing tag lines for movies? That gruff voice... one man... one truck...not just any truck... it's a 40 ton wrecking ball on wheels... hellbent to deliver the load, no matter what the cops say.... they took his freedom, they took his girl... but they can't take his BEER... It's "The .08 Trucker"... coming to a theater near you this summer.

Do a search, there's several threads on this.

 

OP,I will try to answer your question. My answer to this is,when on the road,no alcoholic drinks,period,WITH one exception.,if I have been on the road for awhile,for me I HAVE to get out of the truck right around the 5 wk mark,and if it works out with a 34 hr re-start,I will get a motel room for a couple nights,and,walaa,out of truck,and a TALL 12 pk will be there with me the first night....-Hopefully a little bit more,but.....

 

"What I find interesting, and now I see why it really is not on this forum in any meaningful way, is that the very subject is near taboo bringing down ridicule and judgement despite my best efforts to qualify my question as in no way whatsoever drinking and driving period."

See below... no need for incessant diatribe on the matter, although I certainly do respect your eloquence and grammar.

I was being funny, get over it. Your tag line was very humorous.

That said, there's a very recent thread on the topic, perhaps your searching skills need improvement:

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...ulations/139468-alcohol-off-the-job-fine.html

And here's another, also recent:

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...d-truckers-advice/139385-bac-and-driving.html

 

I just had 4 days of home time, didnt drink any the day b4 I planned to go back out, just to give over 24 hours to be sure it was out of my system.

 

hmmm I am confused......we dont EVER drink when we are on the road...thats what being a PROFESSIONAL is all about....even if we are laid over, UNLESS WE GET A MOTEL early in the day and are off til late the next day....we dont want someone to get the wrong impression of us taking alcohol back to the truck...how do they know we are off duty?? It doesnt look right...I know, what we do on OFF DUTY time is our business...HOWEVER we dont want to send the wrong message....99% of the time, even if we get a room, we still save our drinkin, til we go home for extended time off!!!!